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C4D into AE problems
Hello,
I’m working in C4D and I had to stop rendering in the middle of a render which seemed to be no problem because I was rendering a Targa sequence. I stopped the render and then started the render again where I had left off. When I changed the frame range under “Render Settings” / “Output” I forgot to uncheck the “Compositing Project File” for AE in the “Save” dialog box and ended up replacing the first one I had created. Then when the render was complete I imported the .aec file into AE which it read fine, but it was only the last half of the render. So I went into C4D again and tried to generate a new .aec file after changing the frame range again but when I export the new .aec file and then try to bring it into After Effects, the .aec file shows up in the AE import dialog box, but then nothing happens when I click import. What am I doing wrong? Is it possible to create a new .aec file from C4D without having to re-render the whole thing? I’m a bit confused because the first .aec file worked fine except for the range of frames but all of the new .aec files don’t work at all. I just need a new .aec file. Is this possible?Any help would be greatly appreciated!
P.S. I’m working on a Mac G5 with OS X 10.4.7 and running Cinema 4D R10 and After Effects 7.
Thanks
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7 Replies
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You shouldn’t have to rerender. Try setting the C4D file to render all frames, then (without rerendering) save the AE file again.
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I tried that and still nothing. After Effects sees the .aec file (it’s not grayed out when I try to import) but once I hit import nothing happens. Could it be a naming issue? I tried naming the render files the same as the previous renders but maybe the .aec file is trying to access different render files. I don’t know if that would help but I’ve tried just saving a new .aec file and it doesn’t seem to work. Any ideas?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Micah -
have the same issue. .aec files will open in AE6.5 that were generated in C4D 8… if that helps. Wait on the word back from maxon on this.
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Are you using the latest AE plugin (in your C4D>Exchange Plugins folder)?
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Ok, here’s the deal…
I confused the old AE plug with the new one, now it works great.
BUT… this same AE plug will NOT work in AE CS3beta on INTEL macs.
thanks for the help.
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I’ve checked the Maxon website and it looks like I have the latest plugin (6.5 works for 7) but still no luck. If there’s a newer plugin I can’t seem to find it. Do you know where I might find a newer plugin?
In terms of older releases of C4D, I’ve tried exporting from C4D R9 and it works fine. AE reads the .aec files perfectly. The only problem is that I’ve done all of my work in C4D R10. Any suggestions?
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I had the same problem and just started deleting objects one by one until I could get it to import. What worked was deleting all the lights. It could have been a specific light, but I didn’t bother to check it out since I didn’t need the lights in the AE project
You could put dummy objects where the lights are, delete the lights then recreate the lights in After Effects using the coordinates of the dummy objects.
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