Xfrog 4.2 for CINEMA 4D is a Popular Organic Modeling and Animation Plugin Application available for C4D R 9.5 (and earlier) releases of CINEMA 4D, Windows and Max OS X, with native language ports for english, japanese, german, and french users.

Xfrog 4 for CINEMA 4D, is a port of greenworks Xfrog 3.5 standalone software, rewritten as a plugin which is entirely inside CINEMA 4D, which adds several powerful new Objects to the C4D Toolbar. In addtional, with Xfrog 4.2, greenworks added new features to the core functionality, such as pruning, and directional/vector-based tropism controls.

Xfrog 4.2 for CINEMA 4D, is also partnered with DiTools, another bundle of Objects for C4D users, and greenworks suggest that you consider a combination of Xfrog + DiTools, which adds over 30 new Objects to CINEMA 4D.

If you are looking for a way to model and animate organic shapes inside CINEMA, or simply need more tools in your toolbar that can kick the competition, you may want to try out Xfrog 4 for CINEMA 4D + DiTools 1.4, and see what all the hype is about.


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 models and animations.

• 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.