I think I cover a bit of animation in the course, the essential tools anyway so you should be covered

Hey Sam,

It sounds like your Picture Viewer might be showing an old frame or rendering from a different take. Try these steps:

1. Check Render Range, Frame Settings & FPS

   • In Render Settings, make sure:
     • Frame Range is set to Current Frame (if rendering a single frame).
     • The frame number matches what you expect.
     • Your Scene FPS (Project Settings:…

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Great to hear you guys are having success with it, to be honest I haven’t touched Daz since I made that course so I cant really say much about the latest integration.

For simplicity I can only really offer support in C4D + Redshift and not any 3rd party software or plugins.

However if I find myself back in Daz again, I’ll definitely post…

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Hey Matt,

Great find! Animagraffs has some awesome breakdowns.

For the semi-transparent material with colored edges, they’re likely using a Fresnel effect or a thin-film shader in their material setup. In Redshift (or any other renderer), you can achieve this by:

1. Using Fresnel in the Opacity or Transmission – This makes the center fully…

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No worries, great to hear!

Cheers Mimi,

If your object is spinning out of control in all directions when rotating, you’re likely running into gimbal lock. This happens because Cinema 4D uses Euler angles for rotation, meaning the rotation axes are applied in sequence (X, then Y, then Z). At certain angles, one axis can align with another, causing unexpected…

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Hey Stella,

A black render in Redshift usually means one of a few things:

1. No Lights in the Scene – Redshift doesn’t have a default light, so you need to add at least one (like a Dome Light, Area Light, or Physical Sky).
2. Wrong Render Viewport – Make sure you’re using the Redshift Render View instead of the default C4D viewport…

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You’re very welcome, Israel! Glad you found a solution that worked for you. And yeah, that intermediate null trick comes in handy for all sorts of constraint weirdness. Keep up the awesome work, and feel free to drop by anytime if you run into more challenges—always happy to brainstorm!

Hey Israel, sounds like an interesting setup! The issue is likely due to how the Parent Constraint interprets transformations when you flip the character along the Z-axis. When you scale an object negatively, it can cause an unintended inversion of rotation due to how Cinema 4D handles coordinate space.

A possible fix:

• In the Parent…

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Hey! No problem at all—glad I could help!

For the blush powder material, you’ll want to use a mix of subsurface scattering and a fine noise bump to get that soft, slightly textured look. A subtle sheen or specular highlight can also help mimic the way powder catches light. If you’re using Cinema 4D with Redshift or Octane, I’d recommend…

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