MAXON Announces Release 12 of CINEMA 4D

By DE Editors

MAXON Computer has announced the immediate availability of CINEMA 4D Release 12, the next generation of its 3D software application. The software boasts dozens of new productivity enhancing features including improved rendering, enhanced dynamics, new deformers and character animation capabilities.

"Today's release marks a significant milestone in the development of MAXON's professional 3D software and is a testament to more than two decades of programming excellence," says Harald Schneider, CEO and co-founder of MAXON Computer. "Our development team made every effort to bring customer requested features that are easy to use, stable and powerful. Creative professionals from all industries will find unparalleled solutions to help them meet the challenges of today's fast-paced production environments and create award-winning content."

Key Highlights of CINEMA 4D Release 12

• A rigid body dynamics system based on the Bullet engine. Objects can be connected via hinges, springs and complex joints, and then can be transformed into soft bodies.
• Linear Workflow and Color Profiles. Colors and lighting are mixed in a more realistic way. Color profiles are now integrated throughout CINEMA 4D for accurate color representation.
• IES lights. Photometric intensities based on Lumen and Candela are also supported.
• True Units of Measurement.
• Render Queue: Batch rendering has been streamlined with this augmented render task manager.
• Picture Viewer: CINEMA 4D's picture viewer now includes full-screen playback, a histogram display and navigator.
• New Character Tools: The Inverse Kinetics (IK) system features new dynamic properties. CINEMA 4D Studio also includes an integrated pose-mixing and morphing system.
• Several new deformers have been added to include options for modifying objects based on a low-poly cage or within the screen space.
• Support for the Python language is now integrated allowing users greater functionality to create scripts, expressions and plugins.

A variety of other new features include double precision, dual transforms, OpenGL 3 support, new architectural shaders, and an parametric spline L-system.

This release also marks a widespread reorganization across the CINEMA 4D R12 product line with the introduction of four editions offering a workflow and feature sets targeted to professional 3D animators, motion graphics artists, architects and designers.

For more information, visit MAXON.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.