Last year, Autodesk made some significant improvements in the interoperability between 3ds Max and After Effects. See this page:
https://area.autodesk.com/blogs/ken/subscription_advantage_pack_2012_adobe_ae_interop_render_passes_activeshade_iray
Cinema 4D has always been good at working with After Effects. Here’s a somewhat recent update from Maxon about that:
https://www.maxon.net/en/news/singleview-default/article/maxon-announces-a-new-exchange-plug-in-for-cinema-4d-and-adobe-after-effects.html
There’s information about integration between After Effects and 3D applications here in After Effects Help.
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