Topcoat Installation Guide
This installation guide refers ONLY to the perpetual licensed Topcoat plugin, which is no longer available for purchase separately. For Plus HUB installation of plugins and assets, please see the Greyscalegorilla HUB FAQs "https://support.greyscalegorilla.com/category/4-greyscalegorilla-hub-faqs"
Windows
Standard Installation:
- Remove any older copies of "Topcoat” from inside your plugins folder.
- Double-click the "Signal PC Installer.exe" file and follow the instructions.
- Restart Cinema 4D.
Manual Installation:
- Find your “Program Files/MAXON/CINEMA 4D/plugins/“ Folder.
- If there is not a "plugins" folder, create one.
- Remove any older copies of "Topcoat” from your plugins folder.
- Copy the folder "Topcoat” from inside your "Manual Install Inside" the folder into the plugins folder.
- 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:
- Remove any older copies of "Topcoat” from inside your plugins folder.
- Double-click the "Topcoat MAC Installer.pkg" file and follow the instructions.
- Restart Cinema 4D.
Manual Installation:
- Find your "Applications/Maxon Cinema 4D R23/plugins" Folder.
- If there is not a "plugins" folder, create one.
- Remove any older copies of "Topcoat” from your plugins folder.
- Copy the folder "Topcoat” from inside your "Manual Install Inside" the folder into the plugins folder.
- 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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