Maxon’s powerful renderer has gone to subscription. With this update, Universe takes advantage of Multi-Frame Rendering in Adobe After Effects. It includes video transition and effects plugins for editors and motion graphics artists. Universe is also part of the Red Giant package. Also, Magic Bullet tools Cosmo, Mojo, Film, and Renoiser now take advantage of Apple’s Metal API for GPU acceleration. It has also added support for Multi-Frame Rendering (MFR) in Adobe After Effects. The Magic Bullet Suite has been updated for new Macs built on the Apple processor. A very specific tool to enable users to add muzzle flare to their footage. To accomplish that, developers have brought Form behaviors to the Particular workspace. Trapcode Suite 17 enables users to work with particles and geometric forms in the same 3D space. The Red Giant Complete compilation includes several modules including Trapcode, VFX, Magic Bullet, and Universe. Your boring corporate data could be made to sing and dance with the few particle effects thrown in. The new feature in Scene Nodes that was most interesting personally was the addition of data support to enable the creation of dynamic graphs and charts. And, Capsules can be accessed directly in the Object Manager. Processes developed through Scene Nodes can be used to create Capsules for fast access and reuse. The feature supports gradients and symbols.Ĭinema 4D developers have also been working on improvements to its Scene Node tools and has enabled interaction between the Scene Node interface and the Cinema 4D’s classic Object Manager through Capsules. Automated extrusion of paths and strokes enable the fast creation of models. Text handling has been significantly improved in Cinema 4D.Īnd, significantly, to my mind anyway, the new Cinema 4D has a spine import tool that enables artwork from Adobe Illustrator, PDF, and SVG files to be imported. Document and layout tabs enable users to move between their work. Maxon has implemented sliders through the menus to make it easier to experiment and fine tune effects.ĭevelopers have moved frequently used tools sets to Hot Corners in the program window so there’s more room for artists to work.
Just about any process can be saved as preset and reused. The company has increased the number of presets available and it has updated menus so people can find and use them. The company claims this new interface is more intuitive, and tools are more accessible on several levels. Maxon’s new interface is cleaner, provides more room, and is easier to use for beginners, says the C4D developers.Īs they were building this updated version of Cinema 4D, Maxon says they were thinking about beginners as well as the program’s community of experts. The headline for Cinema 4D is the updated interface.