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  • exchange plugin c4d – again

    Posted by Tielman Dewaele on May 19, 2009 at 9:43 am

    Hey,

    Im trying to import a c4d project inside cs4 AE, via the exchange plugin but it doesnt seem to work.
    I tried cs3 AE and same thing.
    I downloaded the latest plugin from maxon(witch is for cs3 or later), but nothing.
    I brought the plugin inside the plugin folders of AE, i also tried it in
    User>libary>aplic support>adobe>cs4 and cs3
    What could be the problem?

    I made a lot of project with cs3 in the past and had never a problem.
    I made several save of the c4d project…

    help

    MacPro Intel Quad Core 7G Ram
    MacBookPro Intel Duo Core 2G Ram

    Cs4 Production Premium
    Cinema4D
    Final Cut Studio 2

    Simon Roughan replied 15 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
  • 3 Replies
  • Tielman Dewaele

    May 19, 2009 at 7:29 pm

    Jep,

    Looks like the problem is not the plugin, because a tested another project from the past. I can open the aec file in Afx cs3 & cs4!!
    When i save a new aec file from c4d it works ok aswell.
    I copied all the files from my current problem to that file and resaved it. Made a aec file again and no, not working.

    Whats wrong!
    Any suggestions?

    MacPro Intel Quad Core 7G Ram
    MacBookPro Intel Duo Core 2G Ram

    Cs4 Production Premium
    Cinema4D
    Final Cut Studio 2

  • Brian Little

    May 19, 2010 at 9:42 pm

    Hello,

    I’ve been having problems loading aec files from C4D R11.5 as well. I realized that it sometimes worked and sometimes didn’t. I noticed that my files sizes were different too. The ones that worked were around 20k, the ones that didn’t work were usually around 200k and up. What’s the difference? I found that those with multi-pass renders and a lot more keyframes wouldn’t import.
    This is how I got around it.
    First, render your movies out, then go back into your project and save the aec file by itself, but turn off all your geometry and your multipass settings first. I turned off my lights too just in case. The file went from 4MB to 72K and it imported into AE just fine. Camera and nulls came through fine. Hope this helps you and others.

    Brian

  • Simon Roughan

    June 18, 2010 at 2:35 pm

    I had the same thing too. You have to put the aec plug in the plug ins/format folder, then it works
    hope this helps

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