My husband just bought C4D for me for my birthday, and while I'm liking playing with it, I'm finding it not very useful for what I need at moment. Is there a way to soft select? I thought I saw it for a moment, but now can't find it again.........and it's driving me batty. Also, any good c4d tutorials would be nice:)

Thanks,
Renee

www.c4dcafe.com is probably the best place to start for tutorials, along with maxon's own site.  Also worth downloading the free 3dAttack mags and having a go at some of their tutes - see Anders' link from a few days ago

I second The Café as an excellent place for tutorials. Also check out Cineversity, some tuts are free and some are not.

/Anders

Clicking on the 'Tips & Tricks' link towards the the top of this page may also be useful.

What is the point of soft selection?
Sorry for my ignorance.

Soft Selection is useful for many purposes but I probably use it most for sculpting. Try it out:

• Create a standard Plane and make it editable
• Switch to Points Mode and select just one point on the Plane
• Select the Move Tool and enable Soft Selection (make sure Preview is activated)
• Around the selected point there is now a yellow circular area defining the falloff radius of the selection so grab the green Y-axis and pull it up -- you'll see how by manipulating just one point you can affect a larger area in a very smooth way. Strength, radius and falloff type can all be tweaked to suit your specific need.

I use SS when doing organic modeling as it's a very quick and easy way to modify the shape of the object.

/Anders

Well, I've learned something new allready this morning, and it's only 8.05!
Thanks Anders.

Hi, just wanted to come in and say Thanks:) My email didn't let me know there was a reply, so pleasant surprise!