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  • .Obj export file size

    Posted by Gage Ullman on September 1, 2021 at 9:46 pm

    So… I have a 24 mb .c4d file, and whenever I export to .obj it becomes a 4 gb file… and I’m trying to export a 600 frame sequence. I’m not aC4D user, and honestly mostly a 2d animator. Anybody know what’s going on here?

    Jim Scott replied 4 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Jim Scott

    September 1, 2021 at 11:29 pm

    Are you saying that the project file itself goes from 24 mb to 4 gb after you export the obj sequence? The folder containing that sequence of obj files could be 4 gb if the individual obj is sufficiently large enough, but I don’t know why the project file would increase. If that’s what’s happening, could you walk through the steps you’re taking for the export?

  • Gage Ullman

    September 1, 2021 at 11:35 pm

    No, the exported .obj file is 4gb. I’ve just heard back from Maxon, and they think it’s a problem with having to bake the instances into actual geometry, which makes sense because there’s a small section of trees with leaves. No being hugely familiar with this stuff, I wouldn’t have expected such a large increase in file size, but it makes sense to me.

  • Jim Scott

    September 1, 2021 at 11:45 pm

    OK, thanks for the follow-up.

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