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Cinema 4D

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Cinema 4D is a 3D modelling, animation and rendering program from Maxon, a company headquartered in Friedrichsdorf near Frankfurt, Germany. Maxon was founded in 1985 and has been part of the German Nemetschek Group since 2000. Cinema 4D first appeared in 1993 and is especially common in motion graphics, broadcast design and visual effects. Maxon also owns Redshift, ZBrush and Red Giant.

Features

  • Modelling, procedural scenes and character animation in one program.
  • The MoGraph toolset for motion graphics, based on cloned and animated objects.
  • Rendering with the built-in engine and with Redshift on CPU and GPU.
  • Simulation of cloth, particles and rigid bodies.
  • Exchange with compositing and design tools through standard formats and plug-ins, for Windows and macOS.

Model and limits

Cinema 4D is commercial software, offered through the subscription bundle Maxon One and individual licences, with a trial version. It targets professional studios and freelancers. Blender offers a similar range of functions for free, but follows a different workflow.