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Shader Effector
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2 January 2023
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Shader Effector in Cinema 4D is a powerful MoGraph tool that uses shader textures to control the transformation and attributes of cloned objects, enabling precise, texture-driven animation and effects.
What It Is
- Uses any shader or texture to drive parameters like position, scale, rotation, and color of clones.
- Enables detailed, procedural control of MoGraph clones based on grayscale or color information.
- Supports procedural shaders, noise, gradients, or imported bitmaps.
- Allows for non-uniform, artistic effects controlled by texture patterns.
How It Works
- Add a Shader Effector to your scene.
- Assign it to your Cloner or MoGraph object via the Effectors tab.
- Select or create a shader in the Effector’s Shader tab (e.g., Noise, Gradient, Bitmap).
- Adjust effector parameters to control how the shader affects position, scale, rotation, or color.
- Animate the shader or Effector settings to create dynamic, evolving effects.
Use Cases
- Creating organic motion based on noise or fractal patterns.
- Animating clones with gradient-based falloffs or patterns.
- Driving color changes or transparency based on textures.
- Adding complex, non-uniform variations controlled by custom shaders.
Benefits
- Precise, texture-driven control of clone transformations and attributes.
- Integrates seamlessly with Cinema 4D’s shader system.
- Highly customizable procedural animation effects.
- Supports both bitmap and procedural shaders for versatile workflows.
More info here in the Maxon documentation.
Video Credit: PixelAffair.
Description: This video explains the Cinema 4D Shader Effector in Cinema 4D Mograph.
