Maxon — Cinema 4d Studio 2024.2 Redshift 3.5.24 __hot__
Improved support for Adobe Substance 3D Nodes , allowing users to drag .sbsar files directly into Cinema 4D to create Redshift materials. Material & Rendering Improvements:
High clock-speed processors (e.g., AMD Ryzen 9 / Intel Core i9) handle C4D scene preparation, cloning logic, and expression evaluations.
For Mac users, the . The native support for hardware-accelerated ray tracing on Apple M3 chips finally unlocks a level of rendering performance on a portable Mac that competes seriously with high-end workstations, all while maintaining the portability and efficiency of the Apple ecosystem.
The tight integration with .sbsar files means Redshift materials can be developed faster and with more flexibility. Maxon CINEMA 4D Studio 2024.2 Redshift 3.5.24
Before diving into the Redshift specifics, it is critical to understand the host application’s improvements. Cinema 4D 2024.2 focuses heavily on and simulation stability .
The ability to handle complex simulations (Pyro, Cloth) within C4D and render them immediately in Redshift within the same interface reduces the need for exporting scenes or swapping between different software packages.
Optimized the performance of RSLights in the viewport, leading to smoother interaction in light-heavy scenes. Improved support for Adobe Substance 3D Nodes ,
Mastering Motion Graphics and Visual Effects: A Deep Dive into Maxon Cinema 4D Studio 2024.2 and Redshift 3.5.24
Improved interpolation and bug fixes for stepped gradients.
| Task | C4D 2024.1 + RS 3.5.19 | C4D 2024.2 + RS 3.5.24 | Improvement | |------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------| | Viewport FPS (heavy scene) | 32 fps | 48 fps | +50% | | IPR startup time | 4.2 sec | 2.8 sec | -33% | | Final render (GPU, 4K) | 100 sec | 92 sec | -8% | | Final render (CPU only) | N/A (not stable) | 480 sec | Baseline | The native support for hardware-accelerated ray tracing on
| Use Case | Suitability | Comments | |----------|-------------|----------| | Motion Graphics | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Excellent. Fast IPR and MoGraph integration. | | Product Viz | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | RS materials and lighting are top-tier. | | VFX / Compositing | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Good, but lacking some high-end AOVs compared to Arnold. | | Large Environments | ⭐⭐⭐ | VRAM can be a bottleneck. Use proxies and instances. | | Mac Studio / Laptop | ⭐⭐ | Redshift GPU support still immature on Apple Silicon. |
: Rigid Body objects now correctly respect scaling during simulations, addressing previous issues with object interactions. Pyro Improvements :
