Cinema 4D
A 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software application developed by Maxon.
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How Cinema 4D compares
2 creators weighed in
Blender
Direct rival
free open-source 3D software
John says Cinema 4D costs over $1,000 a year and is losing ground to Blender, which is free and has a growing ecosystem.
2 creators
2 creators
John says Cinema 4D costs over $1,000 a year and is losing ground to Blender, which is free and has a growing ecosystem.
"I've actually spent hundreds if not thousands of hours in 3D modeling software, mostly in Cinema 4D and Houdini. Cinema 4D's a closed-source piece of software, very expensive — over a thousand dollars to get a license good for a year, th..."
Compared to Blender (open-source, cheaper, more ecosystem growth); Cinema 4D seen as losing ground to Blender
"I've actually spent hundreds, if not thousands of hours in 3D modeling software, mostly in Cinema 4D and Houdini. Cinema 4D is a closed source piece of software, very expensive — was like over $1,000 to get a license that would be good f..."
Compared unfavorably to Blender on cost and ecosystem; AI models are less trained on Cinema 4D than Blender
"you used to have to pay thousands and thousands of dollars for a license of Cinema 4D"
Now Blender is free alternative
What creators say
"I've actually spent hundreds if not thousands of hours in 3D modeling software, mostly in Cinema 4D and Houdini. Cinema 4D's a closed-source piece of software, very expensive — over a thousand dollars to get a license good for a year, then they ev..."
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"I've actually spent hundreds, if not thousands of hours in 3D modeling software, mostly in Cinema 4D and Houdini. Cinema 4D is a closed source piec..."
"He started in 2007 sketching, 2011 started to use Photoshop, 2014 Cinema 4D. And so the software evolves and every single day posted an image online that no one bought."
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"you used to have to pay thousands and thousands of dollars for a license of Cinema 4D"
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"How far out do you think we are from using like a truly complex piece of software like Premiere Pro or Cinema 4D or AutoCAD?"
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