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Cinema 4D

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CINEMA 4D is a commercial, cross-platform, high-end 3-D graphics application, produced by MAXON Computer GmbH of Friedrichsdorf, Germany. Noted for its flexible interface and ease of use, it is capable of procedural and polygonal/subd modelling, animating, lighting, texturing...

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  • DE flagGermany
  • European Union flagEU

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  • Mac
  • Windows
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  1.  Rendering
  2.  Keyframe Animation
  3.  Support for scripting
  4.  Procedural Modeling

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Cinema 4D information

  • Developed by

    DE flagMaxon Computer GMBH.
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Commercial product.
  • Pricing

    One time purchase ranging between $995 and $3695, and / or subscription ranging between $184 and $200 per month.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 3
  • Alternatives

    48 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Cinema 4D, and it has gotten 82 likes

Cinema 4D was added to AlternativeTo by aygul on Apr 16, 2009 and this page was last updated Mar 8, 2021. Cinema 4D is sometimes referred to as Cinema4D.

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Top Positive Comment
Peter G.
Nov 19, 2022
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I started to use (as an amateur) C4D back then when it was an Amiga software. It is still one of the best on the market, especially in the motion design sector.

Top Negative Comment
greentea1
Mar 6, 2020
-2

Installed automatically when I installed other apps. Isn't that called bloatware?

Lester Covax
Sep 12, 2021

It's installed alongside Adobe After Effects (along w/ Mocha...also not bloatware), which I'll assume you have installed. C4D is far from bloatware; it would be like accidentally being served a filet mignon along with your double quarter pounder.

What is Cinema 4D?

CINEMA 4D is a commercial, cross-platform, high-end 3-D graphics application, produced by MAXON Computer GmbH of Friedrichsdorf, Germany. Noted for its flexible interface and ease of use, it is capable of procedural and polygonal/subd modelling, animating, lighting, texturing and rendering.

CINEMA 4D is a 3-D application that is popular amongst matte painters in film production, largely due to the BodyPaint 3D functionality. It is equally popular amongst motion graphics artists, thanks to its excellent integration with compositing application pipelines, and a very artist-friendly, customizable

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