A core Cinema 4D 'Prime' application, a 'Broadcast' version with additional motion-graphics features, 'Visualize,' which adds functions for architectural design and 'Studio,' which includes all modules.įrom Release 8 until Release 11.5, Cinema 4D had a modular approach to the application, with the ability to expand upon the core application with various modules. On Linux, Cinema 4D is available as a commandline rendering version.įrom R12 to R20, Cinema 4D was available in four variants.
#HOUDINI VS CINEMA 4D WINDOWS#
With v4, however, Maxon began to develop the application for Windows and Macintosh computers as well, citing the wish to reach a wider audience and the growing instability of the Amiga market following Commodore's bankruptcy. Initially, Cinema 4D was developed for Amiga computers in the early 1990s, and the first three versions of the program were available exclusively for that platform. The "Lite" variant is dependent on After Effects CC, needing the latter application running to launch, and is only sold as a package component included with AE CS through Adobe. This is part of a partnership between the two companies, where a Maxon-produced plug-in, called Cineware, allows any variant to create a seamless workflow with After Effects. "Lite" acts as an introductory version, with many features withheld. The difference is now only in licensing.Ģ014 saw the release of Cinema 4D Lite, which came packaged with Adobe After Effects Creative Cloud 2014. There is no technical difference between commercial, educational, or demo versions. It replaces all previous variants, including BodyPaint 3D, and includes all features of the past 'Studio' variant. I suspect that the effort required in producing plug-ins/scripts for CINEMA 4D, Maya, Max, Softimage would be pretty minimal, but it would make Terragen easier to integrate into a pipeline and therefore much more likely to be taken up by studios that appreciate it's superb image quality but lack the resources to do create such a solution themselves.As of R21, only one version of Cinema 4D is available. I have to say that I feel you guys are totally missing a trick with this. "Is this script available somewhere to download, as I'm in the need of an camera export utility from c4d to Terragen? Would be truly appreciated!" Interestingly the last two posts on that thread you mention read: There was a plug-in from tcastudios, for CINEMA 4D, that worked for both Terragen 2 and Nuke, but it is no longer available due to changes in the CINEMA 4D SDK introduced in R13.
chan file from CINEMA 4D except by Python (or COFFEE) scripting, as the thread link you mentioned confirms. I've done quite a bit of research on this. My experience is that plugin developers often loose interest after a year or two, or become busy with other work, and plugins then all to frequently cease to work in new versions!ĭoes anyone have any other suggestions regarding exporting camera animation from CINEMA directly?
#HOUDINI VS CINEMA 4D SOFTWARE#
In general I would say that it is much better if the developer of the software handles the integration with other apps. However the Stead圜HAN C4D Cam To TG2 Animation Plugin is no longer available. Next step is to investigate the TG Terrain Digital Asset and video.ĭid some more research on exporting directly from CINEMA 4D, there was a thread on this. That works with two minor issues, firstly you need to have the Project Scale in CINEMA 4D set to meters, secondly the camera needs to be adjusted in Houdini by -90 degrees on the y-axis. Given the lack of support for exporting camera animation from CINEMA 4D at this time one option would be to export the camera animation from CINEMA 4D via Houdini (or Maya if you don't have Houdini, but have Maya) to TG2.ĭid a test of creating a very simple camera animation in CINEMA 4D exporting to FBX and importing into Houdini.
#HOUDINI VS CINEMA 4D MAC OS#
Interestingly Side Effects website lists 543 downloads for TG Terrain, so a lot of Houdini users are using Terragen!ĭownloaded the Digital Asset from Side Effects website and the video from Vimeo, it's much sharper playing back in Adobe Media Player (on Mac OS X) than trying to play it on Vimeo. Thank you ndeewolfwood, that's very helpful.
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