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  • C4D Video Placeholder

    Posted by Xian Gaza on April 16, 2020 at 10:08 am

    Hello Im trying to make a hologram for news broadcast and i dont know how to add a video placeholder in that 3d animation so my video will be seen during animation.

    Xian Gaza replied 6 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Sam Treadway

    April 17, 2020 at 3:28 am

    Do you want a background plate or a video playing on a 3d object within the design?

    As a background:
    Add a background object to the scene.
    Create a new material and turn off the color channel and turn on the luminance channel.
    Add the video as the texture input for the luminance channel.
    Click on the video name in the material editor to view the texture properties and on the Animation quick tab, set the fallowing:

    • Mode: Simple
    • Timing: Exact Frame

    Then click the calculate button at the bottom.

    As an object in the scene:
    Create a plane primitive object.
    Set its width and height proportional to the video:

    • If the video is 1920×1080 then try starting with 19.2×10.8.
    • Then scale up or down to fit the scene.

    Setup a material as described above and drop in on the plane object.

  • Xian Gaza

    April 17, 2020 at 1:18 pm

    I want the video to be stick like it has been 3d track so when im animating my 3d it stays where i placed the video

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