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Compositing File Cinema 4D R13 – Freeze
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Found the same work-around myself. I place all my geometry into a layer in the layer manager. And turn off the geometry from there.
Strange that so people have had this problem, yet those who do have had it consistently.
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The other thing that I have found helpful (which happened by accident as I was preparing the file for a net render) was saving the project with assets prior to export. This places all the textures in one file and seems to help.
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Great to know! I can only assume the problem’s rooted in some kind of resource load or memory issue, though that would seem kind of off-base with your specs. Cinema must– in select few environments, apparently– just get overwhelmed by the task of parsing out a compositing file from a large, complex project.
Weird stuff, but I’m definitely thankful there are so many ways around the issue.
Cheers,
Jared Flynn
Motion Graphics Designer / Lead AE
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Given the relative youth of 13 and the Physical renderer have any of you submitted file and descriptions to Maxon Support – more info for them has to be good for something that is not totally consistent.
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I’m not using R13 but this thread has some life in it so I’m taking my problem here…
Specs:
Cinema 4d 11.5
After Effects CS5.5
Mac 10.7.3I’m trying to export my Cinema 4d scene to After Effects and it’s not working for me. I know all about the plugin I have to install and I have already done that. In fact, I can open of the provided .aec files in Example folder in the Exchange Plugins folder. The problem though is that I can’t open the ones I’m creating myself.
So After Effects is working properly ( I think ) so I’m guessing it’s something wrong with Cinema 4d. When I export a file it comes up with an icon that has a picture of a yellow triangle with an exclamation point.
Also, I’ve seen where people are trying to directly open the file. I’m not doing that. I’m going through the import process.
I appreciate any help that you offer me.
Thanks!
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This solution definitely works for me. I don’t mind turning a bunch of stuff off to save 2 hours of external compositing exports.
I usually save everything out AFTER for camera data anyways.
CHEERS!
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Thanks Jared, this approach worked for me.
you are completely correct: works OK in Standard (Draft) renderer, but hangs completely when Physical renderer plus bells & whistles are on.
I guess all AE needs is the position & attributes of the cameras and targets. Perhaps the “motion camera” has settings that are not compatible or necessary with AE.
thanks anyway, you saved another 2 hours of stress
Toby Hallam
3D Motion Graphics Designer
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Just thought I’d also add that, now in 2016 and C4D R17, the problem persists — and switching the renderer from Physical to Standard made it work for me.
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Another concurrence here: Cinema 4D Studio R17.048 (Build RB147424) crashes when manually saving out a compositing project file as .AEC. (Have not tested for other formats.)
Have found that switching from physical render to standard render allows me to manually export the .AEC successfully.
My current practice is to right-click on the active render setting and choose “New Child” which I then set to use the standard render whilst preserving all of the other options specified in the parent render setting.
One might also choose to use the take system to accomplish the same as it could afford more flexibility.
Interestingly, when the project is set to save the compositing file automatically as part of the render (I.E. at the end of the render sequence) it saves the .AEC upon completion without hanging / freezing / crashing even if set to use physical render.
(Of note: saving to a local hard disk on Windows 8.1. Nothing else seems significant to include; more specifics upon request.)
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there is no official Maxon presence here so if you haven’t I would submit a report to Maxon Support as well
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