Springs & Spline Dynamics in Cinema 4D Part 02: Floating Balloons

Here’s part 2 in my series of tutorials utilizing the combination of Spring & Spline Dynamics together to get some really cool dynamic animation! This time around, I’m going to go over how to use Springs & Spline Dynamics to make a floating balloon on a string, a bit of an upside-down setup featured in Part 1. There’s two techniques I use to get this floating balloon effect: First is showing how to float a balloon that is fixed or attached to a point or object, and the second is more of a free floating balloon setup. If you know of any other techniques you know of, please share! Enjoy!

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5 Comments

magnetykpeople March 29, 2012 at 9:19 am

Hi Ed and thanx for these “dynamics” tuts ;)
Very instructives.
I just have one special request, could you please quit the title and safe borders in the middle of the viewport for the next episode(s), that would improve our viewer experience, because these sometimes interfere with the live action ;))
Anyway, great job, keep up
eyedesyn March 29, 2012 at 9:44 am

Thanks for the comments and the very good suggestion! I’ll definitely have to turn off those borders the next time! :)
magnetykpeople March 29, 2012 at 5:14 pm

One step closer to the “poly” paradise ;)
Aleksandar December 14, 2015 at 8:41 pm

Hallo,

Sorry, but i can not find the dynamic balloon tutorial part2. In the folder is a exampel but no training.

Thanks for help
dave March 21, 2017 at 6:48 pm

hey when my balloons start to fly the string separates from the balloon and there is a red line showing how far the separation is. how do i make it stay connected?