Technical

Donovan Keith has authored a number of Python and C.O.F.F.E.E. plugins for Cinema 4D. Below you’ll find an incomplete list.

 

Name

Description

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Atom Generator

Using only an elements atomic number and atomic weight, automatically generate the appropriate number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in an aesthetically pleasing graphic representation of an atom.

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Branch Extrude

Allows you to interactively extrude any quad polygon into two separate branches.

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Chemical Interaction Simulator

Simulate simple chemical reactions by adjusting the temperature, relative quantity of substrates, and presence of enzymes.

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Connect Splines Object

Takes all child objects and turns them into a single spline.

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PrePostWaves

Generates a new wave file by stitching another wav file to the beginning/end.

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CSV Graphing Suite

Use CSV files to generate 3D charts and graphs in C4D.

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Optimal Placer

Iteratively finds the ideal placement of objects along the surface of a sphere so they are all equidistant.

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Project Templating

Automatically generate a new project that matches your workplace’s conventions.

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AlignmentTag

Easily align arbitrary objects based on their bounding boxes.

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Alternating Grid Mesh

Creates a point cloud with patterned offsets. Great for things like stacked cannonballs, bricks, and wine bottles – especially when used in conjunction with a cloner.

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Arrange Tag

Interactively arrange a group of objects end-to-end with user-specified spacing and direction.

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Blend Through Objects

Smoothly morph through a group of objects. Essentially draws a spline using an arbitrary number of null objects and allows you to animate an object along the path.

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DistBasedVertexMaps

Generate vertex maps based on distance from a null object. The closest point is 100% and the farthest is 0% with all others falling proportionally in between. Great for texture animation of the movement of current along a surface.

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Graph Paper

Creates a grid structure with a defined width, height, and grid density with customizable colors.

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Grid Spline

Creates a grid that can be drawn in progressively using the SplineTracer object.

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Make Circle

Takes the currently selected boundary points and converts them into a flat circle. Perfect for adding tubes, pipes, and circular holes to complex polygonal shapes.

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MakeThickAndRound

A generator object that takes a flat polygon as input and generates a smoothed dimensional version.

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Quantize Effector

Quantizes the PSR of MoGraph Clones. This pop-through pixelated animations, the optional smoothing parameter allows for snappy but smooth movements into and out of quantized positions.

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Random Step Weighting

An effector that allows you to randomly sort blended clones for greater variety from fewer input shapes.

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Obj Switcher

Swap shapes in and out with a single click. Automatically adds keys when a new shape is selected. Great for stop motion style replacement animation.

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Opacity Slider

A simple object that allows you to easily animate the opacity of any child objects. Ensure that opacity is adjusted like a layer in photoshop instead of the typical ugly 3D semi-transparent style.

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Particle Count Readout

Creates a chart showing the relative quantities of different particle types.

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Path Spline Object

Creates a spline that traces the shortest route between any two points along the edges of a polygon object.

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Simple Spherical Collision

Allows for simple distance based collision detection and avoidance while working in realtime in the editor view.

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Skeleton Spline

Draws a spline in 3D space that shows the hierarchical relationships between objects. Great for easily modeling and animating branching structures like neurons.

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Smooth Step Weighting

Smoothly transition from one particle/clone position to another one clone at a time with a smooth blending movement.

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Spoke Spline

Creates a spline that connects all clones with their cloners.

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Unit Offset Spline

Creates a spline that traces a fixed length of another spline. Great for simulating splines sliding along the length of each other.

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AdjustToWav

Adjusts the length of the active document to match that of the selected WAV audio file. Adds 1 second of leeway at the head and tail (for scratch VOX) and automatically adds the sound file to a null with a sound track.

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CameraMorphKeys

Takes first selected CameraMorph tag and automatically add keys based on the number of objects in the multi-morph list. Great for retiming camera animation to match voiceover or music.

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LinearAllKeys

Makes all keyframes in the document Linear.

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StepAllKeys

Makes all keyframes in the document Step.

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SplineAllKeys

Makes all keyframes in the document Spline and activates the “clamp” option.

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BakeAllMograph

Creates a cache for all MoGraph objects in a scene. Perfect for prepping for NetRender.

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NetRenderPaths

Adjusts the file name to match that of the project file.

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UpdateRenderPaths

Updates the existing render path to match the filename.

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PolyCruncher

Reduces the polygon count of the selected object by 90%

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ZeroPSR

Allows you to easily reset Position/Scale/Rotation by individual commands.

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