Tip - 219: How to control Vertex Maps with Fields in Cinema 4D

Cinema 4D Quick Tip with Glenn Frey
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Recorded with Cinema 4D Release 20.

[@Higgsinophysics]

SO powerfull. Quick and clear tutorial. Thank you

[@dinoscheidt]

The whole Field-Volume-System is a god given feature from you guys. I had almost given up on C4D - but I‘m falling in love with R20

[@ospyder]

Nice! Thanks Glenn

[@ASESAN]

Wow! Thanks. It was useful 😘

[@azvasamusic7095]

so helpful... should have ended the tut with the displaced horse. perfection in my eyes XD

[@imroom_979]

Thx

[@vacationgreat5095]

my vertex weight is not being affected by the fields, and I do not have the paint tool in my character tab. I can search for the paint tool and use it without issues, but it's odd that it's not there, and I still can't use fields for weight painting. please help.

[@NojsGraphics]

same, vertex are not affected by fields at all.

[@Tyler-zb6ec]

@@NojsGraphics You need to go into basic tab on your vertex tag and select "Use Fields". If that isnt working, try selecting all polygons and set the vertex weight to 0% as well.

[@DoctorDiscoCZ]

1:32 T H I C C

[@H85A]

مبدع

[@thelogicofthing8242]

good !

[@MUDHD]

there is a way to place objects with vertex map and the scale of object is constrained to the vertex strength?

[@Not_Info]

Does this work with other animals as well?

[@Gokhan_B]

absolutely great tip, btw, Maxon is moving forward with enthusiasm, the new version is forcing the competition..also very nice horse model..really great, thanks for reading. ;)

[@sethreginald5542]

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[@imranedward5873]

@Seth Reginald Instablaster =)

[@sethreginald5542]

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[@sethreginald5542]

@Imran Edward it worked and I now got access to my account again. I am so happy! Thanks so much you really help me out :D

[@imranedward5873]

@Seth Reginald No problem :D

[@marylindstrom1329]

Does anyone have any idea why the paint tool wouldn’t be showing up in character? It’s simply not there

[@martin3639]

You can find Paint tool in "Tools" menu, it's not in "Character" menu anymore.

[@KayaYasar]

Great tip, thank you. One question though, couldn't the fields be directly used on displacement modifier without the vertex map? So, why do we need vertex map involved in this case?

[@chillsoft]

You don't. But, the vertex map also gives you the ability to color the shader only where the vertex map is 100%, which is really useful. So this is a "smarter" way of doing it.

[@danielyeh1627]

*omg that's what i want*

[@EranMahalu]

How can I control just the opacity of an object with fields? Like turn it on and off?

[@BakaOctopus]

vertex map on transparent material with no reflections ?

[@NEWARTSTUDiOS]

i don't understand, why it doesn't work for me? I have simple human body object, I followed these instructions maybe 10 times, and displacement always affects the whole object. I made with more polygons, change the object size bigger or smaller. Still nothing. Really annoying, what I'm doing wrong? Because I did everything like here.

[@Imotepth]

can you add more than 1 vertex map pro object? Its a realy powerfull tool for controlling procedural textures (yeah i hate UVW) and sometimes 1 is not enough.

[@glennfrey5021]

Imotepth yes you can :)

[@Imotepth]

since what version? (using r17) Or how?

[@neoqueto]

Damn that horse THICC 🐎🐴

[@thepresence2095]

So you wanna smash?

[@neoqueto]

@@thepresence2095 yes, with Voronoi Fracture

[@thepresence2095]

LOL! you're crazy bro

[@ashwagers]

But why does the INVERT clamp STROBE!?!?! It's driving me nuts!

[@spIette]

very useful. I always wanted to know how to give my horse weird bumps all over. Just kidding, this was actually a useful tip

[@dsofe4879]

years later and you still can't use a vertex map to control cloner distribution, but LoOk aT oUr GrEaT NeW UI! Thanks, maxon /s

[@paolorava7912]

unfortunately still no control on parametric objects....!

[@neoqueto]

Correction deformer