![]() The definition of Synergy is when the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Support (free and pay) and training available from MAXON, for an additional fee although some is also free, also means users aren’t abandoned after purchase. If you don’t need everything that the Studio version does, there are other reduced-feature options within the MAXON Cinema ecosystem worth checking out. But, that comes at a pro level price, too. ![]() The whole Cinema C4D Studio r17 investment rewards owners with pro features, stability plus outstanding integration and output. C4D is mature enough to have a plugin for almost anything. Combine that with the tight integration into the Adobe AE/Premier ecosystem and C4D has significant mojo. The large availability of different softwares and abilities via plugins means users can stay in the C4D environment while creating. This is what is happening to C4D now and should be considered a big performance gain. This adds yet another layer of ability that let’s filmmakers really maximize investments in other CG software and C4D.īack in it’s heyday, before corporate mergers and meddling, Lightwave was a destination program because it became a hub for fantastic multi-feature ability. C4D now includes Houdini Engine Integration into it’s work flow. MAXON has improved the performance of C4D by further enabling 3rd party integration. Corrected still backdrops lets virtual cameras move within the C4D scene along with CG content.įor those that like a little applied math, the C4D r17 Formula function allows for direct mathematical formula creation which can then be used to drive color, patterns or MoGraph replications.įor the mathematically fluent, Formula Shaders let users write expressions for both cosmetic shaders and Mograph animation or particle control.Įssentially, in the more complex abilities of C4D, the depth of options rapidly expands into, “How deep do you want to go?” Performance Users identify curved shapes that should be straight by drawing paths on them, then the program does its magic. The improved lens correction tools lets filmmakers save lens corrections with significant distortion such as ultra wide lenses. This may be worth the price of admission right here. Users can recreate cities with very little effort plus anything else that they may need. New file import options mean the massive library of free SketchUp models can be directly imported into C4D. In the new motion tracking additions, users get a nice selection of appropriate visualization tools to easily review, hide tracks and hunt for bad tracks – very welcome when there can be hundreds of tracks. Depth of OptionsĬ4D has a nice legacy of ‘appropriate’ options. You’ve always been able to randomly assign different shaders but with the tinting tool, on can have one shader and many variations. Also, there is a pose morph ability that lets users sculpt changes to an object but save the changes as an animatable and blend-able control slider.Ī hugely welcome addition is the ability to randomly change the tint of color on objects. The new color chooser sports a more comprehensive eyedropper to sample from images plus a variety of color harmony options that automatically update depending on your selections.įor the character animators or special effects transition fans, the model sculpting tools now have edge detection, preventing misshaping edges while sculpting. You could do this with earlier versions, but now there is a dedicated tool, eliminating the need for extra work. The new Take System let’s users easily control variations, such as swapping out scene elements, within a scene and rendering those variations individually for compositing later is a nice commonsense addition. (You can read my review of the previous version, r16, here.) Ease of Use The whole C4D Studio abilities are quite vast so I’ll be concentrating only on the new additions in this review. This update is more of wide ranging, incremental improvement to what C4D does well vs. This latest release continues to build upon a software that is equally at home in the small studio, large studio or pro TV or Cinematic engagement. Pricing: (Studio Edition) New – $3695, Upgrade-$995 Non-studio editions are less Description: 3D scene creation for Greenscreen, animation, motion tracking
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