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Cinema 4D Tutorial - How to Actualize 3D Grass

Step 1 - Creating a base

First of all accessible the Cinema 4D application, which will automatically actualize a new arena for you to alpha alive with. You again charge to actualize a abject for your grass to be absorbed to, I’m traveling to add a cube and adapt it - ” Objects > Primitive > Cube”.Your canvas should attending absolutely like this now :


Step 2 - Modifying out base

Now we accept out cube, we can adapt to to be added of a absorbing appearance by firstly beat it, and in the Attributes pane, accretion Segments X, Y & Z to a college amount ( I am traveling to baddest 50 and this will accredit me to adapt the appearance added calmly )



I’m traveling to manually adapt my cube, by selecting the orange aboveboard on the cube and boring them to a adapted position in the X, Y and Z plains. You can alternatively change the admeasurement of the angel in the attributes console by accounting X, Y Z variables, but let’s accumulate this simple and quick.



Then I am traveling to hit the “C” key on my keyboard ( Make Editable from the card ” Functions > Make Editable ” ) This allows me to again use the Allurement apparatus to dispense my apparent further. Select the allurement apparatus ( Structure > Allurement ) And bang and annoyance the cursor on the even to actualize any adapted effect.

I acclimated the apparatus to add a arresting aftereffect to the plane:



Step 3 - Adding arrangement to the base

We now charge to accomplish out abject attending almost organic, so we are traveling to add a clay blazon texture. In the abstracts pane, ( basal of the awning ) bang “File > New Material”, beneath area you just clicked a new arrangement will arise in the appearance of a amphitheater called “Mat” - Double bang on the chat “Mat” and rename it “Soil”.Double bang on the Clay Sphere texture, and a new chat box will pop up searching like this :



Click the arrow breadth the advantage for ” Texture” Appears on the appropriate breadth of the chat box. A account will affectation below, bang on “Gradient”. You will apprehension the amphitheater with the arrangement displayed in the chat box will change. What we are traveling to do now is change the acclivity itself, so bifold bang breadth the collapsed acclivity is displayed ( beneath the arrangement arrow ) and change the ethics in the shader backdrop to something like this:



We wish to now bang the abutting button on this panel, and administer the arrangement to our plane. You charge to bang and annoyance the arrangement assimilate out plane, this is illustrated beneath :



Step 4 - Selecting the adjustment of the grass

Ok if you accept got this far you are accomplishing appealing well. We now charge to bang the window icon, which will acquiesce us to see assorted angle of our scene.



Clicking this will change our appearance to this:



Ok, we alone now affliction about the top appropriate view, bang the Use polygon apparatus - so baddest “Tools > Polygons ” from the menu. Now we charge to baddest the rectangle alternative apparatus and baddest all polygons in the top appropriate window labeled “Top”. (Basically this will be the breadth the grass will be placed on) - So baddest ” Alternative - Rectangle selection” From the menu. Move the cursor to the top appropriate appearance and in a bang annoyance motion, baddest all the polygons until they all about-face orange.

Now your appearance will attending like this:



Now appear out of this appearance by acute the aforementioned window figure as you did before, however, bang the one in the top larboard ( Perspective appearance ). You will now be able to see your article with alone the top polygons selected.



Step 5 - Abacus the grass

Now we accept our top band of the even selected, we charge to add grass, ok ok, so I aria to you, it’s not grass. It’s Cinema 4d’s Fur Tool, but does a candied job or replicating grass. All you charge to do now is bang from the card “Hair > Fur” and some spikes will arise on the even in the angle view.We are now traveling to access the bulk of fur, so in the altar panel, baddest “Fur” which will amend the Attributes view. Where you can change the ” Count ” Aka, bulk of fur. It’s initially at 10000, but I’m traveling to change abundance to 30000, but you will accept to agreement to ensure you will accept the abounding breadth covered in grass depending on how ample you fabricated your plane. Also we will change the Randomness of the grass, by abacus a capricious randomize ambience of 6 degrees.

This ability complete like gibberish but agreement with the attributes, and who knows, you ability actualize some absolutely air-conditioned stuff.



Step 6 - Add arrangement to the grass

That’s basically it to be honest, but we will charge to add a new arrangement to the grass to accomplish it green. When you added the grass, a new arrangement was fabricated in the textures panel. It should be alleged “Fur Mat” - bifold bang it to accessible the arrangement dialogAll I am traveling to do actuality is change the acclivity of the grass to two shades of green. You can change the array etc via the larboard duke card if you wish to experiment!



Step 7 - Rendering

That’s it! You accept fabricated some grass on a plane, if you got this far… congratulations! Now we charge to just cede the angel to see the final result, so bang “Render > Cede View” From the card which will appearance you absolutely what you accept created! I just added a accomplishments ( Objects > Scene > Accomplishments ) and afflicted the attributes to ” Use blush > Always”. Here’s my final result!

Cheers,

As accepted you will accept to actualize a certificate and a new layer.


Then administer a angled acclivity on it.


It will be bigger if you actualize a archetype of our key layer.


Maybe to use some clarify now. Let's say the Crystallize filter. To arise the edges.




Switch to abracadabra wind apparatus if I'm not mistaken with the name here.

The ambition actuality is to baddest the accomplished Yellow.

PS: In Ps you can do it in abounding ways.






Tap to add the blush - the one with the +.




It is called now.

As you see it has now absolutely accepted aspect ratio. Make a basal selection.


It is bigger to save this selection. So do it.


Save the alternative and Make a plan aisle with pixel altruism = 2.


So now we accept a plan aisle to plan with. We can warp, ample and transform it like we want.

Now we will transform our aisle a little bit and not just a little bit :).

For transforming a aisle in Photoshop you can use any appearance alternative accoutrement like Pen Tool (P) for

As a aboriginal allotment of the tutorial we will bury some band with gradients.




So actualize a new layer, accept ballyhoo a white acclivity and chase me.

Create addition band and bury it with acclivity too.





This time set aggregate approach to becloud and see all the settings I detail. Here are the after-effects of the aboriginal band gradation.



To ability this aftereffect just try several times with Darken gradient, you can not ability the exact anatomy like I did.



Transform and Warp the top gradient. Something like this. Moreover set the band approach to Linea light.





I've formed out some colors application Color antithesis adjustments.

I don't accept the absolute settings but as you can see the highlights are chicken and Mids are Violet – pink.



Now I would like to accomplish the angel added valued. So for this I will accomplish some elements to fit the background.

Create a new band and bury it with blush to accuracy acclivity from top.



Well aswell use a affectation on this band and actuality are the acclivity settings to our mask.



I aswell bifold the acclivity band and set the top archetype caliginosity to 3%.



I've aswell asleep a little bit of the acclivity application low breeze caliginosity brush.



And Cropped the angel to fit the composition.



I've created a new band and acrylic just a little bit with the aforementioned bendable brush.

Flip the canvas and we are accessible with our basal element, but I wish to actualize a wallpaper from all this.

Create a new document, let's say about 1024 x 768.

And rag our Flattened angel to fit the wallpaper like this.

Create 4 copies of the Angel and use Hue assimilation acclimation on anniversary of them. The amount have to be +12 on hue every time.



Use achievement 3 px on every copy.



Now what I did, I've created a archetype of anniversary of the layers (4) and alloyed them together.

Moreover I've activated motion becloud filter

Use addition Chrome clarify alteration absolutely the picture.



Final accomplish - 2 abstracted layers with gradients. Both set to Color Burn.



... and voila – it's done.



Our autogenous analogy is finished.

I stumbled aloft an angel of one of the Olsen twins (don’t apperceive which one, don’t commonly pay abundant absorption to them to be able to acquaint them apart) altered from the antecedent for olsen_systa’s sample image, but able-bodied ill-fitted to this task. Note the white background, acceptable ambit of highlights/midtones/shadows, and the abridgement of a adumbration abashing any allotment of the face. This angel is ideal because it requires no abetment above-mentioned to application the Beginning command (coming up soon). Added images may charge a lot of blush acclimation afore they could be fabricated acceptable for use in this tutorial, abnormally as commendations caliginosity on the face. Accept your images wisely.Step 1: Open your image. Duplicate the accomplishments band and accord it a advantageous name. (I called abundance ’olsen, threshold’.) Save to PSD to get your alive book established.Step 2: Accomplish abiding your new band (not the background) is accent and run card advantage Angel » Adjustments » Threshold… The absence amount in the Beginning chat box is 128. For this angel I added it to 151 and, annoyed with the way it looked, apprenticed OK.

At the end of footfall 2 you should accept something akin the angel to the left.Step 3: With the beginning band highlighted, run card advantage Clarify » Stylize » Diffuse… Baddest Anisotropic approach and columnist OK.Step 4:Run card advantage Baddest » Blush Range… Use the eyedropper to sample the atramentous allocation of the image, afresh run the Fuzziness slider in the Blush Ambit chat box up to 200. Columnist OK. The atramentous allocation of the angel should now be amidst by boot ants.Step 5: Run card advantage Baddest » Save Selection… Accord the alternative a name and columnist OK. Columnist CTRL-D to deselect. We’ll reload the alternative later.Step 6: Accomplish a new band on top of the others. Baddest the Acrylic Bucket tool. Set the apparatus to ample with a arrangement rather than a blush and ample the new layer. I acclimated one of Photoshop’s congenital patterns. You may use any arrangement you like. (See the Layers palette at the end of footfall 6.)

Step 7: Accomplish addition new band on top of the others and ample it with white. Add a band affectation to this band by acute the Add Band Affectation button on the Layers palette.

Step 8: Run card advantage Baddest » Amount Selection… Accept the alternative you adored beforehand from the dropdown card in the Amount Alternative chat box and columnist OK.

Step 9: Run card advantage Edit » Fill… Ample the alternative with atramentous (which should accord to your accepted accomplishments blush if the affectation band is highlighted). Though you’ve abounding the alternative with black, you won’t see atramentous in the image. What you should see is the arrangement ample from the band beneath bold through area the called affectation was filled. Columnist CTRL-D to deselect. (See the Layers palette at the end of footfall 9.)

At the end of footfall 9 you should accept something akin the angel to the left.Step 10: With the affectation band still highlighted, baddest the Besom apparatus and accept a large, hard-edged brush. (I acclimated the admeasurement 19 brush.) Painting on the affectation with white as the beginning color, acrylic over those locations of the angel you ability not need, bold you see added being that doesn’t charge to be there. In this case, I bankrupt up the lower allotment of the image. Here’s my angel afterwards cleanup.Adding argument which shows the aforementioned backdrop as the angel is done in abundant the aforementioned way the angel itself was made.Step 11: Baddest the Argument tool, get a chantry you like and add some text. I chose Porky’s and added a asinine banana complete aftereffect chat to the image.Step 12: Run card advantage Baddest » Amount Selection… The actual access will already be called by absence in the chat box, so just columnist OK. The argument should now be amidst by boot ants.

Step 13: Turn off afterimage of the argument layer. The argument will abandon but the boot all-overs will be larboard behind. (Deselecting appropriate now would be bad.)

Step 14: Highlight the affectation band and accomplish abiding the affectation allocation of the band is selected. Run card advantage Edit » Fill… Ample the alternative with atramentous (which should accord to your accepted accomplishments blush if the affectation band is highlighted, just like the endure time we did this). Once afresh the arrangement ample should appearance through the mask, authoritative the argument attending just like the blow of the image. Columnist CTRL-D to deselect. (See the Layers palette at the end of footfall 14.)

Step 15: Save the PSD, afresh Save For Web in your adopted format, and you’re done!