Cinema 4D

This is an excellent general-purpose 3D pkg, with strong third-party plug-in support, support for most popular render engines, etc. Great non-destructive workflows for modeling, CA, etc. Also has efficient, powerful hard- and soft-body dynamics, nodal particle system support, and much more. R19 adds strong real-time viewport and visualization capabilities, serious improvements of various modeling workflows, and more. Also, R19 actually came out at beginning of Septemeber (as did R18 before it, and so on, for years now -- C4D is on an annual release schedule, where releases occur in September), not December as listed here.

R18 has been out for quite some time now...

I think we need some more current / recent reviews on this software. Seems that it is not getting much love here from the MU community.

I could not get the update to install. I followed the included instructions, but Cinema 4D acted like there was nothing to install.

This application C4D R11 is simply SUPER ! Exactly what I need ... Issue I only have is, that I have received tutorial DVD which does not play and customer support knows about it but replacement is not even on horizon ... Also I have a problem to locate a DVD Tutorial better say DVD which will have a collection of ideas and hints how to use this application effectively ...

Currently the best all-around 3-D app out there now that Maya is barely getting updated.

Maxon should be applauded for their dedication to being at the bleeding edge of Mac development...as well as making THE best 3D app out there... Check out the VrayforC4D plugin for Cinema4D too...

finally somebody still using a G5 ! ;) Don't expect new softwares to be optimized for G5, PPC is no more...