MAXON Cinema 4D Studio R26.1 (26.107) macOs

New Node UI
- New Node UI interface core, offering faster drawing of complex node trees
- Dot rerouting
- Drop insertion - nodes can be inserted easily by dropping them on an existing wire
- Commands to select upstream / downstream nodes
- Scrollbars for Input/Output Port Groups
- Info area readability improvements / info area can be resized
- Improved LOD effect while working zoomed out
- Transition effects for framing and LOD changes
Cloth and Rope Simulation
- One-sided collisions
- Support for Field Forces
Curvature Field Options
- Curvature options within the mesh geometry field can be used in conjunction with other fields to influence falloff, color and direction
Volume Builder
- Update to OpenVDB 9 Core, offering better overall performance
- New option for Smooth Booleans
Capsules
- 50+ Tiled Surface Imperfection maps from David Gruwier
- 26 Redshift Archviz Materials from fuchs+vogel
- 12 Interior and Exterior HDR maps from JorgenHDRI
- Edit Asset as Group to explore and modify Node Capsules from the Object Manager
Redshift Integration
- Preference to open Materials as UI or Nodes
- Textures dragged to Node editor are properly named (Part of Redshift 3.0.52)
- Texture Preview Size for Dome Light
Magic Bullet Looks
- Magic Bullet Looks 16.1 Integrated for all Cinema 4D users
- Optical Diffusion emulates on-the-lens diffusion filters and bloom effects
- Halation emulates colorized halo on high-contrast edges for a filmic look
General UI
- Transform tools in Animation mode now support multi object, ctrl cloning and single click selection
- Brush and Magnet tools have a new Relax mode that tries to be volume preserving while smoothing the selected points

Animation
- Fixed an issue where objects could not be duplicated using the CTRL modifier in the Viewport in Animation mode
- Fixed a stability issue in connection with Viewport layer colors and HUD elements
Asset Browser
- Fixed an issue with custom folders in the Asset Browser not showing subfolders
- Fixed an issue with the Asset Browser where the image media information for different versions of a texture was not displayed correctly
- Fixed an issue with the icon to toggle the visibility of databases in the Asset Browser
- Fixed an issue with the menu option to show unavailable assets in the Asset Browser
- Fixed an issue with the Asset Browser where the Visual Selector tag was empty for character assets
- Fixed an issue with the Asset Browser window minimizing after deleting an asset
- Fixed a refresh issue with the category selection window for the Asset Browser when saving an asset
- Fixed a stability issue with the Extrude object when defining the caps bevel
Attribute Manager
- Fixed an issue with the size of the text input field in the embedded source code editor
- Fixed an issue with the size of the Live Selection tool and its setting in the Attribute Manager
- Fixed an issue with the GUI where some icons were hidden at the right window edge
- Fixed an issue with the Attribute Manager stretching its contents horizontally when many elements were selected
BodyPaint 3D
- Fixed an issue with BodyPaint allowing to create texture layers for Redshift node materials
Character Animation
- Fixed a performance issue when importing FBX files and node materials
Cineware
- Fixed an issue with Cineware where some textures could not be found or rendered
Clothilde
- Fixed an issue with the Cloth simulation where playback in the Viewport did not start
- Fixed an issue with the Cloth simulation not switching properly between the legacy and the new solver
- Fixed an issue with the Cloth simulation where the Dress-O-matic function failed after a change in the cloth topology
- Fixed an issue with the Cloth simulation where the Dresser's Init State of the garment was not saved with the project file
- Fixed an issue with the Cloth simulation where Connectors stretched unexpectedly
- Fixed an issue with the Cloth simulation where Connectors did not restrain the objects' movements properly
- Fixed an issue with the Simulation system where Rope and Connector tags did not work properly when duplicated
- Fixed an issue with the Dress-O-matic function not working properly with the new Cloth dynamics system
- Fixed an issue with the Connector tag of the Cloth simulation not working properly in a specific project file scenario
- Fixed an issue with the Connector tag of the Cloth simulation where the designation of the function to exclude object tags was misleading
- Fixed an issue with the undo function of the Simulation Cache tool
- Fixed an issue with the Cloth simulation not playing from the cache when the Cache tool is selected
- Fixed an issue with the Frequency control of the Turbulence simulation force not working
Command Manager
- Fixed an issue with the Material Editor missing from the Command Manager
Dynamics
- Fixed an issue with the Rope simulation tag where the Radius parameter did not handle self-collisions correctly
- Fixed an issue with evaluation priorities affecting the playback of cached Rope simulations
- Fixed an issue with the Cloth simulation where the init state of the Dresser function could not be cleared
- Fixed an issue with the Rope simulation where closed splines were still considered as closed after tearing them apart
- Fixed an issue with the new Cloth simulation system where the force effects were too different from the legacy system
- Fixed an issue with the new Cloth simulation system where a field did not limit the rotation force as expected
Exchange
- Fixed an issue with the Audio Bitrate specification in the Render Settings
- Fixed an issue with glTF export where animations saved in this format could not be played back
- Fixed an issue with glTF export where the compression of textures caused artefacts
- Fixed an issue with glTF export where the export process did not stop by itself
- Fixed an issue with glTF export where some of Cinema 4D's texture projection methods were not handled correctly
- Fixed a performance issue when exporting a mesh as glTF
- Fixed an issue with glTF export not supporting MoGraph animations
- Fixed a stability issue with the Vector Import object when using the Axis Center function
- Fixed a stability issue with the Vector Import object when importing unsuitable file formats
- Fixed an issue with the vector import of Adobe Illustrator files
- Fixed some stability issues when importing SLDPRT files
- Fixed some issues with the Scale Project function not scaling Alembic objects properly
- Fixed some issues with USD export where exporting materials affected the geometry position
- Fixed some issues with USD export where changing the Material node space affected the geometry position
- Fixed an issue with USD import where selecting Redshift as target render system caused incorrect Render settings
- Fixed an issue with USD import where updates made using the USD bridge created an empty tex folder
- Fixed an issue with USD export creating no usable file
- Fixed an issue with USD import where the render target could not be changed while material import was disabled
- Fixed an issue with the USD format and Linux (Ubuntu)
- Fixed an issue with FBX export where nested Redshift lights were lost on re-import
- Fixed an issue with FBX export where the colors of re-imported Redshift node materials differed from their originals
- Fixed an issue with FBX import where imported Redshift node materials were damaged
- Fixed an issue with FBX import where Redshift materials were imported as Standard materials
- Fixed some stability issues with FBX export
- Fixed an issue with OBJ export where an obsolete Material export option was renamed and corrected
- Fixed an issue with STEP import where important settings were hidden in the options window
- Fixed an issue with SVG import where splines were not interpreted properly
Interface
- Fixed an issue with the Color Chooser when opening its window on a different monitor in a multiple-monitor setup
- Fixed an issue with wrong or missing "Missing Textures" icons in the Project Info
- Fixed an issue with the context menu of the Modeling Axis where category names needed to be added for better clarity
- Fixed an issue with the Status Bar not deleting obsolete information
- Fixed an issue with the display of keyboard shortcuts for commands and options in the menus
- Fixed an issue with the orientation of some icons when the right-to-left language Arabic was selected
- Fixed an issue with a gap between the rows of tabs in the Attribute Manager
- Fixed an issue with superfluous divider lines in the parameter context menu of the Attribute Manager
- Fixed an issue with empty sub groups listed in filtering results in the Object Manager
- Fixed an issue with the Task Manager not collapsing its window via the command in the Window menu when docked
- Fixed an issue with Asset Browser tooltips detaching themselves from the mouse pointer
- Fixed an issue in the user interface where Quicktab Radio buttons could not be added to the HUD
- Fixed an issue with the Task Manager not showing an error if an interrupted internet connection was affecting operation
- Fixed an issue with some buttons in the UI of the Render Settings when switching render engines
- Fixed an issue with the Gradient UI where the name strings for the knot interpolation modes were missing
- Fixed an issue where the fixed size of a window could not accommodate all elements
- Fixed an issue where the contents of the Simulation tab in the Project Settings jumped out of reach when editing parameters
- Fixed an issue where the Pause button in the playback controls was not centered
- Fixed an issue where the Path bar button of the Timeline window always appeared enabled
- Fixed an issue where gradient knots were not scaled properly when switching between displays with different resolutions
- Fixed an issue with the context menu commands of the Spline function graphs
- Fixed an issue where using the Colorize Joints command caused an unwanted sound
- Fixed an issue where the Status Bar showed no indication that a render process was being prepared
- Fixed an issue with the missing option "Linear Numeric Values" from the Units section of the Preferences
- Fixed an issue where the bottom of some headings in the Preference window was truncated
- Fixed an issue where the Lock icon indicating elements belonging to a locked Layer was not visible in the Timeline
- Fixed an issue where it was not possible to set multiple selected parameters to identical values by holding CTRL
- Fixed an issue where the User Scripts path was displayed directly in the menu, occupying too much space
- Fixed an issue with changing the column width in the Asset Browser
- Fixed an issue with duplicate layout entries in the user interface
- Fixed an issue with the undo icon disappearing when hovering over it
Material
- Fixed an issue with the Proximal Shader not evaluating a deformed mesh properly
- Fixed an issue with the Transform effect in a Layer Shader influencing the Alpha channel
- Fixed an issue with the Color Chooser where no new group of color swatches could be created
- Fixed an issue with the Material Manager where Layer names remained visible in the empty Material Manager after closing a legacy project
- Fixed an issue with the Python console where some Texture tag parameters were not initialized properly
Material Manager
- Fixed an issue with the Material Manager not refreshing properly after undoing/redoing the deletion of material nodes
Modeling
- Fixed an issue with the Close Polygon Hole command where the newly created polygon was added to an existing selection instead of replacing it
- Fixed an issue with stored Point selections getting damaged after applying subdivision
- Fixed an issue with the Symmetry object where the "Flip Automatically" option for the Viewport was not working
- Fixed an issue with the Viewport where the visibility of nested objects using the Polygon Reduction Generator could not be controlled
- Fixed an issue with the Viewport where using the camera's Focus Distance eye dropper in a custom Viewport panel setup seemed to freeze the application
- Fixed an issue with the Stitch and Sew function adding unwanted polygons to the mesh
- Fixed a stability issue with the Polygon Pen performing an Edge to Arc conversion
- Fixed a stability issue with the Stitch and Sew function
- Fixed an issue with the Line Cut function failing to create a straight cut on certain complex objects
- Fixed a UI issue where the tool tip for the Scatter Pen in the status line was untranslated
MoGraph
- Fixed some issues with the MoGraph Tracer object not responding to animated Fields
- Fixed an issue with the MoGraph Cloner and the Cache function of the Cloth and Rope tags
- Fixed an issue with deleting a connector where a Voronoi Fracture object disappeared when both used the same Falloff object
Motion Tracker
- Fixed an issue with the Motion Tracker object where navigating in the Viewport or via the Attribute Manager was broken
Nodes
- Fixed an issue with missing UI strings in the Material Editor
- Fixed an issue with the Node Editor where pressing the Enter key in the Node Commander did not add the selected Node
- Fixed an issue with Capsules versioning
- Fixed an issue with Spline Nodes where no Spline Tessellation mode could enforce a uniform distribution of the intermediate spline points
- Fixed an issue with the Resource Editor when renaming Node Editor ports
- Fixed a stability issue when applying a custom data type to the Get Element node
- Fixed an issue with the Spline Solidify node when Align is enabled and Up Vector is set to normal
- Fixed an issue with the Segments input of the Spline Assembler node
- Fixed an issue with the scaling option of the Surface Scaled Blue Noise node
- Fixed an issue with the Interior Filter option of the Volume Voxel Fill node
- Fixed an issue with component access in the Attribute Manager
- Fixed an issue with incorrect Mode settings of the Multi Shader node
- Fixed some Material node issues with the Size Bias option of the Distribution Op node
- Fixed a performance issue with the Get Member node handling invalid IDs
- Fixed an issue with data parsing of the Bar Chart asset
- Fixed an issue with meaningless orientation parameters of the Select Facing node
- Fixed an issue with the refresh of linked parameters in Asset Capsules
- Fixed a stability issue with the Scalar Arithmetic node performing a modulo 0 operation
- Fixed a UI issue with the Material Editor where the contents of the Assign tab was offset badly if the object list contained Asset Capsules
- Fixed a stability issue where the Import Data node could not parse the data table properly
- Fixed an issue with the Node Editor where Input Event errors flooded the console
- Fixed an issue with Scene nodes where the Lines Topology Set node did not allow lines and splines to have more than 1024 points
- Fixed an issue with not displaying node previews in the Edit Asset mode
- Fixed a stability issue when connecting a collision node output to a text spline input
- Fixed an issue with the Value node where the error message for illegal Tuple elements was misleading
- Fixed an issue with the function "Save Project with Assets" where Capsules from an unlinked database were not included
Node Editor
- Fixed an issue with the Node Editor where Material Nodes could not be dragged into the Editor without leaving Scene mode
- Fixed an issue with the Node Editor where some commands were not available when their menu was undocked
- Fixed an issue with the Node Editor forgetting its mode and position when switching scenes
- Fixed an issue with missing string translations in the Resource Editor
- Fixed an issue with string names and IDs in the Resource Editor
- Fixed a layout issue in the Resource Editor
- Fixed an issue with the Node Editor where freshly disconnected wires seemed not to be allowed to be reconnected
- Fixed an issue with the Node Editor where the context menu for a node positioned in the Port area of the Editor window overruled the context menu of the Port area
Objects
- Fixed an issue with inconsistent numbering when duplicating objects by CTRL+Drag in the Viewport
- Fixed an issue with Projection Man where the Projection Camera was generated as a Stereo Camera
- Fixed an issue with the filter option in the Object Manager
Other
- Fixed an issue with importing AEC files using the After Effects Exchange plugin
- Fixed a stability issue with the dynamic dialog
- Fixed an issue with the Color Chooser and its Color From Picture mode
Picture Viewer
- Fixed a performance issue with the Picture Viewer while rendering in a specific custom layout
Project Asset Inspector
- Fixed a stability issue with the Project Asset Inspector and missing assets
Python
- Fixed an issue with the Scroll Bar of the Script Manager when using Keyboard Shortcuts
- Fixed an issue with the Python Script Manager where creating a NodePath was blocked
Redshift
- Fixed an issue with the Viewport where in Constant Shading mode the Color channel of Node materials was not evaluated
- Fixed an issue with the Redshift Dome Light where the orientation of the environment texture did not follow a parent object
- Fixed an issue with Redshift materials where OSL shaders caused a continuously increasing memory usage
- Fixed an issue with the Redshift Node Editor where the Preferences setting for node previews was ignored
- Fixed an issue with the Redshift Node Editor where Texture Nodes created by Drag & Drop did not keep their meaningful texture name
- Fixed an issue with the Redshift Node Editor where a path attribute could not be input to a texture node as a string or URL value
Renderer
- Fixed an issue with the Render function not creating stereoscopic images
Scene Layout Tools
- Fixed an issue with the Scatter Placement tool where the list of reference objects could not be rearranged
Sketch and Toon
- Fixed a stability issue when rendering a out of range Vertex Map
Timeline
- Fixed an issue with the Timeline window where the folding/unfolding icons were missing some lines clarifying the hierarchy
- Fixed an issue with the Timeline window where the keyboard shortcuts for some Frame Key commands were listed twice
- Fixed an issue with the Timeline window where the color for newly created markers could not be chosen
- Fixed an issue with the Timeline where newly created keyframes were not indicated in the main Powerslider
- Fixed an issue with the F-Curve Timeline where the "Track Before / Track After" curve did not continue correctly after a closing key with zero-length tangents
- Fixed an issue with the Timeline where the color of existing Markers was always black in the Attribute Manager
UV Tools
- Fixed an issue with the Status Bar displaying a meaningless progress bar after the first use of the "Packed" Automatic UV mode
- Fixed an issue with the "Packed" Automative UV command not working in Model mode
Viewport
- Fixed an issue with a missing Default Texture Size of the Redshift Dome Light in the Viewport preview
- Fixed an issue with Light objects where the outline of the selected object was hiding the light color in the Viewport
- Fixed a performance issue when linking color profile to monitor profile under macOS
- Fixed an issue with the Redshift Camera not rendering special projections properly in the Interactive Preview Renderer
- Fixed a stability issue related to the Viewport
- Fixed a performance issue with the Asset Browser when using drag & drop to import certain assets into the Viewport
- Fixed a stability issue with the Viewport when modifying Redshift Node materials
- Fixed an issue with Redshift where the weighting of several material channels was displayed differently in the Viewport than in the Render result
- Fixed an issue with Redshift where Maxon Noise when applied to the Opacity input of a Redshift material had no effect in the Viewport
- Fixed an issue with the Redshift Dome Light where the environment reflection was not updated after a texture change
- Fixed an issue with Scene Nodes where adding a Light object caused a flickering/frozen Viewport
- Fixed an issue with Scene Nodes where generated splines containing more than one million points could not be displayed in the Viewport
- Fixed some issues with the Viewport where copying and pasting Redshift node materials caused the Viewport to stop responding
Volumes
- Fixed an issue with imported Volume objects affecting the position of their parent objects