9.5.2

8 • CHAPTER 1
GETTING TO KNOW CINEMA 4D • 9
Intelligent Cached Shadow Maps
Shadow maps are cached when you render the rst time and are reused for subsequent renders to
speed up render times. Intelligence is built into the cache to detect situations when the maps need to
be recalculated such as when the light’s settings have been changed.
Control Over Strength of Fresnel Reections
A new setting allows you to control the strength of Fresnel reections for better looking glass and so
on. You’ll nd the new Fresnel Reectivity setting in the Material editor on the Transparency page.
Animation
Attribute Manager & Material Manager
Animation keys can now be recorded by Ctrl-clicking the circle icons next to parameter names in the
Attribute manager or Material manager.
Import/Export
Even more third party support
R9 users can enjoy support for Final Cut Pro, After Effects 6.5 and Combustion 3.
Other
New search tool
The Object manager includes a powerful new search tool for nding objects and tags (Object
manager: Objects > Search).
Starting CINEMA 4D
To start CINEMA 4D, do one of the following:
 Double-click on the program icon.
 Double-click on a scene le.
 Use the Start menu (Windows).
Alternatively, drag-and-drop one or more CINEMA 4D les from Explorer (Windows) or Finder
(Mac OS) onto the CINEMA 4D application icon or directly into the program.