Maxon (www.maxon.net) has announced Cinema Release 17 (R17), an update of its of its 3D animation, graphics, VFX, visualization, and rendering software. It’s due to ship in September for both Mac OS X and Windows.

It delivers new, expanded and completely reworked features designed to allow creatives to more easily and efficiently manage and create outstanding content. Central to Cinema 4D R17 is the new Take System that provides complete and flexible scene handling to manage render layers and animation variations.

Also included are new Lens Distortion tools for improved motion tracking, and completely reworked Spline Tools for a more efficient workflow for manipulating points, lines, tangents, arcs and more. Cinema Release 17 requires Mac OS X 10.8.5 or higher. Pricing hasn’t been announced.