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C4D on Mac best option?
Hi all, I know this is a C4D question, but I know alot of you use C4D quite heavily with AE, which is what I plan to do. So I figured here was the best place to start…
I’m about to start learning a 3D modelling, animation, etc to extend my mograph/vfx toolset. I mainly work in AE, Mocha & Photoshop at present, but plan to add Shake later for more hardcore compositing. I have a few Q’s I was hoping one of you could answer about my choice of C4D as my 3D tool:-
– Working on a new 3.2GHz 8-core Mac Pro w/8GB RAM is C4D going to take advantage of all my horsepower, or is something like Lightwave going to perform better on a Mac? I’m taking about rendering speed and interactivity?
– What real-world benefit will a high-end GFX give me in C4D?
– Does C4D work as a true 64-bit app in Leopard? I’ve heard OSX isn’t as ‘fully’ 64-bit as something like Vista 64 or xp64. What does this mean? sorry if this sounds thick…I’ve been on PCs for years, but I thought OSX was a 64-bit OS? Am I better off using C4D on 64-bit Windows to get the best from it?
– I understand C4D will be the fastest to learn as someone from an AE background and it has great integration with AE and good for mograph, which will be my main use for it…but how adept is C4D at handling the more photoreal and organic modelling/animation side? Does it keep up with Lightwave, 3DSMAX, XSI, etc in that respect? I know Maya & Houdini are in another league, but how do the others compare?
– How does C4D Advanced Renderer compare to Mental Ray? Does it use all cores, etc and give you as good a quality render as MR (obviously providing you feed it the same thing!) I notice you can’t use MR with C4D or Lightwave..is this going to limit me further down the line?
Sorry for all the Questions, just want to get it right!
I know I should try all the demos, but as someone who has barely touched on 3D I’d appreciate the views of artists that can chime in on more advanced and less differences between the apps.Thanks muchly,
Jim.*Production Studio Premium CS2 / *Combustion 3 / Mocha v1.0.1 / Elastic Reality
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C4D performs excellently on my 8-core Mac. I think the CineBench scores were over 5 times those on my dual G5. The 8-core uses the X1900XT card — middle of the three offered, if I recall.
Beyond that, it integrates well with AE.
Now don’t get me wrong about what I’m about to say. You have a lot of questions about C4D, but this is an AE forum, as you know, and it would be less than useful if it were to be filled with non-AE threads. I recommend you go to the Cinema4D COW forum, C4Dcafe, or CGTalk to find out more non-AE concerns about C4D. 🙂
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Yes, Sorry Steve…I kind of made up a post with everything I can think of and copy+paste it into several relevant forums.
Thanks for your input.
I understand ATI have a new mid-range card coming out for the ’08 Mac Pro, which I may wait for, as I’ve read that NVidia cards play up with Apple Color and Matrox..but then someone else said NVidia is favourably for C4D!? If your ATI work fine, then I guess there can’t be much in it!
*Production Studio Premium CS2 / *Combustion 3 / Mocha v1.0.1 / Elastic Reality
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Win XP Pro 32 / Intel P4 3GHz / 2GB RAM / GeForce FX5200 / DeckLink Pro / Roland DS-5s / Sony BVM-20G1E / 2 x Dell 2007FP / DVS SDI Clipstation / Wacom Intuos 3 A4 / 110GB/80GB/600GB RAID-0
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