I like the user interface better than others out there like Maya. I like the integration with Adobe After Effects to help implement 3D designs into my video work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The camera tracker via Cineware should import the video file After Effects into the 3D scene in Cinema4D. Makes the placing of objects guess work as to the position in your comp. I really wish that C4D could be manipulated directly in After Effects, using C4D as the modeling software and the engine behind the scenes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease of 3d rendering is a large time saver. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

launch times can be buggy which can equate to longer work times Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how easy it is to create 3D animations with high quality textures, it truly lets creativity go free when a software doesn't get in the way of the user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish there would be a huge library of pre made high quality textures that everyone uses. Not like 5 or 10, I mean hundreds. This would make the app so incredibly better than any other 3D app in my opinion. I'd be able to create a 3D model in a matter of minutes, apply a really good brick texture preset to the wall, a really good wood floor texture to the floors etc...All that without having to spend extra or download lots of textures from random people online. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like most is that it is a very intuitive and very easy to use program, especially if it is the first 3d modeling program that is used. In addition, the interface is very simple and there are many tutorials to learn new tricks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like the least is that the child and parent system can be complicated if you have used other 3d modeling programs. They should improve the render engine that comes by default. Since at some point they may fall short and it is necessary to use an external rendering engine such as the VRAY Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I love about cinema 4D is that I can play with the immediacy of sketching or sculpting. Other 3D platforms—while they might have more power—make everything difficult. Simply building a 3D title from an illustration and making it look pretty is a great task in MAYA.

With C4D I can build and animate and render out beautiful pictures in a fraction of the time. It's interwoven with After Effects to make my life easier, and getting content to clients has never been a smoother process.

With Maya I couldn't promise half as much, half as quickly as I do now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The graph editor. And the modeling toolkit.

I truly wish I could cut that out of Maya and bring it over. In fact, I must confess, I still do quite a bit of modeling within Maya and export it as OBJ files for C4D.

Until C4D gets better in these areas, I won't be able to let go of my other programs without a noticeable loss in productivity IN these specific areas. Overall, C4D still wins, but I feel a little bit handicapped when modeling and character animating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

quite easy to understand, even my non-graphist coworkers quickly understood how to use it. plus its physical renderer is already quite good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

mograph can be a pain to understand and master. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The powerful native 3D render engine. It is very friendly software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The software doesn't have shortcuts for changing views. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that C4D has absorbed all elements from other programs to create a full software package that can do everything- sculpt, paint, animate, and easily export to compositing software like AE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

C4D does lack some abilities that in depth specific software can create - for example Zbrush is still better for sculpting and AE is still needed to composite shots. C4D would be better if it had more options built into it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use this program to make 3D graphics with animation for my company. Works fantastic once you know how to use it and what to do. Good online community of people who are ready to help Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Load times, this could be my computer but switching between open projects I have to wait a minute or two for it to load.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Intuitive controls with a lot of options make this a great program to get into cgi. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The animation system is clunky and hard to master. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.