MAXON Computer GmbH - Digital Media
MAXON Computer GmbH - Digital Media
MAXON Computer GmbH - Digital Media
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<strong>MAXON</strong> <strong>Computer</strong> <strong>GmbH</strong><br />
<strong>MAXON</strong> sales region
• Founded in 1986 in Germany as a publisher of<br />
computer magazines<br />
• Soon began developing and distributing<br />
hardware and software<br />
• 1992: CINEMA 4D for the Amiga was released<br />
• 1994: Development for Atari and Amiga<br />
ended<br />
• 1996: CINEMA 4D was released for Windows<br />
and Mac, and is now <strong>MAXON</strong>´s lead product<br />
<strong>MAXON</strong> Company History
• 2000: launch of BodyPaint 3D; Germanbased<br />
Nemetschek AG acquires 70 % share<br />
of <strong>MAXON</strong><br />
• Currently: <strong>MAXON</strong> has offices in Germany,<br />
UK, USA, Japan and France<br />
• Over 80,000 satisfied users worldwide<br />
• Distributing to over 80 countries<br />
• Software available in 10 languages<br />
<strong>MAXON</strong> Company History
<strong>MAXON</strong> - the Mission<br />
• To deliver the easiest to use professional 3D<br />
software<br />
(all in one: Modelling, rendering, animation)<br />
• Key markets: Architecture, Broadcast and<br />
Product Visualization<br />
• Seamless integration with key applications in<br />
the respective markets<br />
(ArchiCAD, Vectorworks, Allplan, After<br />
Effects, Final Cut and many more)
<strong>MAXON</strong> Company History<br />
Uwe Bärtels, CFO<br />
Harald Schneider, CTO<br />
Harald Egel, CEO<br />
Headquartered in<br />
Friedrichsdorf,<br />
Germany
<strong>MAXON</strong> Inc. UK<br />
UK office in Ampthill<br />
Liam Stacy, General Manager<br />
<strong>MAXON</strong> UK
<strong>MAXON</strong> Ltd. USA<br />
US office in Newbury Park,<br />
California<br />
Paul Babb, CEO<br />
<strong>MAXON</strong> USA
<strong>MAXON</strong><br />
Competence Center Japan<br />
Liaison office<br />
in Tokyo<br />
Managing Director<br />
Manfred Flick
<strong>MAXON</strong><br />
Competence Center France<br />
Liaison office in Paris Managing Director<br />
Eric Godey
Market Segments<br />
Architecture<br />
Design<br />
Engineering<br />
Print & Screen Design<br />
Movies<br />
Advertising<br />
Broadcast<br />
Games & Interactive<br />
Science & Nature<br />
Education & Hobby
<strong>MAXON</strong> products
The Modules<br />
Advanced Render 3 MoGraph MOCCA 3 HAIR<br />
Thinking Particles Dynamics NET Render Sketch and Toon
Advanced Render 3<br />
Thinking Particles<br />
MOCCA 3<br />
The Bundles<br />
XL Bundle Studio Bundle<br />
The CINEMA 4D XL Bundle includes advanced<br />
tools for professional users. It launches your<br />
3D projects to the next level of realism and<br />
opens a wealth of new possibilities.<br />
NET Render<br />
Equip your production environment with the<br />
CINEMA 4D Studio Bundle and take advantage of all<br />
the power CINEMA 4D has to offer.<br />
Advanced Render 3 MOCCA 3 Thinking Particles<br />
NET Render<br />
MoGraph<br />
Dynamics<br />
Sketch and Toon<br />
HAIR
MOCCA 3<br />
Bring your characters to life, including muscles and cloth<br />
• Easy to use high-end character animation<br />
module<br />
• Natural motion or cartoon-style animation<br />
• Shorts setup times<br />
• Reliable rigs<br />
• Flexible morphs<br />
• Natural muscles<br />
• Simulation<br />
• Versatile cloth engine
MOCCA 3<br />
Bring your characters to life, including muscles and cloth
Thinking Particles<br />
Control your particles perfectly<br />
• Event and rule-based high-end particle system<br />
• Comprehensive control options<br />
• Particles can interact with objects or with other<br />
particles<br />
• Objects can be fragmented into particles and<br />
vice-versa<br />
• Integrates perfectly with other CINEMA 4D<br />
modules such as MoGraph, HAIR, PyroCluster<br />
(included in Advanced Render)
Sketch and Toon<br />
Easily and quickly create hand-drawn looks<br />
• Module for rendering characterized<br />
or drawn images<br />
• Numerous line and fill styles<br />
• Technical look<br />
• Comic look<br />
• Painted look<br />
• Scribbled look<br />
• Animatable
Sketch and Toon<br />
Easily and quickly create hand-drawn looks
Dynamics<br />
Simulate rigid and softbody dynamics<br />
• Module for simulating collisions between rigid and soft objects<br />
• Each object can exert forces or be exposed to forces<br />
• Easily simulate real-world dynamic forces, including friction, gravity, wind, etc.<br />
• Objects can be linked to springs
Advanced Render 3<br />
Including Global Illumination, Caustics, SKY, PyroCluster<br />
• Comprehensive module for perfect lighting and light effects<br />
• Global Illumination for natural-looking, indirect lighting<br />
• Caustics – light effects created using transparent materials<br />
• HDRI for image-based lighting<br />
• PyroCluster generates fire and smoke effects<br />
• Subsurfaces Scattering for translucent materials (wax, skin, etc.)<br />
• SKY for realistic-looking sky and clouds
Advanced Render 3<br />
Including Global Illumination, Caustics, SKY, PyroCluster
NET Render<br />
Render your animations across your network<br />
• Module for distributed rendering of animations across a network<br />
• TCP/IP-based<br />
• HTML Interface; can be administred<br />
using any web browser<br />
• User and job management<br />
• Dynamic load balancing for<br />
optimized performance<br />
• Safe Recovery technology<br />
• Supports mixed environments<br />
(Windows/Macintosh)
HAIR<br />
Create hair, fur, feathers and even grass<br />
• Module for the creation of hair, fur and<br />
feathers<br />
• Easy-to-learn and use GUI<br />
• Breathtakingly fast, minimal memory usage,<br />
intuitive features<br />
• Comprehensive set of styling tools,<br />
including brush, comb, scissors, curl and<br />
more
HAIR<br />
Create hair, fur, feathers and even grass
MoGraph<br />
Create breathtaking 3D motion graphics<br />
• Ideal for the creation of abstract shapes,<br />
logo animations, trailers, in-betweens,<br />
commercials or intro sequences<br />
• More than 40 animated, resolutionindependent<br />
backgrounds<br />
• Motion graphics material library<br />
• 350 MB of exclusive, royalty-free sound<br />
loops and samples<br />
• Massive archive of ready-to-use animations<br />
(text, countdown, transitions etc.)
MoGraph<br />
Create breathtaking 3D motion graphics
Editions
Target group:<br />
Architecture Edition<br />
Architects, interior designers, booth builders, urban planners
• CINEMA 4D<br />
Architecture Edition<br />
• Advanced Render, Sketch and Toon<br />
• Architecture Extension Kit<br />
The Architecture Extension Kit turns<br />
CINEMA 4D into a powerhouse for<br />
architectural visualizations:<br />
• Exchange plugins for CAAD<br />
• Virtual Walkthrough tool<br />
• Material eXchange plug-in<br />
• Over 300 furniture items<br />
• Over 400 materials<br />
• Shift Camera objekt to correct Perspective<br />
distortion<br />
• Quickstart manual for architectural<br />
visualization<br />
• Special program layout
Virtual Walkthrough<br />
Architecture Edition<br />
• Automated fly-around about your structure<br />
• Collision detection<br />
• Interactively navigate through your model<br />
• Camera movement can be recorded
Sketch and Toon<br />
Architecture Edition<br />
• Create 3D scenes as a quick scribble or<br />
charcoal skteches<br />
• Clean and precise technical<br />
illustrations<br />
• Create 3D renderings in a myriad of<br />
different styles - almost<br />
any desired effect
Libraries:<br />
• 30 sofas and armchairs<br />
• 100 bathroom fixtures<br />
• 15 chairs<br />
• 20 human silhouettes<br />
• 20 lamps<br />
• 40 decor objects<br />
Architecture Edition<br />
• 40 shelves and cupboards<br />
• 25 tables<br />
and many more...<br />
In all, over 300 objects<br />
and more than 400<br />
materials!
Advanced Render<br />
Architecture Edition<br />
• Global Illumination engine has been completely rewritten from the ground up<br />
• Tenderings will look even more realistic<br />
• Get the realism without spending hours tweaking settings<br />
CAD Connectivity<br />
• Simple export from CAD environment (Allplan,<br />
ArchiCAD, Vectorworks) directly into the C4D<br />
file format<br />
• All defined structures and hierarchies will be<br />
supported<br />
• Subsequent changes can be easily transferred to<br />
CINEMA 4D
Architecture Edition
Target group:<br />
Engineering Edition<br />
Engineers, industry designers, product designers
• CINEMA 4D<br />
Engineering Edition<br />
• Sketch and Toon, NET Render (3-seat license)<br />
• Engineering Extension Kit<br />
Engineering Extension Kit<br />
• IGES 4D import plugin<br />
• Okino PolyTrans plugin (Windows only)<br />
• Advanced shader library<br />
• Advanced environment library<br />
• Visualization layout<br />
• Tutorial<br />
Engineering Extension Kit Plus<br />
• Engineering Extension Kit<br />
• Okino PolyTrans, incl. CAD & Granite Pack
Sketch and Toon<br />
Engineering Edition<br />
• Create 3D scenes as a quick<br />
scribble or as charcoal skteches<br />
• Clean and precise technical<br />
illustrations<br />
• Create 3D renderings in a myriad<br />
of different styles - almost any<br />
desired effect
• Import more than 20 CAD file fomats<br />
• More than 200 materials make your<br />
objects shine<br />
• 10 predefined environment scenes for fast,<br />
great-looking results<br />
• Extremely fast rendering<br />
• Easy to learn and easy to use<br />
• Photorealistic images and animations<br />
• Sketched look with dozens of variations<br />
• Free technical support<br />
Engineering Edition
Environment Scenes<br />
Engineering Edition<br />
More than 200 materials<br />
in 11 separate categories
Engineering Edition
Why BodyPaint 3D?<br />
• High-end 3D painting<br />
• Makes distortion-free painting possible<br />
• Immediate visual feedback<br />
• Painting across multiple objects<br />
• Concurrent painting tools, filters and presets<br />
• 96-bit color depth (32-bits per channel)<br />
BodyPaint 3D R4<br />
• Available for 3ds max, Maya, LightWave 3D and<br />
Softimage
BodyPaint 3D R4<br />
• Seamless projection painting and texture mapping<br />
• Extensive support for the PSD format - including layersets<br />
and mix modes<br />
• Full graphics tablet support,<br />
including pressure,<br />
direction, angle, barrel roll<br />
and rotation<br />
• An expandable asset<br />
library, including over<br />
1,000 predefined brushes
BodyPaint 3D R4
Press comments Release 11<br />
British MacUser magazine is very impressed by CINEMA 4D R11<br />
MacUser tester Tim Danaher gives the current Release four out of five stars!<br />
UK 3D World magazine reviews CINEMA 4D R11 - 8 out of 10 points<br />
CINEMA 4D R11 scores an impressive 4.5 out of 5 from Imagine FX Magazine<br />
"For <strong>Digital</strong> artists this is an impressively powerful, easy-to-use and brilliantly designed package.<br />
And it's now much faster."<br />
CINEMA 4D R11 wins Macworld Editors' Choice<br />
"CINEMA 4D R11 is a brilliant upgrade"
<strong>MAXON</strong> Success Story<br />
Market reports regularly rank <strong>MAXON</strong> among the top three 3D<br />
software companies worldwide.<br />
Major IT Magazines like Germany‘s c‘t state:<br />
“The german 3D software, CINEMA 4D, is not only on par with<br />
the packages from companies such as Autodesk, NewTek and<br />
Softimage – it even outperforms the competition in several areas.“
<strong>MAXON</strong> Success Story<br />
Since 2000, <strong>MAXON</strong> has<br />
shown continous growth.<br />
Each year <strong>MAXON</strong> reports:<br />
• Increased turnover<br />
• Increased profit<br />
• More sales territories<br />
• More partners<br />
• More employees<br />
• More customers<br />
• More licenses sold
3D For the Real World
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