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CINEMA 4D R11 Quickstart –Thinking Particles

In order to understand the purpose of this object you have to know that Thinking Particles can divide particles

into groups. To a certain extent, the “Particle Geometry“ object serves to let you assign various geometric

objects to these groups. Our example contains only one group named “All“ which contains all particles that

will be generated. Nevertheless, a “Particle Geometry“ object is always required. Make it a habit to make the

object – in this case the light – a subordinate of the particle geometry even if it’s not compellingly necessary for

just a single particle group. All of a scene’s particle groups are listed in Objects / Thinking Particles / Thinking

Particles Settings.

How about a little snowstorm to ﬁnish? The emitter node’s attributes offer us a wide variety of possibilities for

changing the behavior of the ﬂakes. We can shorten their life span, make them fall faster or let them rotate.

It’s also possible to inﬂuence particles that have already been generated. Open the Content Browser’s preset

library in the main menu and look for “TP Planar Wind“. As the name suggests, this option is a wind-like force

which we can use to add a little turbulence to our snowfall.