>CINEMA 4D R9.5 interface
CINEMA 4D Release 9.5 offers dramatic improvements in lighting, rendering and workflow. Lighting setup has been simplified, while more lighting possibilities exist with lights that can take any shape. Area lights and area shadows, crucial to realistic-looking scenes, now render up to four times faster than before. Images can be output in 32-bit / channel color depth as HDRI or OpenEXR, and multipass renderings can be output directly as compositing files for Shake. The brand new Content Browser gives users an overview of projects and presets - saved and organized in real time locally or on the server. Full screen mode quickly offers the maximum amount of working space. A reworked Baker lets users create textures, normal maps and UVs with just a few clicks of the mouse.
Owners of the Advanced Render module enjoy additional new features in CINEMA 4D Release 9.5, including Ambient Occlusion and SKY. Ambient Occlusion enables users to create and quickly render more realistic shadows. Ambient Occlusion can either be rendered or baked as a texture. A particular highlight of Advanced Render 2.5 is SKY, an elaborate but easy to use tool set that lets users create breathtaking atmospherics with just a few clicks of the mouse.
>New Maxon Production Bundle
The highlight of MAXON's product palette is the MAXON Production Bundle, a combination of MAXON products and services targeted specifically for studio users. This powerful bundle contains the complete, current MAXON product palette as well as advanced tools for studio visual effects including a complete Linux version, 16- and 32-bit support for all BodyPaint 3D paint tools, integration of Renderman-compliant renderers such as PRMan and Air, and Projection Man, a specialized tool set for the generation of digital matte paintings. The Production Bundle also expands on MAXON's free technical support with a service contract including free upgrades and future products.
CINEMA 4D R9.5 and BodyPaint 3D R2.5 will be available September, 2005. Information on the MAXON Production Bundle is available upon request. New customers who purchased a full license of CINEMA 4D R9.x or BodyPaint 3D R2.x later than July 1st, 2005 are eligible for a free upgrade.
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