Maxon has released Cinema 4D R11. Among the many new features is a completely new Global Illumination algorithm, rendering much more realistic GI scenes. Better render speeds, 64bit OS X support and the inclusion of a very interesting matte painting system called Projection Man that looks to ease the process of creating mattes, through tight integration with Adobe Photoshop and Bodypaint. Hit the jump for a full feature list.

New in CINEMA 4D Release 11

General     
• 64-bit support for MacOS X 10.5.
• 3D mouse for MacOS
• COLLADA import and export
• Projection Man: high end 3D matte painting toolset
• Application can now be registered online
• Online Updater
• User-specific configuration files are saved to the user folder
• Command line parameter for modifying configuration file paths
• Integrating sound into rendered videos
• This key can be defined to emulate the right mouse button on a MacOS

Interface     
• An unintentional modification of the layout can be prevented by enabling the Lock Layout command
• Scripts linked to icons can be modified directly in the Script Manager
• Switching between tablet and mouse modes via shortcut (Windows) or automatically (Macintosh)
• Show tool cursor
• The Stage Object can be deactivated
• Post effects, incl. all parameters, can be copied to other scenes
• Vibrate tag now also works with object coordinate system
• Custom seed value for all noise functions
• Gradient overshoot can be prevented
• Expanded editing functionality by multiple selection
• Parameters of linked elements displayed in the Attribute Manager
• Expanded selection of list items
• Using existing elements to create GUI elements for user data
• Create C.O.F.F.E.E. code to define parameter values
• Selected Render Settins can be displayed in the Attribute Manager
• Vastly improved User Data display and management
• QuickTime videos and sound filed can be played in the Content Browser (Mac only)
• Easily create multilingual presets in the Content Browser
• When copying materials in the Content Browser bitmaps associated with those materials can also be copied
• Selecting CINEMA 4D or system color picker
• Paging through the help files
• The help system displays the corresponding help text when the cursor is placed over objects or tags in the Object Manager
• The Doodle tool lets you sketch in the Editor Window. A great annotation / collaboration tool
• Doodles can also be integrated into renderings
• Access to Layer Browser functions at element level

Animation     
• Integration on a non-linear animation system (NLA)
• All relevant functions in the Timeline’s Edit menu also work with Motion Clips
• Filtering Motion Sources
• New Timeline mode: „Motion Modus“
• Move and Scale also works with Motion Clips
• The Motion System has its own Timeline mode for displaying Motion Sources and Motion Clips
• Motion Clips - an integral part of the Motion System
• The Motion System tag contains animation and motion layers
• Motion Layers for mixing Motion Clips; Animation Layers for mixing conventional animations
• Add Animation Layer command
• ‘Add Motion Clip’ function turns conventional animations into Motion Clips
• Add Empty Motion Layer command
• Using the Pivot Object, Motion Clips can be modified interactively in the Viewport
• Keys can be arranged left-justified
• Key creation for all objects contained in a Selection object
• Sound curves displayed in the Animation Palette
• Show active animation layer Keys only
• ‘Bake’ functionality for animations expanded
• New Key Reducer algorithm treats curves more gently
• Increasing velocity can be temporarily set to a constant velocity
• Ghosting, or „onion skinning“ can be enabled for animations using the Display tag
• Easy Constraint object setup via commands
• Individual Constraint options can be enabled or disabled separately
• Gravity, offsets, rotaton and scale springs for Spring Constraint
• Mirror function for Constraing object

Rendering     
• Realistic-looking glass using Absorption
• More realistic reflections
• Exit Reflections can be disabled
• Improved Enhanced OpenGL texture quality thanks to MIP mapping
• Improved Enhanced OpenGL texture quality thanks to antialiasing
• Consistent noise in Area shadows
• Improved organization of Render Settings options
• Vastly improved resolution settings for rendering
• Only render soft shadows
• Object (Texture) baking can replace original objects
• New Pixel Shader

New in Advanced Render 3

• Completely reworked Global Illumination
• Old GI settings can be converted
• Light Objects can be excluded from GI
• Auto Light must no longer be disabled when using GI
• Functionality for improving Global Illumination at object level
• The new Ozone parameter helps create realisic dusk/dawn scenes
• Physical Sky offers more realistic renderings
• Several new Sun parameters
• Numerous new Sun parameters
• New atmospheric effect for creating realistic haze for distant objects
• 2D Cloud shadow can be disabled
• The blue Sky Dome light can now be disabled
• Two new parameters that influence a sky’s GI emission
• Support for external RenderMan render engine and RenderMan-compatible AIR and 3Delight renderer engines

Information from Maxon.