Let There be Light
CINEMA 4D offers a complete array of gaffer's tools so you can make your scene outshine the competition.
Various types of light and shadow calculations provide the basis for an extraordinarily powerful lighting system. Control color, brightness, falloff and other properties, and adjust the density and color of each light's shadows. You can also use Lumen or Candela brightness values for any light rather than using abstract percentage values. Create visible or volumetric lights with noise patterns that appear in the light cone. Lights offer settings such as contrast, lens reflexes, shadow color, volumetric light and noise, and many more.
Physical Render Engine
Render with ultimate realism using the new Physical Render Engine in CINEMA 4D Release 13. Use real camera settings like shutter speed and aperture to view the Project through the lens - with 3D depth of field, motion blur and more.
Render advanced effects like blurry reflections, Area shadows and Ambient Occlusion along with accurate depth of field and motion blur. The Physical Renderer’s shared image sampler samples the Project just once and shares the result between all these effects, reducing the incremental time required to render each effect and guaranteeing accurate results as the effect combine with one another.
More Photo-Realism
Achieve an even more photo-realistic look with the new, physically correct depth of field effect, which also lets you render objects that lie behind transparent surfaces. The new Physical Renderer now renders these objects directly in the image and not as a post effect.
Accurate 3D Motion Blur
Produce accurate 3D motion blur based on real optical parameters. Rotational motion is blurred properly because the full 3D animation data is used, and because the blur is produced at render time rather than as a post effect, it interacts properly with shadows, transparency and other Project elements.
Physical Camera
Imitate a still or movie camera using focal length, f-stop and shutter speed or angle to dial in the depth of field and motion blur. You can optionally define the ISO or Gain, which combines with other camera settings to determine the exposure of the image. Simulate other flaws of real-life cameras, like lens distortion, vignetting and chromatic aberration for the ultimate photorealism.
Stereoscopy
Create eye-popping stereo 3D visuals using the complete stereoscopic workflow in CINEMA 4D Release 13. Easily convert existing projects or create new stereo scenes using a few simple camera settings, and preview the stereo effect within the Viewport. Render the merged image or individual channels and preview the stereo effect within CINEMA 4D’s Picture Viewer.
Stereo Camera and Rendering
A few simple settings convert any CINEMA 4D camera into a stereo rig. Simply enable one of the stereo modes, define the eye-separation and convergence, and choose between parallel, off-axis, on-axis or radial placement. Safe regions can be defined manually or defined automatically by CINEMA 4D.
Real-time Stereo Display
Preview stereo effects in real-time by enabling the Stereoscopic mode for any view. Stereo previews can be displayed in Anaglyph, Side-by-Side, Interlaced or Active Shutter mode for compatibility with a variety of 3D monitors, projectors and glasses.
Rendering
With support for multiple processors, HyperThreading and Multicore technology, CINEMA 4D squeezes every ounce of rendering power out of your computer.
Easily render color, shadow, reflection and other effects to individual files for tweaking using your favorite compositing application. CINEMA 4D also supports rendering in 16-bit and 32-bit per color channel for high dynamics range images in DPX, HDRI or OpenEXR format.
Global Illumination
Achieve greater rendering realism with Global Illumination, which provides a more accurate representation of scene lighting by taking into account light that bounces between objects. The Global Illumination engine can also utilize an HDRI-based sky for outstanding image-based illumination.
NETwork Power
Speed up rendering times with the CINEMA 4D network renderer. CINEMA 4D Broadcast supports up to 3 network clients with up to 256 processor threads each.
The easy-to-use web interface allows you to quickly add jobs, change job priorities and monitor the current progress of your network clients. It also features a user management system that allows you to limit access to the server and assign individual users different rendering priorities.