Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2024
Check out the new features in the 3D modeling and motion graphics software, including new simulation, normal editing and sculpting tools.
Thursday, September 14th, 2023
core architecture
Maxon ships Cinema 4D S26.1
Subscriber-only release updates Cinema 4D's cloth simulation tools and node UI, and adds new HDRIs, textures and Redshift materials.
Thursday, June 30th, 2022
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R25
3D software gets updated UI, new Capsules and presets workflows, direct import of vector files, new options for stylising animations.
Wednesday, September 15th, 2021
Maxon ships Cinema 4D S24
Subscriber-only update to the 3D animation software adds new asset browser and scene manager, and new physics-enabled layout tools.
Tuesday, April 13th, 2021
Maxon unveils Project: Neutron
Check out the new node-based architecture coming to Cinema 4D in the next release, along with support for USD and Python 3.
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020
Maxon ships Cinema 4D S22
First subscriber-only update to Cinema 4D overhauls the UV unwrapping tools and rolls out Maxon's new viewport architecture.
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R21
Release scraps the four lower-end editions of the software and introduces new subscription plans. See all of the new features here.
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R20
Now available: Update adds node based material system, volume modelling, MoGraph fields, and multi-pass rendering on the GPU.
Monday, September 3rd, 2018
Maxon working on new core architecture for Cinema 4D
Already partly rolled out in C4D R16 and R17, but the full switchover will take 'several more releases'.
Wednesday, February 17th, 2016
Adobe: the tools we've had to take out of AE CC 2015
Ongoing overhaul of the core code has unintended consequences for After Effects' existing functionality.
Friday, June 19th, 2015