Cinema 4D S22 - What is in this Surprise New Version?

en-usApril 23, 2020

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About this Episode

Show Notes:

Maxon Cinema 4D S22
Arnold and Otoy collaboration
- Arnold GPU on their RNDR service
- Otoy to support Arnold's standard surface

Our Thoughts on the New C4D S22 Features:

Automatic UV's

Chad

super easy to use, very convenient
not bad but no real control over distortion settings
I like the overlap mirrored geo, nice way to save space
cant reset to default settings

Shawn

3 Impressive out of the box automatic solutions licenced from Quel Solaar.
Easy to use!

New UV Workflow

Chad

Great start, way better layout
good enough for most
slightly confusing workflow
couple of quirks
decent auto packing and auto unwrap
needs a relax brush
no UDIM support
overlap mirrored geo is nice
no ability to right click and reset your settings to default
tad slow on complex meshes

Shawn

Wonderful new UV layout
Love all of the view modes (Show tiled texture) for example
Would love to see a nice grid in UI beyond 0-1 UV space.
Need Alignment tools (Snapping does not seem to work)

Modeling Improvements

Chad

Steps in the right direction, but a long ways to go to compare to Maya + Max
bridge is ok, but still far behind what other DCCs are doing
untriangulate works well

Shawn

Love the new mirror selection! Huge
Vertex normal via the phong tag is great
Untriangulate Command is much improved
Close Polygon Hole function is much better
Fix non-manifold geometries command very welcome

Nodal Material Export to FBX

Chad

not really anything here that interests me

Shawn

Seems great for those who still use Physical and Standard Renderers

GoZ Bridge

Chad

I don't use Zbrush but this seems useful

Shawn

Works great! Was not possible in R21 officially and now supports Polygroups!

Viewport Enhancements

Chad

viewport enhancements is a step in the right direction but doesn't work with redshift. Was hoping it would be closer to what Maya and Blender have.
viewport filters are a great quality of life feature. BUT the individual presets are not found in the customize commands options and cannot be turned into a button or shortcut. However, the preset selector can be docked in the UI, but this is not ideal.
would be easy to set up for play blasts

Shawn

Viewport filter icons rule
Setting up Viewport filter shortcuts DON'T work as expected
Love the new viewport resolution option
Instances now show full geometry
Hair now looks amazing and much closer to final render

gLTF Support (Export Only)

Chad

I don't do AR, but this seems very useful to those that do

Shawn

Another great exchange format.
Great for WebGL needs
Is a one-size fits all file format (SketchFab)

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