Topcoat Installation Guide

Windows

Standard Installation:

1. Remove any older copies of "Topcoat” from inside your plugins folder.
2. Double-click the "Signal PC Installer.exe" file and follow the instructions.
3. Restart Cinema 4D.

Manual Installation:

1. Find your “Program Files/MAXON/CINEMA 4D/plugins/“ Folder.
2. If there is not a "plugins" folder, create one.
3. Remove any older copies of "Topcoat” from your plugins folder.
4. Copy the folder "Topcoat” from inside your "Manual Install Inside" the folder into the plugins folder.
5. Restart Cinema 4D.

Render Farm / Team Render Installation:

Topcoat does NOT need to be installed on Render Farms or Team Render machines.

OSX

Standard Installation:

1. Remove any older copies of "Topcoat” from inside your plugins folder.
2. Double-click the "Topcoat MAC Installer.pkg" file and follow the instructions.
3. Restart Cinema 4D.

Manual Installation:

1. Find your “Application/MAXON/Team Render Client/plugins“ Folder.
2. If there is not a "plugins" folder, create one.
3. Remove any older copies of "Topcoat” from your plugins folder.
4. Copy the folder "Topcoat” from inside your "Manual Install Inside" the folder into the plugins folder.
5. Restart Cinema 4D.

Render Farm / Team Render Installation:

Topcoat does NOT need to be installed on Render Farms or Team Render machines.

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