External Compositing from Cinema 4D to AE. Which plugin should you use?

NB: This tutorial is still relevant, the External Compositing Tag name has changed in the latest version of Cinema 4D 2023. The Tag is now called Cineware and is found in the Render Tags menu. Have you ever had times when using External Compositing with Cineware just doesn't work? Do you find the extra steps to make Cineware recognise External Compositing Tags annoying? Did you know there is an easier way to transfer the information from External Compositing to After Effects without having to bake animations down into keyframes? In this tutorial I want to introduce you to the C4DImporter Plugin, where you can find it and how you can install this into After Effects. By using this plugin in conjunction with a simple ".aec" file can save you a lot of time and head scratching. I use this plugin all the time and it is a part of my everyday workflow. I am going to run through 3 short examples to show you how versatile the C4DImporter Plugin is, this is of course the tip of the iceberg, but hopefully this will convince you to introduce this into your workflow. Disclaimer: I am using the latest version of the C4DImporter Plugin, Cinema4D S24 and the After Effects CC 2021. In earlier versions there are known issues of importing AEC files into After Effects, I have never encountered these issues. Please refer to Adobe and C4D forums for solutions. Thanks. Link to article on Maxon Support Centre: https://support.maxon.net/hc/en-us/ar... 00:00 Intro 01:11 Installing the C4DImporter.aex plugin 03:32 The problems with external compositing and Cineware for After Effects 14:38 How the C4DImporter plugin is a better solution to Cineware 19:03 How to extract information of clones using the C4DImporter plugin Want to see more content like this? Like. Subscribe. Click the notification bell, so you don't miss a thing. I'll be uploading projects and Tutorials regularly. System Specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Motherboard: MEG X570 UNIFY RAM: Corsair CMK32GX4M2B3200 16 DDR4 x4 64GB Tools I use: Cinema 4D, Octane, Redshift, X-Particles, After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Character Animator www.stephencourtney.ca   / almost_daily_render   #Cinema4D #CinewareTag #ExternalCompositingTag