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cinema 4d to after effects whats the best way?
basically i have 4 layers in cinema 4d i want to render in after effects
1.buildings
2.wheels
3.logo
4.streethttps://atslopes.com/lugz.jpg
https://atslopes.com/pitch.jpgWhats the best way of going about and rendering the layers? Im so confused cause their are tons of settings.
Can someone please help me or at least point me to a tutorial thanks.
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Group all the Objects you want as different layers and parent them to Null objects — as long as it doesn’t interfere with the scene. I do this so I can label the null ” wheel layer ” and so on. Then add compositing tags to each layer and set the object buffer — in your situation you’ll need to make 4 separate object buffers for each layer.
Go into your render settings and set multipass — then make sure it sends out an ‘object buffer’ multipass layer. This isn’t going to be JUST the wheels — it is going to be an alpha channel of JUST the wheels that you’ll stencil over the entire quicktime. Make sure you export out an AE file.
You’ll need to pre-comp all the multipass layers on the main quicktime. It takes a little longer to render each frame with the mattes, but it looks cool. The ae file will bring in a camera. I noticed that anything longer than 15seconds bogs down a dual 2.7 w/4gigs of ram (they bought me that…nice compy). When you import your c4d file into ae have patience. If you get the whirlie or hourglass go watch tv for a few minutes — it’ll eventually import.
Check out your manual too…it explains the object buffer bit….
Nicholas Toth
Freelance Animator
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There’s a new Cinema/AE plugin on Maxon’s site that’s supposed to speed up the import process. I haven’t had a chance to try it yet.
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he’s right — I forgot to include that.
it’ll bring in your camera. so you can do 3d + 2d animation.Nicholas Toth
Freelance Animator
nicholastoth.com
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