Cineversity

Hello!

I am wondering if there is a way to switch between cameras that are in different documents? like if I could put an external camera from another .c4d document in the stage object?

I am making a “one take” that is very long and I want to divide it into several documents/scenes so I would not have to put everything in one scene/document whitch would make everything very slow.(right?)

Im thinking that in this way I could edit all the scenes/documents on their own but still be able to view an uninterupted camera move that goes through all of them.

Im thinking sort of like in how in After Effects you can make bunch of 3D precomps and then put them together in one composition and have a camera move trough them all in 3D space.

Im basically looking for a way to divide my shot in to many scenes/preferably documents that i can edit without having the other scenes in there, and still be able to view the camera move that would go trhough all of the scenes so I can see how they fit together.

Hope this makes sense and thank you for any answers!

Hi Honken,

Please have a look here:
https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/3IVYZF46wDCoJn2HJUKR2tBSPj5wgxlHbCbYXM6ckfh

Open the CV2_R23_drs_21_PIsc_01.c4d file.

You need some dummy objects in the scene camera file, and for any single change of the camera, you need to switch to that source file. Otherwise, it will be hard to predict without the dummy objects of each what you do.
Note that you can use the Animation> Offset to adjust the timing.
More about XRef is here.
https://help.maxon.net/r23/en-us/Default.htm#html/OXREF.html

I have seen ideas like this in several movies. Lately, a sequence was done in the film “CALL OF THE WILD”, where the camera motion continues, but everything else changes (blended), Spring to Summer, etc.

All the best

Thanks a lot Dr. Sassi this was really helpful and unlocked a new side of C4D I didn’t know existed.

Also the example files were very helpful!

Cheers!

Thanks a lot, Honken!

I’m glad it works for you.

If there is anything else: I’m just a few clicks away!

ENJOY.