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Must-know Xpresso

Must-know Xpresso - CINEMA 4D Tutorial

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Must-know Xpresso

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- [EJ] This week I'm going to be covering Xpresso, which is Cinema 4d's node-based system that allows you to set up complex automated object interactions by connecting object properties to one another. And while that sounds pretty confusing, I'm going to share with you one very simple aspect of this massive Xpresso system that you can use in your everyday workflow. All right, so again, on base level, Xpresso allows you to form connections between objects. So what we're going to do, without ever needing to even deal with a node system at all, is by utilizing the simple-to-use set driver and set driven work flow. So on almost every parameter, I can right click on a property, go to expressions and set driver. Now what this is going to do is have whatever property you set as the driver drive another property that is set as the one that is going to be driven. So let's just create a couple cubes here. So I got this cube here,…

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