#CINEMA 4D STUDIO COST UPDATE#

Even if you are using Cinema 4D Lite R16 that is bundled with Adobe After Effects CC 2014, you can harness the power and depth that this package has to offer.įirst off let me address something that many of my Twitter followers and readers will ask: Why in the heck would I purchase Cinema 4D Studio Release 16 at a cost of $3,695 when Video CoPilot’s Element 3D v2 can do everything I need it to for $199.95? Element 3D is great, especially with its v2 release, and I will cover that in a later review. However, in the grand scheme of things it’s not an equal comparison.Ĭinema 4D is a true 3D stand-alone application that will give you the most realistic reflections and raytracing you have seen. If you rarely do any modeling, or never really need truly realistic reflections and raytracing, then Element 3D will do the trick… but, if you want to have the most realistic light reflections possible - the ones that make your main title project stand out - then you want Cinema 4D. In the end Element 3D is tied to After Effects, which is traditionally not a true 3D application.

Technically it’s 2.5D (a faked 3D world), which can limit your abilities in certain situations. The good news is if you do own After Effects CC 2014, you can use Cinema 4D Lite R16 and really see what the differences are. While I know the real Cinema 4D experts will laugh at the thought that I really love some of the new shiny bells and whistles, like the Advanced Cog Wheel Spline, these “shiny” updates really make Cinema 4D accessible to people like me who don’t necessarily have two months to build a gear-based animation that interlocks correctly, but still need it to look awesome! In this section, I’ll be going over R16 updates such as the Reflectance Channel, built in 3D Motion Tracker, the Polygon Pen tool, and some of the object library updates.

#CINEMA 4D STUDIO COST UPDATE#

The first update that stood out to me is the introduction of the Reflectance Channel. I really think this is the largest change to Cinema 4D R16, which has probably caused some headaches for Cinema 4D veterans, but I think this is a great feature that allows for some really amazing materials.

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