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For the upcoming Cinema 4D Release 21, Maxon is offering not only new features but also a new pricing system. To head off any possible concerns: The perpetual license remains. The release is dated September 3, 2019—here are the most important new features:
Cinema 4D Release 21 highlights
Whether modeling, the recently honored Mograph tools, materials or workflow: The new release promises interesting new features in every area. You can watch the full Maxon Live presentation from Siggraph 2019 here.
Modeling
- Caps and Bevel as spline-based objects with better constraints, performance, topology and more parameters, including a new Step mode, separate Bevel controls and more!
- Volume Builder, Volume Mesher with new Vector Volumes and Cache Layer
MoGraph and Animation
- Field Forces: Dynamics and particle advection through fields or vector volumes
- Mixamo Control Rig for fast custom character animations
Materials & Rendering
- Intel Open Image Denoiser integration for faster rendering times
- Material Nodes with a new UI, many new nodes and API for 3rdD-party developers
You can find a complete feature list here
New offers and licenses
From R21 onward, Maxon is introducing a single version of Cinema 4D. Customers no longer need and are no longer able to choose between the different editions such as Visualize, Broadcast or Prime. The new unified Cinema 4D R21 comes with the full range of functions and, for a perpetual license, is priced at the former Studio version—€3567.
In a new global online shop, users can now also subscribe to licenses annually or monthly. For both subscription variants, users can choose between “Cinema4D only” and “Cinema 4D + Redshift.” In this sense, Redshift is now available for the first time as a subscription bundle through Maxon. The cheapest model starts at €61 per month (annual subscription), roughly equivalent to maintenance for Cinema 4D. More about this here.
Further information: To the Maxon R21 website
