#Maxon cinema 4d studio r18 vs lightwave mac

It’s so fantastically easy it’s almost unbelievable.Īll this in conjunction with Cinemas excellent multi-pass rendering – specifically the object buffer rendering – makes it a huge hit in my book. This null will then show up in your AE composition along with it’s name and motion path relative to the camera and you can then parent whatever you like to it. If you are looking ahead and you want to composite in a flare or a shape layer – anything at all – in AE but want it to follow a particular path you can create a null object in cinema, use it to create the path and then assign it an external compositing tag. Any cameras or lights in your scene will be exported along with their motion paths and settings. Alternatively you can opt to export 3D data and this is just awesome. You can also choose to render out frames without any 3D data and this will basically just render out your multi-passes and arrange them for you in a comp – all set with the appropriate blending modes. I’ve only used the AE option so I can’t say very much about the others. Having said that however it must be pointed out that Lightwave has a bit of a bad reputation for not being too friendly with other applications – AE included.īut we’re talking about Cinema and with Cinema, when you render a scene you have the option in the save dialogue to save a compositing file for a couple of different compositing apps. What used to be a nightmare with Lightwave is now a dream with Cinema. Compared to Lightwave however Cinema’s integration with AE is truly spectacular. That said, I haven’t really spent much time in Maya, Max or any other 3D application other than Lightwave so I can’t really speak for them. I’ve been using Cinema for a little over 6 months now and I honestly can’t say enough good things about it. How is the workflow from Maya to AE, can I render out OpenEXR and import that directly into AE CS5?

And perhaps Toxik would be useful for me to use since it’s a node-based compositor now integrated into Maya. Other artists at my studio (not in my department) use Maya, and that would be convenient in the case of wanting to share project files if they’re able to help do some modeling and texturing. On the other hand, I’m not too comfortable with the idea of doing my compositing in a layer-based app since I’m used to working in Shake. While I haven’t yet tried it out, I’m told that C4D was designed to have a direct and simple integration into AE, which would be very useful since that’s what I’m currently using for motion graphics.

#Maxon cinema 4d studio r18 vs lightwave mac

I played with the demo of C4D and really like how fast the workflow is, and I’m told it’s really optimized to take advantage of multi-core cpus (I’m ordering a 2.66 GHz 12-core Mac Pro). Right now, I’m looking at 3D packages specifically to integrate into my motion graphics workflow. I haven’t used Maya in a few years, but I’m most comfortable in that app. The past 5 years I’ve mainly focused on video, editing, compositing and motion graphics, while my 3D work has primarily been animating camera rigs. I’m an artist who has switched back and forth between 3D and video roles over the past decade.