Cineversity

Hi folks, I’m having a problem duplicating the result shown here. When I import the .aec file I created, I get all the .mov files except for the one labeled rgb in the tutorial. I’m also missing all c4d info. I’m using C4D Studio R16 and Aftereffects CC. As far as I can tell, the necessary plugins are current and loaded correctly. I have very limited familiarity with AfterEffects and only a bit more with C4D, so I’m sure I’m missing something relatively simple, but any help would be much appreciated,

thanks,
Frank

Hi Frank,

Is the file you expect in the render folder at all?

Have you set up the Multi-Pass correctly(?), etc, please just attach the C4D scene file (in this case - no other object in the scene file is needed, I’m interested in the Render Settings).

My best wishes.

P.S.: After Effects has certainly grown over the past two decades, but some how I think it is simpler to use these days (gradually). However, I remember my impression opening up Ae 3.1 (not Cs3!)—I was overwhelmed. I guess that hasn’t changed so much. To ease that process, there is a torrent of tutorials available. My tip, invest $25 and check in for a month to Lynda.com. There are great people teaching it, The Meyers, Angie Taylor, Rob Garrott, Mark Christiansen—to name only the people I have met in person, there are more.

Thanks for the response. I took screenshots of the render settings because the C4D file wouldn’t upload. Let me know if you need more info. Not sure what I’m missing. I’ll follow up on the Lynda.com suggestion at some point. My main focus right now is to gain some functionality in C4D, but obviously I’ll need the AfterEffects skills also.

thanks again,
Frank

Thanks for the screen-shots, Frank.

This should have worked. In the “Multi-Pass” section, you can request an RGBA pass as well, which I prefer. This replaced the top-save-as file.

As a side note:
I see that you use QuickTime files. These are good for training purposes, but 8bit/channel and compression perhaps, well, this is not really a good quality to work with in post, nor is it even broadcast quality, not to speak of cinema-quality. Again I understand it is for training. Another point is, any crash during render will force you to re-render the whole session, as the QT might got corrupted during the crash. Image sequences are much more stable.

I have send you an upload link [private message], so I can check it out here. I let you know how it worked ASAP! :o)

All the best

Thanks, I’ll try again this afternoon with image sequence from the beginning. I’ll let you know how it goes.

thanks again Doc,
Frank

You’re welcome, Frank. I hope the download link will work for you.

I like Image sequences for a lot of reasons, but mostly when I’m impatient: After the first few images are rendered, you can often start to work in Ae, and reload later. If under a deadline—this helps a lot.

Enjoy!

The integration of AE and C4d are fantastic especially with multi pass =)

Thanks for the feedback, Leory!