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Installing Net Server/Client or Licesne Server as a Windows service
The installation of any app as a service can be done using a tool from microsoft (srvany.exe) Microsoft Support To make this work with the license server (or Net Server/client) you should use the -homedir directoryname commandline option to specify a specific directory where all preferences will be stored.
This parameter needs to be used for the service as well as the GUI version to make sure that all configurations done in GUI mode are available to the service. This is especialy important if the service runs with different user credentials than the GUI version.

The downside of running a service is that there is no access to the GUI anymore, so any changes that need to be done via the GUI make it neccesary to follow theses step:

1. stop the service (pause is not sufficent)
2. start the app in GUI mode
3. make the neccesary changes
4. Exit the application
5. start the service

Often overlooked functions

With pressed Ctrl key you can move an object in the editor without moving it's children

Alt Click on the visibility options of an object will change editor as well as render visibility at the same time

Ctrl Click on the visibility options of an object will change the options for the children too

Shift Click on the visibility options of an object will cycle the options backwards

The last three functions can be combined

Ctrl Click on the enable checkmark of an object will toggle the setting for the object and all children

Ctrl Click on a mode (Polygon, Point or Edge) will convert the current selection

Shift Ctrl Click on a mode (Polygon, Point or Edge) will convert the current selection with tolerance

Alt Click on an object icon to create a new object will place it as the parent of the currently active object

Shift Alt Click on an object icon to create a new object will place it as a child of the currently active object

Ctrl Click on the rotate icon will rotate around the cameras axis instead of the selected object

Shift Click on the rotate icon will rotate around the world axis instead of the selected object

Doubleclick on the handle of the timeslider let's you enter the framenumber you want to set the current time to

Ctrl Alt Shift Click on a keyframe will select all keyframes of all objects in the timeline at this frame

Alt D disables the axis display

Holding F10 pressed allows to move the modelling axis

Holding F11 pressed allows to rotate the modelling axis

Holding F12 pressed disables the axis lock

Shift Click on an axis will restrict movement / rotation / scaling to the remaning axis

When creating a file named c4d_use_homedir.txt in the CINEMA installation directory the preferences will be saved in the default user directory set by the OS instead of the CINEMA directory.


Body Paint 3D

To create a bitmap from the UV polygons for later painting in other applications select a small hard brush, switch to UV mode, select all UVs you want to include and choose Layer->Outline Polygons from the menu.

To display a selected channel (for example bump) as a color channel choose "Display selected channel" from the BodyPaint 3D paint layout ->Edit menu