Cinema 4D gets an evolutionary upgrade

R15, the latest update to Maxon’s 3D suite is speedy and solid, but you can’t please everyone all the time, argues CG expert Steve Jarratt.

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As a break in tradition, let’s start this review with the things that haven’t been added to Cinema 4D R15. We still don’t have an interactive renderer or a nodal texturing system (although a third-party plug-in is in development), and once again BodyPaint and UV mapping remain untouched.

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