can´t import aec in after effects cs3

[Bill Kelly]

Inside the MAXON folder on your HD, navigate to the Exchange Plugins folder. Inside there is an After Effects folder. Inside the After Effects folder, there are folders that will say mac 5.0, pc 5.0, etc.

Choose the one most appropriate to your OS and AE version. I think 6.5 is the highest so if you’re running 6.5 or above choose that one. Inside that folder is a plugin (you may have to unzip it). Copy that plugin to your After Effects plugin folder. Now you should be able to import the .aec files directly into AE.

[Toke Møller]

Thanks for the response!
But that is not the problem, I have copied the exchange plugin in to the AE plugin folder …in fact I have downloaded MAXON newest version since i´m running CS3 …

[Joel Bailey]

Bill,

I was having the same problem and your solution solved it! Many thanks.

-Joel

[Eric Woods]

Have you found a solution to this yet? I am still struggling.

[Josh Crews]

Thanks Bill. I followed Bill Kelly’s steps (2nd thread in this post) and I’m now able to import C4D project into AE.
I’m using AE CS4, but the CS3 plugin works fine.

[Mycal Barrowclough]

Arrrgh. Ok. I’ve followed the instructions and copied the “cinema4DAE” into my AE plugins folder. Infact, I wasn’t sure which subfolder to put it in so i put it in EACH subfolder plus the plug-ins root. I’ve rebooted, restarted, and it still doesn’t seem to want to accept my AEC file. Any help?

Mycal Barrowclough,
Fat Monkey Media, Owner

[Juan Olivares]

try to put the C4D plugin in the following Directory
Mac OS/Application Support/Adobe/Common/Plug-ins/CS3
For some reason my plugins are working in that directory and not in the standard directory…
hope it helps!

[Justin Mays]

tried all of the above and still nothing – AE even says on the top right box its loading the file but still nothing. I’ve tried reinstalling C4D and AE CS3 & CS4 and still nothing. So frustrating!!!

[Mark Lee]

Hi

i had problems too. I ended up sticking it in the After Effects Presets folder NOT plugins and that worked for me….

hope that helps.

[Ariel Cabrera]

thank you bill kelly for te post!!! you save my day!