The niche for HIGH END character animation, for now, is clearly occupied by Maya but using it for ordinary tasks is at times an overkill.ģD rigging is in effect the process of creating an invisible skeleton that defines how an object moves. In addition to this, Cinema 4D also has a bunch of extra little things like cool deformers, visual selector, HUD, fields, interaction tag, and so on.

The XPresso visual programming environment allows you to create very complicated relationships of elements in the rig and not just that. Using it, you can quickly create animations that otherwise would either be impossible to create without it or you would require far more resources for that. There’s also CMotion, a parametric movement generator. You can create presets of your own, share them without any problems with other users, and create rigs with just a few mouse clicks.

Primarily, this is the Character, a built-in modular rigging system, that allows us to create a rig based on presets straight out of the box. It also has powerful and at times even unique tools related to exactly character animation. Its largely non-destructive and parametric approach allows you to quickly iterate in all 3D aspects. In general, it’s a very ergonomic and stable software, which is under continuous development. I can’t say I found what I’ve been searching for, but, in my view, Cinema 4D is highly underrated in the sphere of character animation and rigging” said Victor Abramovskiy, a 3D Generalist with over 15 years of experienceĬurrently, the market is dominated by Maya, which undoubtedly is a really powerful tool. I’ve worked in many programs: Autodesk 3dsMax, Maya, Softimage, Messiah, Blender, and the like. “All the time I’ve been interested in animation I’ve been constantly searching for ideal software.

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