# Build a Maxon Cinema 4D conda package for Deadline Cloud
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The samples repository on the GitHub website includes the following Cinema 4D conda recipes:
+ [cinema4d-2024](https://github.com/aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-samples/tree/mainline/conda_recipes/cinema4d-2024), [cinema4d-2025](https://github.com/aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-samples/tree/mainline/conda_recipes/cinema4d-2025), and [cinema4d-2026](https://github.com/aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-samples/tree/mainline/conda_recipes/cinema4d-2026). The `cinema4d-2026` recipe packages Cinema 4D 2026.3.3 for Windows workers and includes Plugin Sync activation hooks that download plugins from an Amazon S3 prefix during a session.
+ [cinema4d-c4dtoa-2025](https://github.com/aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-samples/tree/mainline/conda_recipes/cinema4d-c4dtoa-2025): Arnold renderer (C4DtoA) for Cinema 4D 2025.
+ [cinema4d-vray-2025](https://github.com/aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-samples/tree/mainline/conda_recipes/cinema4d-vray-2025): V-Ray for Cinema 4D 2025.
+ [cinema4d-insydium-2025](https://github.com/aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-samples/tree/mainline/conda_recipes/cinema4d-insydium-2025): Insydium plugins for Cinema 4D 2025.
+ [cinema4d-openjd](https://github.com/aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-samples/tree/mainline/conda_recipes/cinema4d-openjd): Builds the Cinema 4D Open Job Description adaptor with rattler-build for Python 3.13.

The Cinema 4D Windows installer requires Administrator permissions that are not available in most conda package build environments. Each recipe README includes step-by-step instructions for installing Cinema 4D on a fresh EC2 Windows Server instance and creating a redistributable archive. Upload the archive to your private Amazon S3 bucket, then download it to the `conda_recipes/archive_files` directory of your samples repository clone.

The Cinema 4D 2025 package includes the standalone Redshift command line renderer, which the [Render Redshift scenes on Deadline Cloud](examples-jb-redshift.md) job bundle uses for GPU rendering.

Submit the build:

```
./submit-package-job cinema4d-2025
```

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for AWS Deadline Cloud. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query deadline-cloud` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).