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What is Cinema 4D?

Cinema 4D Studio is the very best that MAXON has to offer for professional 3D artists. If you want to create advanced 3D graphics but need a helping hand to ensure you create jaw-dropping graphics quickly and easily, then this is the choice for you.

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Cinema 4D Studio is the very best that MAXON has to offer for professional 3D artists. If you want to create advanced 3D graphics but need a helping hand to ensure you create jaw-dropping graphics quickly and easily, then this is the choice for you.


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Recent Cinema 4D Reviews

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5.0 out of 5
"Best tool for Create UI in 3D Modelling Graphics UI.!"
The Cinema 4D is the best tool for AI-enabled UI graphics with 3D & 4D animation designing. It's ease of use with ease of implementation with linku...
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"Cinema4d for 3D Motion Graphics"
Layer based feature made it more easy for me as my background and experience is on Adobe After Effects. It is very handy when it comes create eleme...
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"Cinema 4d is best beginner friendly 3d software compared to other 3d software's out there."
The integrated renderer in cinema 4d is both fast and effective. The learning resources are vast and you can learn simple techniques and also compl...
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What do you like best about Cinema 4D?

The Cinema 4D is the best tool for AI-enabled UI graphics with 3D & 4D animation designing. It's ease of use with ease of implementation with linkup of supportive platforms. It's includes 24*7 days best customer support with AI assistance for quick resolve basic query for customes. It's ease of Integration and limitless number of times frequency of use of this tool for create animation module for graphic designing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cinema 4D?

Cinema 4D is using for create 3D & 4D complex animation module with graphics UI. It's includes littlebit cons for when i using for complex designing with AI feture using so on that time buffering for given more commands on one time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cinema 4D solving and how is that benefiting you?

In Cinema 4D is almost all the fetures is amazing and mostly fullfill all the need for create UI graphics modeling. And it's includes AI based fetures is using for lot's of thinks about create the graphics modeling UI is reduce the time for customer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cinema 4D?

Layer based feature made it more easy for me as my background and experience is on Adobe After Effects. It is very handy when it comes create elements and use it for motion graphics. Lighting and Texturing is easy also you can find lighting prebuilt setup and texture for your elements and scene. Creating texture is also easy. You can easy create model or bring prebuilt models to implement it in your animation. Implementing the model to animation is easy. You can easily integrate your animation with other software like after effects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cinema 4D?

Beginers without experience may find difficult to use. Need proper knowledge of 3d modeling, lighting and textureing. Need proper knowledge of animation principles. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cinema 4D solving and how is that benefiting you?

It provides one way solution for 3d Motion Graphics.

Creating elements and objects for animations is easy

Lighting and Texturing is very good

Animations is also easy for experienced Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cinema 4D?

Cinema 4D is very intuitive, easy to use and there are a lot of videos and tutorials that can help and show how to start and also to advance, becoming as skilled as you want.

It is also easy to use (I used on Windows) and the installation process is straight forward.

You can create 3d models starting from shapes, sculpt, modify the shape, create textures and materials. Whatever you need, is embedded in the software! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cinema 4D?

As a drawback, it should be said that there are other softwares that allow you to create 3D models that are free and can give more or less the same capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cinema 4D solving and how is that benefiting you?

One of the main elements for me is the high variety of modifiers, that give the user the capability of modifying the shape of an object in a very easy and fast way! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cinema 4D?

Presets in Cinema 4D are great. It's interface is definitely one of the highlights for me as a traditional graphic designer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cinema 4D?

Render times. HA! The power (resources) needed to run scenes in full-detail. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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If you're a motion graphics designer looking for the next step...Cinema 4D is for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cinema 4D solving and how is that benefiting you?

3D is the next step for my company in selling it's services. People are wanting more visualization of processes and services we offer to clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cinema 4D?

Maxon has evolved Cinema 4D into the leading 3D Modeling software for a reason. Not only is it capable of creating incredible 3D scenes, but the physics it’s able to recreate as well as the dynamic and photorealistic rendering (with added plugins,) it can render our… Its incredible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cinema 4D?

The price point is ridiculous. Especially when Blender, an open source freeware, is almost, if not just as robust and good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cinema 4D solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has allowed me to be able to create product promotions for my clients that I would’ve never been able to create otherwise. It has definitely elevated my capabilities and stock. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cinema 4D?

Cinema 4D is most User friendly 3D software.

The best part of C4D is it's MoGraph and Dynamics. It is way too easy than other 3D softwares. compare to 3DS Max and Maya, Cinema 4D is more fast and Easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cinema 4D?

Cinema 4D has very less to Dislike though but if asked I think It need to work more on VFX pipeline as it's working more on motion graphics but have compositing and tracking options also in c4d which need to be more developed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cinema 4D solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has Procedural way of Modeling and another stuff which is really helpful and fast.

We can do any changes even after completing full assignment that's what is procedural.

Easy to make 3D motion graphics i use it for teaching in my institute and love to work on cinema 4D Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cinema 4D?

As a power user of this software since R15 - this is hands down the best software package for all things motion graphics, to creating and preparing lightweight solid & organic models for interactive / AR / VR experiences. Along with valuable software integrations and plugins, C4D will be the best tool for an agile visual graphics workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cinema 4D?

What I dislike the most about C4D is how Maxon has changed their pricing to a subscription model as of 2019(?) for new releases - it doesn't impact my day to day work too much, but I miss the days when perpetual licenses were a thing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cinema 4D solving and how is that benefiting you?

C4D is my daily driver when it comes to all things 3D, be it for traditional motion graphics workflows - or using the amazing hard surface / organic modeling features to create models that can be exported into other software like Unity, Unreal Engine, or into other 3D programs like VRED or Maya. C4D is my trusty hammer, and I wouldn't switch to anything else. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cinema 4D?

Can create brilliant assets for implementing inside motion graphics, AR in particular Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cinema 4D?

Very complicated at times, and a severe lack of online courses or tutorials Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cinema 4D solving and how is that benefiting you?

3D designs for animations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cinema 4D?

C4D offers various features and tools for modelling, texturing, lighting, animation, and rendering. It can handle various tasks, from simple 3D modelling to complex visual effects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cinema 4D?

While Cinema 4D has a wide range of built-in tools, some advanced features and specialised workflows may require additional third-party plugins, which can add to the overall cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cinema 4D solving and how is that benefiting you?

C4D excels in motion graphics, providing powerful tools for creating animated titles, visual effects, and complex motion designs. Its MoGraph module allows for efficient and flexible motion graphics workflows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cinema 4D?

The simplicity of the software and the efficiency and the quality of graphics we can create out of it. The tools like Mograph is impressive and the integration with After effects is awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cinema 4D?

The Redshift is too costly. The bundle of Maxon One is very costly, though it has many plugins. There is no proper trial version too. Only disadvantage I see is the support for Redshift and no other renderers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cinema 4D solving and how is that benefiting you?

CInema 4D produces faster results. Always a great tool for shorter deadlines. We can achieve great outputs using the mograph tools. The possibilities are endless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.