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13 hours ago, Mike A said:

Just catching up on this news...

 

So 'Redshift is now the default renderer in C4D'...  does that mean Maxon are now including the full GPU version with the C4D subscription?

12 hours ago, MJV said:

Yeah only Maxon can change a default or a menu and call it an upgrade. The editor speedup (thanks to deformers now being multithreaded) on the other hand is something that is sure to please everyone, and is the only new feature till now that intices me to use any version later than r21.

You are wrong. This is not just the default renderer setting, but many of the small changes involved in establishing Redshift as the default renderer. First of all, export of Redshift materials to FBX, GLTF and USD formats, menu organization, etc. I am happy about the export of Redshift materials to GLTF.

1 hour ago, BoganTW said:

I was also disappointed to see renewals don't get a discount, would have been tempting. But it is what it is. Shrug.

Just buy a new subscription and don't renew the old one. And you already have at a better price.

6 hours ago, Decade said:

Pretty solid update all round. But why for goodness sake why have they removed 'fold all' & 'unfold all' from the object manager's right-click menu ?

Absolutely critical command for any scene of even moderate complexity. Gone, because someone decided it was untidy or something. I wish they would stop p***ing about with the interface, especially for a point release.

I use icons above the object manager. I recommend you too, it's faster than with the menu under the second mouse button. Screenshot below. But still some icons are missing and the "fold selected" and "unfold selected" commands are universal whistles instead of proper icons.

14 hours ago, BoganTW said:

This guy knows Redshift very well and shows off some bits and pieces about using it with Pyro.

 

 

Hi!

I can see in this example there is the same problem that I had. There is some bug with preferences when upgrading from version 2023.0.1 to 2023.1.0.
The error manifests itself in two things that I noticed. The first is less smoke generation than it should be. Second, despite setting the renderer to Redshif, the standard renderer material is created by default. (Maybe there are other irregularities, but I didn't notice them)

The second thing is easy to overcome by going to Preferences, to the materials preview tab and set "Auto".

The first thing is harder to fix. I checked that you need to reinstall C4D, but there were voices that it was enough to delete the preferences file. I don't know, it needs to be checked.

What is the Pyro bug? And why may many people not be aware of it?

After the update, the Pyro generally works, so if you don't compare it to the correct result, you won't see anything wrong!

I was watching the 3D Motion Show. To learn the first steps with the Pyro, I wanted to repeat what Athanasios Pozantzis @noseman showed. And I was surprised to have a different fire look from the presentation! There was no smoke! Further actions with the smoke starter element also did not work!

Below is a Screen from the same animation frame from the Noseman presentation and from my simulation:

Athanasios Pozantzis - frame 49

My attempt - frame 49 (30 fps)

As you can see, although the Pyro works, it produces a completely different result!

I see the same effect in the linked YouTube presentation "Intro to Pyro C4D 2023.1 + Redshift". No smoke!

Of course, it can be forced by changing a parameter, but with the same parameters, these will be completely different simulations!

That's why I warn you that for Pyro to work properly, you should reinstall C4D or delete the preferences directory (which I haven't checked). It's necessary!

Only after reinstalling C4D did the flame generation look the same.

23 hours ago, Leo D said:

https://support.maxon.net/hc/en-us/articles/6558745208348--Cinema-4D-2023-1-0-November-9-2022
 

A new Pyro Tag as Part of the New Dynamics System. Sounds nice but i cant finde any demovideos…

Here are some cool examples:

9 minutes ago, clarence said:

The new clouds look really cool. How is the new price compared to Vray?

Corna is still cheaper than V-Ray:

Corona renderer's annual plans:

V-Ray renderer's annual plans:

4 hours ago, EAlexander said:

Hmmm.. I didn't get an email about pricing, just announcing the new release. 

If you have used a Fair SaaS license before, you should get a communukat. It looks universally formulated, only the addressing is individual. Here is a screen from this message:

1 hour ago, Babumbol said:

You sure about that?...

Yes you are right, it is about those users who have purchased Fair SaaS licenses. It expressed itself inaccurately. Which does not change the fact that it is a good offer. Yes, the floating license was earlier, so it's good that old users were left with everything they had for the same price.

51 minutes ago, Igor said:

Yea, I guess...how is that going? 

Redshift RT is completely different from the RT technique analogous to game engines such as Unreal or Unity. It's all about getting such a technique in C4D, something similar to Unreal or Eevee. Redshift RT is a regular Redshift rendering supported by Nvidia RT cores. It is not an alternative, it is something completely different.

2 hours ago, Babumbol said:

Hefty price increase coming with this release.

Well, a lot of things get more expensive. Existing subscribers got a special offer. They will automatically switch to the Premium version (floating license), additionally they will maintain 3 rendering nodes. And all this at the old price! There is only a condition for uninterrupted payment. I think this is a very good offer. I like.

Corona renderer version 9 was released today. Both for 3D Max and C4D.

https://corona-renderer.com/features/whats-new

19 hours ago, keppn said:

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May I ask to be a little less ambigous in communication? Apparently this is not vanilla C4D 2023, yet also not a plugin (#noplugins). So what is it, then? C4D2024? ...

From what I understood, Cinema changed its name to 2023 and it is now just a subscription to add new features during the year without any pre-set deadlines. What is ready will be uploaded to version 2023. So I think that what @DMcGavran presented will come sooner than you think - in 2 months I suppose.

A new version of INSIDIUM Fused with NeXus has just been released.
You can download.

Write your ticket to Maxon from this link: https://support.maxon.net/hc/en-us/requests/new

A similar problem occurs when exporting Pose Morph to glTF. They wrote to me that they know the problem and they are working on fixing it.

But for the rigged object the problem may be different, send um your file and describe the problem - you will get a specific answer.

5 hours ago, HappyPolygon said:

It gets more weird.

While I keep my hidden Environment Object folded pallete the Menu does not show the Floor, Sky etc... And when I undock that menu those two objects are the only ones appearing.

 

If I delete my custom pallete the menu still doesn't show any except those two objects.
And only when I undock it, it shows the full list of objects,

The problem with vanishing world-creating elements such as backgrounds, enviroments, lights, etc. is related to the new way to handle renderers. When Redshift is selected as renderer, items that are not supported by Reshift are hidden. when you switch to the standard or physical renderer, they should appear.

So it's not a bug, it's a function.

13 hours ago, Papa Lenny said:

Looks very sweet. The integration of Corona always impressed me. And I live the "slicer" - their version of render booleans.

 

Anyone use it for small animations?

Hello! In our company, we use Corona renderer for some animations. For example, this animation from immunology:

https://vimeo.com/571391358/84593bcd4a

Overall, Corona has many advantages, but for animation it is still underdeveloped. Has problems with motion-blur, some material nodes are not suitable for animation (e.g. texture jumps), sometimes has a cloner problem, especially when using a multi shader - it can jump over the color distribution. And many other little things that annoy you.

But it has potential - we'll see what the new version brings. I just downloaded it.

51 minutes ago, iDlart said:

I don't quite agree with you. First of all, in addition to cinema 4d for normal work have to buy a lot of plugins (they are different depending on the type of tasks) Render, because the physical or standart render is outdated for 10 years, I think you know it yourself.
Most of the users are freelancers or small studios because the big studios use mostly other software.

I counted it many times spending real money. I also showed it in several threads on this forum. Even with different plugs, it is significantly cheaper. We're using Redshift (bundled), Corona renderer, Insydium Fused, and a few smaller plugins. If you also use RedGiant plugins for After Effects, then Maxon One comes at a great price - then you have C4D, Redshift and RedGiant.

I have a small studio, I employ employees, there are 8 of us and no other program is cheaper (except Blender).
For what we do, C4D is much more effective than Blender. Besides, when I have to hire a new person (and it is very difficult to find new employees), these are usually people just after graduation, where their practical knowledge is negligible. C4D has the great advantage that learning is much easier than other software. At the moment we have just such a case - the boy had Blender during his studies, but in practice he didn't know much. Training him in C4D went very quickly, and he himself says that C4D is very friendly software and it is easier for him to work in C4D. For me, it is a great advantage that I can implement it faster in various projects - it is another financial benefit.

But of course I would like to see in those areas where the C4D has a lag so that it can be caught up quickly. There is a lot to improve and I am impatiently waiting for it to be shown by the R26.

2 hours ago, iDlart said:

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Cinema 4d is unfortunately many years behind in all areas of 3D graphics, but it is the most expensive. I can't imagine a new person who would choose cinema 4d for that kind of money when all the competitors are better. ...

Such a little attention and a plea not to mislead. Please write that the most expensive, but only for freelancers. And additionally not in every case. For example, when a freelancer creates graphics for a game, despite the fact that he himself has an income of less than $ 100,000 a year, the game in 99% of cases has a much higher budget. Then, for example, the India Maya and 3Dmax licenses cannot be used. If you use them, you will break the license, then you have to buy a subscription to the full version.

For companies that have a few employees, hardly anything is cheaper than C4D, only Blender (because it is free), any other software is much more expensive.

On 3/26/2022 at 11:32 AM, Jops said:

As I understand it they just stopped to sell and support, but I can not find information, that they keep customers from using the software. Is there any more information about that?

In the case of Maxon, subscription and retention of services for Russia and Belarus, this is a more complicated matter. Many people here on the Core4D forum may not know that the European Union (this applies to all EU countries) and the US have imposed economic sanctions on Russia and Belarus. In addition, the use of the SWIFT system in most Russian banks, which is used for making transfers, has been suspended. The service of Visa and Master Cards in these countries was also stopped. For this reason, it is no longer possible to pay for any services by card or bank transfer in Russia and Belarus. Companies in EU countries are obliged to restrict and stop the provision of services to these countries.

So, as can be seen from the above, this is the broader context of these activities.

59 minutes ago, Lonchaney said:

This is why I use Substance Painter. It can export directly to Sketchfab.

Yes, when you only need to prepare a model, that's fine, but when you also need to export animations, morphing animations or bone animations, you need to have a whole scene hierarchy for programmers, then it would be good to have it in C4D.

9 hours ago, HappyPolygon said:

What does U-Render have to do with exporting ? C4D already supports glTF export. 

Yes, I know it does export, but this export does not work with any material other than the standard material. And the standard one does not follow the full rules of PBR materials. Since U-Render gives a good preview of PBR compatible materials, I would like it to be able to properly export them to gltf.
At the moment, it is difficult to preview shaders in C4D because ultimately after exporting to an engine such as Babylon.js, many things look different. You have to set everything blindly. Therefore, I would like to have a PBR compliant preview and material creation flow and export to gltf.

On 3/21/2022 at 6:50 PM, Igor said:

I missed the post but I can say its because we are preparing probably the biggest release to date. Also, no one acquired us.  

I would very much like U-Render to have the following possibilities:

1. Workflow compatible with Real-time engines (babylon.js, Threejs and others)
2. Baking textures from shaders in a standard compatible with PBR.
3. Baking AO and normalmap.
4. Export to GLTF / GLB

It would make it much easier to work with WebGL environments.

If U-Render had it, I would have bought the licenses for our studio right away.

Today, a new version of Fused has been released which already includes this new Taiao tool. At the same time, everyone has started downloading, because at the moment there are problems with reading the license after logging in. You have to wait.
But you can try to download now.

It looks really good.