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3. Conguration
CINEMA 4D has hundreds of commands and a freely congurable GUI. This means that there are many
settings also. To keep CINEMA 4D easy to use, the settings have been placed in various, relevant parts
of the program. This chapter shows you where to nd these settings and how to use them.
Conguration Dialogs
Preferences
These settings control the general behavior of CINEMA 4D. For example, you can change the
background color used by viewports. To access the preferences, choose Edit > Preferences from the
main menu. The preferences are described later in this chapter.
Project settings
These settings, such as the frame rate, apply to the active project only. To access the project settings,
choose Edit > Project Settings from the main menu or Edit > Project Settings from the Timeline’s
menu. The project settings are saved whenever you save the scene.
You can create your own default layout. To do this, arrange the layout as
required, then save the scene using the lename ‘template.c4d’.
Viewport settings
Here you control aspects of viewport display such as the shading mode used for selected objects and
the shading mode used for other objects. Each viewport has its own settings. To access the viewport
settings, in the viewport choose Edit > Congure. The viewport settings are saved when you save
the scene.
Render settings
These settings dene how the active scene will be rendered — e.g. you can set the save path and
output resolution. To access the render settings, choose Render > Render Settings from the main
menu. The render settings are saved when you save the scene.
Import / Export settings
These settings affect le import and le export. For example, 3ds les can be scaled up by a factor of
ten on import. To access the import/export settings, choose Edit > Preferences from the main menu.
The import/export settings are described later in this chapter.