Archive republication: This article was originally published on 14 April 2021. It has been translated into English and lightly updated for clarity while preserving the original reporting and context.
Cinema 4D S24
Maxon released Cinema 4D Subscription Release S24 alongside an update for Moves by Maxon, its motion-capture application for iOS. S24 focused on asset discovery and placement, animation workflow refinements and an early view of the Scene Nodes and Scene Manager interfaces.
Placement Tools
The new placement tools let artists drag objects into a scene, place or stack them on surfaces and paint distributions across geometry. A dynamic placement mode could drop objects and calculate their collisions.
Asset Browser
The redesigned Asset Browser added search across asset databases and Maxon’s subscriber library. Models, materials and other resources could be downloaded and stored locally when a production required an offline copy.
Animation Workflow
Building on the character-animation work introduced with R23, S24 refined curve evaluation for keyframes and improved retargeting and pose workflows.
Scene Manager and Scene Nodes
Scene Manager was presented as a hierarchy-based successor to Object Manager for building procedural geometry and scenes from node-based assets. The same objects could also be inspected and edited through the Scene Nodes editor.
Moves by Maxon
Moves used Apple’s AR framework to transfer facial expressions and body movement into Cinema 4D. Network discovery simplified the connection to S24, removing the need to scan a QR code or enter an IP address manually. The application was distributed through the Apple App Store.
S24 was initially available to subscribers, with features expected to reach perpetual licences later in the year. Those 2021 terms are historical; verify current licensing, plug-in compatibility and asset portability before production use.
Cinema 4D S24 – Feature Overview
Cinema 4D S24 – Placement Tools
Cinema 4D S24 – Asset Browser
Cinema 4D S24 – Scene Manager
