# Cinema 4d
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d/10216
**Category:** design
**Created:** [December 27, 2002, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d/10216 "2002-12-27T05:35:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@Xero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Xero)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2002, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d/10216/1 "2002-12-27T05:35:35Z")
I was wondering how if the have a gradient tool for the material (mesh) editor in cinema 4d XL version 7.200. please help.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2002, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d/10216/2 "2002-12-27T07:52:04Z")
I use Cinema 4D, but your question is a bit confusing so could you clarify? Maybe I can help. =)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2002, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d/10216/3 "2002-12-27T07:56:21Z")
i wanted to make a platonic type shape site spikes have a kind of aqua feel to it. So i wanted to mix blue white and a darker blue together. In the new material window I saw a screenshot of some guy making a person with a gradient tool in c4d. I was just wondering if this was the right version and if it is were it is.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2002, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d/10216/4 "2002-12-27T08:03:54Z")
Ok I’m assuming you already have a spike created, but if you want to give it an transparent water look, you need to first create a texture for a new material and have the transparency attribute turned on, on the material. You’ll also need to place your spike object inside a hyper NURB which will round and smooth out the spike to give it a sleaker appearance. I’m working on a tutorial for Cinema 4D on how to make spikes, I’m almost done.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2002, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d/10216/5 "2002-12-27T08:07:28Z")
i know how to do all that nurbing stuff but what i really need to work on is making a proffesional looking mesh or material for the spike.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2002, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d/10216/6 "2002-12-27T08:13:31Z")
here this might help
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2002, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d/10216/7 "2002-12-27T08:38:56Z")
If you want to just apply color then select the color you want in that material panel you have opened and then drag the material on to your object. That is just for applying color, to make it look like how you stated above then it’s going to require a texture made from an outside source. Here is an example.
[http://www.electrongeek.net/subatomic.html](http://www.electrongeek.net/subatomic.html)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2002, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d/10216/8 "2002-12-27T08:42:46Z")
wha would be a good text maker?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2002, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d/10216/9 "2002-12-27T08:44:54Z")
jeez that must have taken a year to make and 2 more to render
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2002, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d/10216/10 "2002-12-27T09:00:11Z")
I usually use photoshop to make my textures and that sample took me about an hour to make and 30 min to render. =)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2002, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d/10216/11 "2002-12-27T09:09:16Z")
Xero, I just noticed the comment you left on my tagboard and I was wondering if you would like to be a beta tester for my tutorial. Before I hand it over to Kirupa, I want someone to actually go through it and tell me if it was clear enough and since you seem eager to learn, I’ll let you test it out. It should be done pretty soon, I just need to take a few more screen shots.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2002, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d/10216/12 "2002-12-27T09:46:28Z")
Thats cool with me 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2002, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d/10216/13 "2002-12-27T09:48:36Z")
sorry about my half-assed posts i am very tired. And i cannot really think straight