Go underneath the Render menu and open up Edit Render Settings to match the aspect ratio of After Effects.In this breakdown/video tutorial, see how you can create complex scenes by combining 3D models with real footage using Cinema 4D and After Effects.Īt this years Siggraph conference (the world’s largest computer graphics conference) Maxon showed off the new capabilities of Cineware – Cinema 4D Lite and After Effects CC integration.

Five times 30 is 150 frames, not the 90 frames defaulted in CINEMA. My composition in After Effects is five seconds. 30 frames a second is correct, however you'll notice that the time duration is different.

You need to set up the CINEMA 4D project to match your After Effects composition.

In Cinema 4D go to edit>Project settings.

Last, just close the opening dialog box and go straight to your workspace *depending on version.you may need to log in. That layer will have applied to it the CINEWARE effect and then MAXON CINEMA 4D Lite will automatically open. You'll see it'll create a layer in the composition.

name the file and save in the same directory.

Drag the video into the comp as a background.

Create a new composition 960x540 30 fps 5 secs in length.

CINEMA 4D either wants to work in 29 or in 30 frames a second.

One little problem with CINEMA 4D is that it does not work with these fractional frame rates, such as video's common frame rate of 29.97.

If you're working with a video clip convert the video frame rate to 30 fps (Rt/ctrl click the video footage>Interpret footage>Main>Conform to Frame Rate: 30.

CINEMA 4D uses the more accurate color model of linear gamma, which better replicates how our eyes actually work compared to the default computer gamma that many video and 3D video programs assume.Well, that's not gonna cut it when you're working with CINEMA 4D Lite because it does assume you're in a very particular color space, and to get predictable results you need to set up After Effects to match that. A lot of video people are blissfully ignorant about color management.File>Project Settings>Color>Working Space.To get set up for this, the color space has to be set to sRGB.*Instructions on importing Photoshop files into Cinema 4D *Instructions on importing Illustrator files into Cinema 4D Assets - Creating Flying Logos with After Effects and Cinema 4D lite.

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