adjadölgjaöldgöasldgjlösdjgölsfjglöjdfögjldfölgjödfljgXfrog 4.2 is a Plugin Application for CINEMA 4D 8.1 and higher, including the soon to be released CINEMA 4D R 9 version. Xfrog 4.2 for CINEMA 4D is available with native strings for English, German, Japanese, and French users, and runs on both Macintosh and Windows versions of CINEMA 4D.

Xfrog 4.2 is used for organic modeling and animation. While Xfrog 3.5 is a standalone application, Xfrog 4.x software is our effort to place Xfrog inside 3D Applications, and is currently available for CINEMA 4D and Maya users. Please check our press releases for more information regarding Xfrog 4.x software and other new developments.

Everybody can try Xfrog 4.2 for thirty days. To do so, just jump to the download section and follow the instructions to get a temporary license.

To find out about new features in Xfrog 4.2 and how to Upgrade if you are a current user, please check out the What's New in 4.2 section.

Xfrog 4.2 adds a number of procedural Objects to CINEMA 4D. By combining these Objects with each other and with any other Object within CINEMA 4D you can quickly build a wide variety of organic Objects.

	The Branch Object is for easily setting up elaborate multi-level branching structures with numerous parameters to give them a natural look.
	The Phyllotaxis Object arranges other Objects on an abitrary surface of revolution, according to the rules of nature (golden section). It is, for example, used in the sunflower example above to arrange petals and seeds.
	The Hydra Object arranges Objects in a circular pattern.
	The Curvature Object creates Splines which can be used as a basis for naturally curved leafs or twigs.
	The Variation Object allows you to use multiply different Objects with Branch, Phyllotaxis and Hydra.
	The Tropism Object lets your spline-based objects (like the Branch, but also the CINEMA 4D SweepNURBS) bend towards an abitrary direction or position.
	The Deviation Object is a simple way to add natural detail to your Branches, by deviating a Branch Object at the places where other Branches emerge.

Combining these powerful new Objects together with existing Objects enables you to easily create complex organic models and animation far beyond the existing capabilities of CINEMA 4D software.

All the Objects can be animated by varying their parameters, such as number of branches, strength of attraction, gravity, phototropism. With such techniques, a convincing flower can be built and animated very easily, or a tree can be modeled and grown. All of CINEMA 4Ds animation curve editing features can be used, as well as XPresso.

Check the movie section within the gallery for more examples. The Reference manual is available for download in the Support section. Additionally here you can find a large number of images, movies, models, and downloadable tutorials for Xfrog 4.2. More information about CINEMA 4D can be found at the MAXON Homepage.

Xfrog software and XfrogPlants are used by most major production houses (Disney Imagineering, Digital Domain, ILM, Pixar, Sony Imageworks, C.O.R.E., The Moving Picture Company, are a few) and has over 2000 individual customers worldwide.

The Xfrog user group (over 1700 members) actively discusses a variety of Xfrog topics and trades useful files and information among the users.

Here you can view some reviews and customer comments regarding Xfrog.

Xfrog 4.2 is a Plugin for CINEMA 4D, which works with CINEMA 4D R 8.1, R 8.5 and is fully tested and qualified to work with the upcoming CINEMA 4D R 9.

Xfrog 4.2 is available as a Upgrade for existing users for $ 99 (plus any applicable tax) from our online shop, or $ 399 (plus any applicable tax and shipping) for new customers.

Note to existing customers - this is our first fee-based Upgrade for Xfrog 4 over the past year of development and updates, and we hope you can appreciate the offer is very low cost at only $ 99 To keep costs down It is an electronic-only download and update, i.e. there is no product shipment.

Note to recent customers - if you have purchased Xfrog 4 in July or August 2004, you are already upgraded to 4.2 in the database and you can immediately request your 4.2 permanent key.

Full instructions on how to get a permanent or trial key are in the 4.2 download area.

New features of Xfrog 4.2 for CINEMA 4D are listed below. If you don't know what Xfrog 4 is, please check out the product description first. To download Xfrog 4.2 please scroll down or click here for the download section.

The main new feature introduced with Xfrog 4.2 is support for Pruning. This extremely powerful tool allows you to use abitrary geometric objects as Branch growth limit, or cut Branches where they hit an object. This allows you to control exactly what shape your object grows into or define places where it shouldn't grow.

Pruning Video (8 mb streaming .avi)

Sample images created with Pruning:

Xfrog 4.2 can also create Start and End Caps for Branch Objects. This is especially helpful, when the new Pruning feature is used to cut Branches. Invisible Selections and useful Texture Coordinates are automatically created to apply different Materials to the Branches.

Many bugfixes and a great number of internal improvements are also included in Xfrog 4.2 !

We hope you will consider to Upgrade if you are an existing user, or if you are new here - perhaps you will consider to purchase Xfrog 4.2 for CINEMA 4D - we believe existing users and new alike may find Xfrog 4.2 to be a powerful and robust tool that can open up lots of new possibilities for your work !