• Maxon Cinema 4D

  Video compositing 101

  Posted by Fabio De la rocha on July 28, 2009 at 12:54 pm

  Hi,

  I’ve looked everywhere for tips on how to composite c4d and video without success.

  I have a nice bit of video that I’ve tracked using Syntheyes. I’ve imported the exported Syntheyes data into C4d and it all looks good, I’ve dropped in a few 4d objects as a test and I’m ready to get to work.

  But….

  I have no idea how to bring in and treat my video background. Naturally I need to have this in my scene so that I can see how the objects interact with my video. Of course my final composite will take place in AE, I just need to be able to see the video as I’m building in C4d

  Can anyone point me to some decent tutorials on the subject?

  Many thanks!

  Fab.

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  Adam Trachtenberg replied 17 years ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Mark Walczak

  July 28, 2009 at 4:16 pm

  Hi,

  Cineversity is the greatest resource for C4D tutorials, although most of the videos require a membership (which is definitely worth the money). Also, I would suggest stopping by fxguide, as they have a bunch of great basic comping resources.

  Happy compositing!

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  Adam Trachtenberg

  July 28, 2009 at 4:49 pm

  It’s pretty simple:

  Create a Background Object in Cinema;

  Create a new material and put your video in the color channel;

  Once the video is loaded in the color channel, click on the file name there to access additional settings;

  You should see an animation tab in the new settings — fill in the appropriate settings and click the calculate button;

  In the material’s “scene” tab, check the “animate preview” box;

  Drop the material on your Background Object.

  Done!

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