What’s new in Cinema 4D R21

• New licensing system for Cinema 4D.
• New, improved caps surfaaces (e.g., for the Extrude object).
• New UV transformation tool.
• New auto-weighting for joints.
• ProRender matierals can now a be made up of nodes
• The Denoiser post effect can significantly speed up rendering.
• New Vector volume type.
• The Volume Builder can now also generate Volume Vectors (spatial vector distribution).
• New Field Force object that creates forces from Fields.
• Now volumes can be rendered with ProRender.
• New Maxon License Server.
• Offline Help is again available in addition to the existing offline Help.
• New nodes for the Standard / Physical renderers

• New display option for the viewport.
• A mac menu bar can now be displayed
• The texture view can now also be smoothed using antialiasing.
• Modified functionality when starting Cinema 4D with minimal OpenGL display settings.
• New adaptable asset query.
• The new Quick Start Dialog window can be enabled or disabled in the Preferences menu.
• The default material can now be defined in the Material Manager..
• Several improvements for import and export dialogs
• Undoing GUI color changes is now easier.
• With the introduction of Cinema 4D R21, sub-fields can now be defined directly in the Fields list for a better overview.
• Reorganization of the Direction remapping settings for Field objects.
• Two new Random Field settings.
• New Convert Field Layer".
• New option for point object field layer.
• New option for weighting-based tags (e.g., vertex map) when used with Fields.
• Points and polygons can be copied and pasted between different objects.
• New option for the Grow Selection tool.
• Various minor improvements for modeling.
• The Connect Objects and Connect Objects + Delete commands now have additional functions.
• The standard particle emitter has a new option: Relative Speed.
• The Standard and Physical renderers now offer the Albedo multi-pass.
• Multi-Passes have been replaced by AOV.
• Introduction of Node Spaces, which make specific nodes accessible for specific renderers.
• Command for exporting license information for purchasing plug-ins.
• New User Data tag.
• Fields now also affect Normal tags.
• Vertex Map tags (and similar), that can be used as Fields now also work correctly in their deformed states.
• Changes to how materials are created.
• The Variation shader has a new Material Name option.
• New input and output Nodes for groups (outward).
• Assets can now be exported and passed on in encrypted form.
• With the Resource Editor you can configure user interfaces for Node Materials.
• In the Picture Viewer you will now find a Filmic tone mapping setting in the Filter menu.
• The Project Asset Manager – as substitute for the Texture Manager - manages all project assets.
• Minor improvements to the UV functionality.
• New HUD elements in the texture view.
• New Color Chooser functionality.
• The new PForceObject node for Thinking Particles makes it possible for the Force object to also affect TP.
• ProRender can now compile its shaders at any time.
• Several new ProRender render modes
• ProRender can output several new multi-passes.
• The Volume Builder has a special blend option for the Vector mode.
• The Volume Builder has two new scale settings for use with splines.
• The Volume Builder can be cached to save render time.
• The Volume Builder can now create a Curvature Map for accurately texturing convex/concave regions.
• The instance type can now be defined for all CAD imports.
• A mask can now be applied to Fielde Layers.