When MAXON announced Release 11.5 they also announced the new Broadcast Edition. Edition versions cater for a specific market. CINEMA 4D has 2 other editions, the Engineering Edition and the Architecture Edition. The Broadcast Edition is targetted at the Motion Graphics industry where CINEMA 4D is already widely used for things like Television graphics and commercials.
The Broadcast Edition consists of the core version of CINEMA 4D, MoGraph 2 module and the Broadcast Extension Kit. We have covered the upgraded MoGraph 2 module elsewhere in the review but let's look at what comes in the Broadcast Extension Kit.
The Broadcast Extension Kit is a Content Browser library file that gives you the following:
The Broadcast Edition starts up with its own layout as shown below. This has a MoGraph tab and a Content Browser tab.
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The US price of the Broadcast Extension at the time of writing the review was US $1495. That's pretty good value as the cost of the Core version plus MoGraph 2 is US $1590. I gather the extension kit is available to purchase separately for those people that already own CINEMA 4D and the MoGraph module. You would need to get in touch with your local distributor for pricing details.
Review by C4D Cafe © 2009