In total this update contains over 300 individual refinements and new functions. Over all the improvements are:

• ENHANCED STABILITY
• IMPROVED DIALOG AND MANAGER LAYOUTS
• REDRAW AND DISPLAY FIXES
• MEMORY LEAK FIXES

Additional improvements in specialized sections contain:

UPDATER AND INSTALLER

• Easier update process on Windows systems (no admin password needed every time)
• Updater maintains default language even after multi language updates

INTERFACE

• Various click zones improved
• Minor render region problems fixed
• Sound displayed in PowerSlider now marked in menu
• Calculation in edit fields could sometimes display incorrect results - fixed
• Activated tab stays selected when Attribute Manager is duplicated
• Manage User Data dialog now has a Cancel button
• NET Render Client, Server and License Server now use the red window button to quit (Mac only)

OPENGL

• Display error with MoSpline object fixed
• Display problem with Textures across multiple clones in Enhanced OpenGL fixed

COLLADA

• Enhanced stability when reading DAE files
• Improved speed when importing large number of splines

FBX

• new - Now supports FBX 2010.2
• Support for older FBX version (5 and 6) restored
• new - Multiple material and selection tags now supported
• "Export as text" option now overrides "embed textures" option
• Improved stability when loading fbx files
• Normal tag created on FBX import corrected
• Now selection tags are properly exported

MODELING

• new - Live selection radius now highlighted during preview
• Position Track to Spline accuracy improved
• Soft Selection preview redraw fixed
• Improved connect functionality when using the Phong tag
• Previous behavior of Formula Object restored
• Possible problems with FFD objects that could result in broken geometry fixed
• new - Open Type Fonts (OTF) now supported

MATERIALS

• Neutral default colors for backlight, Danel and Lumas shaders
• Renaming of shaders in Layer shader fixed
• Fixed a problem that could create false results when using the "double knots" function on gradients
• Noise space setting fixed
• Alpha channel problem in Fire shader fixed
• Fixed a problem where a black line could appear on a object's edge when using alpha channels
• Blend modes in the Layer shader can now be cycled with the up/down arrow keys
• Correct dragging behavior of images or movies from Content Browser into scene restored

3D PAINTING

• Painting a layer mask in projection mode now working correctly
• Correct interactive mapping behavior restored
• Blending mode "pin light" now correctly supported

PROJECTIONMAN

• Double-clicking a camera in Projection Man now activates the camera in the editor
• Reload Bitmap problem fixed
• To Photoshop command fixed

XREFS

• Visibility state in Editor is now also used in XRefs
• Improved behavior when Null Objects are used in editable XRefs

HAIR

• Fixed a problem that could prevent geometry being rendered when using HAIR
• Fixed an issue that produces incorrect behavior when using the HAIR Render tag
• Copying guides from object to object sometimes produced incorrect results
• Improved precision of cutting hair with an object
• Hair orientation when changing object parameters improved
• Polygon hairs could have appeared in the wrong position
• Splines with HAIR material can now be closed
• Fixed problems which produced a wrong number of guides or hairs
• Problem fixed when HAIR was not rendering properly in conjunction with MoGraph Tracer

ANIMATION

• Corrected behavior of Alt+dragging in PowerSlider
• new - Timewarp now also works in Timeline
• Corrected behavior of locking and unlocking Tracks in Timeline
• Fixed minor selection problems in Timeline
• Corrected scaling behavior for keys and tangents
• Pause button now also works properly in Ping-Pong mode
• Invisible animation paths could accidently have been made editable
• Muted keyframes now behave correctly
• Blending of Motion Clips now also works correctly when Auto Blend is off
• Hierarchy settings now properly adhered in Motion Clips

CHARACTER ANIMATION

• Scaling joints with Coordinates Manager corrected
• new - Ctrl+click in Visual Selector deselects an object
• Various improvements to Morph Deformer
• Skin Deformer now affects splines
• Bind command now also utilizes point selection
• Various improvements to Weight tool
• Point cache was destroyed when changing project length

MOGRAPH

• new - Baking of multiple MoGraph Cache tags now possible
• new - Generators like Metaballs, Boole, HyperNURBS, Atom Array and Connector now work with MoDynamics
• new - On Collision trigger now also works with keyframe-animated rigid objects
• Various parameters of Plain and C.O.F.F.E.E. Effectors could not be animated - fixed
• Minor problems with Tracer object fixed
• Issue with MoGraph Text and Effectors in 2-byte fonts fixed
• Issue with Clone mode Object Vertex fixed
• Shader Effector didn't work correctly with Falloff Shader
• MoSpline now handles closed splines correctly
• MoData function fixed (C.O.F.F.E.E. Effector)
• Improved behavior of MoSplines reacting to Turbulence fields
• Possible problem with Render Instances and Cloners fixed
• new - Plain Effector Falloff Size could now be set for individual axis in XPresso
• Delay Effector doesn't create unwanted delay at animation start in rendering
• Sometimes a scene did not render properly after caching of MoDynamics
• Spline Wrap with Instances fixed
• Fixed an issue where PolyFX could accidently remove caps from a text object
• Camera shader now supports "near clipping" setting in rendering
• Improved polygon normal handling when using PolyFX with Preserve Phong setting
• Delay Effector in conjunction with Scene Motion Blur improved

RENDERER

• Speed-up as a result of 100% transparent objects being ignored by GI
• Backlight shader now works with hard shadows again
• Render Instances now work properly with nested cloners
• Copy IRR values for final Render Region fixed
• Enhanced stability of Interactive Render Region
• Possible rendering artifacts on shaders caused by Render Buckets eliminated
• Single-layer TIFFs now properly exported when using multiple object buffers
• Combination of Doodle and Render Region improved
• Object/Texture baking speed-up
• Fixed a rendering problem with blurry transparency accuracy set to 0%
• Fixed a problem with Motion Vector passes in MoDynamics simulations
• Fixed a problem with Motion Vector passes and Render Instances
• Lens flare in SKY could produce incorrect results - fixed
• Rendering in editor fixed when using field rendering
• Fixed a bug that prevented GI Details Enhancement from working correctly with alphas
• Rendering of Doodle in final image fixed

CINEMAN

• Problem fixed that could prevent rendering to external frame buffer
• Floating point shader support improved
• Export of Render Instances to Renderman now stable
• Layer Mask mode with shader folders now converts properly
• Greatly improved speed for RIB export for certain scenes
• Motion blur fixed (did not work correctly in PRMan under certain circumstances)
• Export Archive function fixed

PICTURE VIEWER

• new - Context menu for compare options when clicking on AB-separator line
• new - Shift click on AB separator line changes orientation
• new - "Save as..." option for any image in History via Context menu
• Cursor Up and Down now works regardless of focus
• new - Images and movies can now be dragged and dropped into History list
• Playback modes Ping-Pong and Simple now work in Fill Cache mode
• new - Double-click in image area sets view to 100%
• new - Filter presets can be saved and loaded
• Sound playback issues fixed
• Frame numbers were not always displayed correctly - fixed
• Monitor Gamma in prefs fixed
• new - Selection of multiple images via Shift+Home and Shift+End
• Time Warp in Picture Viewer fixed

AFTER EFFECTS

• Improved speed and stability when exporting to After Effects with GI activated
• Spotlight cone values could differ in After Effects from CINEMA 4D scene - fixed

COMBUSTION

• Naming issues fixed (names could be cut after a space)
• Camera now rotates properly when exported
• Light parameters (position, rotation, type, color and intensity) now transferred correctly
• Footage path corrected (Mac only)
• Export of multiple cameras has been fixed

MOTION

• Export of multiple cameras has been fixed
• Camera tracks not imported correctly - fixed
• Spotlight cone values could differ in Motion from CINEMA 4D scene - fixed

OTHER

• Program icon doesn't show up in dock anymore when run in "listen" and "no gui" mode (Mac only)
• new - Direction of Particle Effector Falloffs can now be set
• Save Project command now also copies sound files in Effectors, User Data and images used in Visual selector and editor background
• Improved display speed when using Cactus Dan's tools
• QuickTime support on Windows 64-bit fixed

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