Legacy of 3D Software Innovation Delivers Modeling, Animation and Rendering Enhancements for ‘Real-World’ Workflow and Unmatched Productivity
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FRIEDRICHSDORF, Germany – MAXON today unveiled CINEMA 4D Release 16 (R16), the next generation release of the company’s industry-leading 3D motion graphics, visual effects, visualization, painting, and rendering software application. In addition to countless workflow enhancements, CINEMA 4D R16 delivers powerful new features including a modeling PolyPen ‘super-tool’, a Motion Tracker for easily integrating 3D content within live footage and a Reflectance material channel that allows for multi-layered reflections and specularity. CINEMA 4D R16 reinforces MAXON’s commitment to provide creative professionals with exceptional stability and performance, unmatched integration, and a straightforward, efficient and flexible interface to optimize any workflow for VFX, motion graphics, visualization and game development.
[Note: MAXON will debut CINEMA 4D R16 at the SIGGRAPH 2014 convention in Vancouver, BC, August 12 -14, 2014, Booth #1422]
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“CINEMA 4D R16 elevates the 3D design experience so that creative professionals in film, broadcast, digital media and visualization can create, share and manage compelling content and collaborate more effectively on the most demanding projects,†says Harald Egel, co-founder and CEO of MAXON Computer. “Our programming team has optimized modeling and rendering capabilities while adding powerful advanced capabilities that not only bolster performance but also insure our customers have the most efficient pipeline to other digital content creation tools for streamlined productivity.â€
Key Highlights of CINEMA 4D Release 16
CINEMA 4D R16 sets a new standard for 3D software excellence. Innovative new features in R16, available for both the Mac OS X and Windows platforms, include:
Animation Features:
Motion Tracker – Delivers quick and seamless integration of 3D
elements into real world footage. Footage can be tracked
automatically or manually, and aligned to the 3D environment using
position, vector and planar constraints.
Interaction Tag – Gives users control over 3D objects and works with the new Tweak mode to provide information on object movement and highlighting. Ideal for technical directors and character riggers, the tag reports all mouse interaction and allows object control via XPresso, COFFEE or Python.
Modeling Features:
PolyPen – Utilize the new ‘super-tool’ to paint
polygons and polish points as well as easily move, clone, cut and
weld points, edges of 3D models. You can even re-topologize complex
meshes. Enable snapping for greater precision or to snap to a
surface.
Bevel Deformer – The powerful Bevel toolset in CINEMA 4D can
now be applied nondestructively to entire objects or specific
selection sets. Users can also animate and adjust bevel attributes
to create all new effects.
Sculpting – R16 is packed with numerous improvements and dynamic
features to sculpt with precision and expand the overall modeling
toolset. The new Select tool gives users access to powerful
symmetry and fill options to define point and polygon selections on
any editable object. Additional features give users more control
and flexibility for sculpting details on parametric objects,
creating curves, defining masks, stamps and stencils, as well as
tools for users to create their own sculpt brushes, and more.
Other modeling features in R16 include an all-new Cogwheel spline primitive to generate involute and ratchet gears; a new Mesh Check tool to evaluate the integrity of a polygonal mesh; Deformer Falloff options, and Cap enhancements to easily add textures to the caps of MoText, Extrude, Loft, Lathe and Sweep objects.
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Rendering Features:
Reflectance Channel – The new Reflectance material channel in R16
provides more control over reflections and specularity within a
single new channel. Features include the ability to build-up
multiple layers for complex surfaces such as metallic car paint,
woven cloth surfaces, and options to render separate multi-pass
layers for each reflection layer to achieve higher quality
realistic imagery.
New Render Engine for Hair & Sketch – A completely new unified effects render engine allows artists to seamlessly raytrace Hair and Sketch lines within the same render pass to give users higher quality results in a fraction of the time.
Team Render Server – Team Render, introduced by MAXON in 2013, features many new enhancements including a client-server architecture allowing users to control all the render jobs for a studio via a browser.
Miscellaneous Performance and Workflow Features
CINEMA 4D is revered for its spectacular image quality and an intuitive, easy-to-use interface that puts professional results within reach of artists at all levels of CGI experience. Additional productivity boosting features in R16 include:
Content Library – Completely re-organized and optimized for Release 16, the preset library contains custom made solutions with specific target groups in mind. New house and stair generators, as well as modular doors and windows have been added for architectural visualizers. Product and advertising designers can take advantage of a powerful tool to animate the folding of die-cut packaging, as well as modular bottles, tubes and boxes. Motion designers will enjoy the addition of high-quality models made for MoGraph, preset title animations and interactive chart templates.
Exchange/Pipeline Support – Customers can now exchange assets throughout the production pipeline more reliably in R16 with support for the most current versions of FBX and Alembic.
Solo Button – Offers artists a production-friendly solution to isolate individual objects and hierarchies for refinement when modeling. Soloing also speeds up the viewport performance for improved workflow on massive scenes.
Annotations – Tag specific objects, clones or points in any scene with annotations that appear directly in view for a dependable solution to reference online pre-production materials, target areas of a scene for enhancement, and more.
UV Peeler – Delivers an effective means to quickly unwrap the UV’s of cylindrical objects for optimized texturing.
[Note: Check out the complete list of features in CINEMA 4D R16.]
Pricing, Availability and Upgrade Path
CINEMAÂ 4D Release 16 is scheduled to ship in September, 2014. Pricing and upgrade information is available at: www.maxon.net. Available for both Mac OS X and Windows. Recommended system requirements.
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About MAXON
Headquartered in Friedrichsdorf, Germany, MAXON Computer is a developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions. Its award-winning CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D software products have been used extensively to help create everything from stunning visual effects in top feature films, TV shows and commercials, cutting-edge game cinematics for AAA games, as well for medical illustration, architectural and industrial design applications. MAXON has offices in Germany, USA, United Kingdom, France, Japan and Singapore. MAXON products are available directly from the web site and its worldwide distribution channel. Specially priced learning editions of the company’s software solutions are also made available to educational institutions. For additional information on MAXON visit www.maxon.net.MAXON Information:
CINEMA 4D R16 Landing Page: www.maxon.net/r16
Website: www.maxon.net
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