C4D XPRESSO 2

Going deeper into Xpresso

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OBJECTIVES
1. Understand how to work with Xpresso in C4D
2. Able to do simple rigs with Xpresso

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LESSON CONTENT
1. More Xpresso Nodes
2. Logic in Xpresso

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LESSON CONTENT
1. More Xpresso Nodes
2. Logic in Xpresso

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MORE XPRESSO NODES
Time Node
● Basic node for getting the project time & related settings
○ Time → output in seconds
○ Frame → output the frame number
○ Frames Per Second → output the frame rate

● Useful for using time to drive an animation

○ No need for keyframe

● Use FloatMath node to multiply the Time output to change the speed

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Time Node
01 Clock.c4d

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MORE XPRESSO NODES
Range Mapper Node
● Changes an input range to an specified output range
○ Eg input 0-100 → output 100-1000
● Input and output range can be of different type
○ Angles & %

● Useful when using sliders to control a property

○ Eg animate 0-100%, but output 0-360 deg

● If the input value goes beyond the specified range

○ option to clamp to the min/max values

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Range Mapper Node

02 Lift Doors.c4d

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Range Mapper Node

03 Lever Bubbles.c4d

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Range Mapper Node

04 Ball Bounce.c4d

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MORE XPRESSO NODES
Noise Node
● Outputs a random value
○ Based off a noise pattern
○ Useful for adding random animation to objects
● Can be animated with a Time input
○ Connect a Time node to control the noise animation
● The default noise output a specific range
○ -0.5 → 0.5

● Noise pattern can be adjusted

○ Scale → Size of the noise pattern
○ Frequency → Speed of the noise pattern changing
○ Amplitude → Range size of the output
○ Seed → Changes the noise pattern

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Noise Node
05 Wind Vane.c4d

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Noise Node
06 Boat.c4d

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Noise Node
07 Console.c4d

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MORE XPRESSO NODES
Trigonometric Node
● Provides a trigonometry functions
○ More useful for Sine function
○ Sine is the default function
● Useful for creating back and forth motion

● Use Time node to control the animation of the sine function

○ Outputs -1 → 1
● Use FloatMath node to multiply the range of the output

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Trigonometric Node
08 Metronome.c4d

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Trigonometric Node
09 Car.c4d

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LESSON CONTENT
1. More Xpresso Nodes
2. Logic in Xpresso

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LOGIC IN XPRESSO
Condition Node
● Mainly used to send a selected output from an available list of inputs
○ Connect all option to each input
○ Can add as many inputs as needed

● Use the Switch to choose the input to send out

○ Switch only uses number input to control
○ Counts from 0
○ ie. 0 → Input 1, 1 → Input 2, 2 → Input 3, etc

● Remember to choose the correct Data Type!

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Condition Node
09 Car.c4d

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LOGIC IN XPRESSO
Compare Node
● Compares 2 inputs and sends a True/False output
● Multiple comparison methods
○ == → Is equals to
○ < → Is less than
○ <= → Is less than or equals to
○ > → Is more than
○ >= → Is more than or equals to
○ != → Is not equals to

● If the comparison is true

○ Outputs True / 1
○ If not output False / 0

● Useful to trigger something based on a check

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Compare Node
10 Gauge.c4d

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THANK YOU!

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