Wait 'Till You See These Changes to the Picture Viewer…
The Picture Viewer has undergone a revolution and is now a time-saving powerhouse. Its new features include tools for comparing your test renders so that you can easily see the result of your changes. And when you try the new image correction tools, you'll soon realize just how much time they’ll save you. With these handy changes, you can't help but get the results you crave quicker than ever.
- History and AB Compare
Compare Your Test Renders with Ease
Wouldn't it be great if there was an easy way to compare test renders so that you can see which changes to lighting, materials, render settings or other elements work best?
The new Picture Viewer lets you do this with ease. Your renderings are stored automatically to the Picture Viewer's History list where they can be viewed with a single click. The render time is stored for each test render, helping you to find out which render settings work best for your project.
What if you want to take a really close look at the differences between two of your test renders? This can be done with the new AB Compare tool, which lets you you choose any two of your test renders in the History list and blend between them by simply dragging a slider left or using the Difference mode.
- New RAM Player
Scrub Sound and Play Back Animation
The new RAM Player lets you step through or play back the frames in an animation that have already been finished, even while the rest of the animation is still being rendered. If you spot any show-stopping problems, such as poor timing for the animation, abort the rendering and rescue hours of valuable render time.
Another welcome feature is sound scrubbing. Check how well the audio syncs up with the rendered frames and avoid problems early on.
Rendering to HD and worried your computer won't be able to play back the rendered animation in realtime? For smooth real-time HD playback you can drop the resolution for the RAM player down to half, third or quarter - whatever works best for you.
- Using Layers
Fine-Tune Multi-Pass Layers Without Switching Apps
Previously when you wanted to adjust Multi-Pass layers such as shadows and reflection, you had to switch to an image editing application and make the changes there, which takes time.
This is a thing of the past with the new Layer list. Here you can adjust the blending mode and strength of your Multi-Pass layers directly in CINEMA 4D to quickly get great-looking results.
- Color Correction
Correct Images Directly in CINEMA 4D
How often have you had to switch to an external image editing application to make slight corrections to your rendered image such as adjusting contrast, brightness or saturation? Now you can save yourself the time it takes to switch applications by making these small adjustments that make a big difference directly in CINEMA 4D. This is made possible thanks to the new Filter tool's image correction controls.
Or perhaps you've gone back and adjusted the lighting or other elements in the scene and re-rendered the image. The new image correction controls can save you lots of time by cutting the need to re-render when the filter does the trick in seconds.