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Compositing CINEMA 4D layers in After Effects

Compositing CINEMA 4D layers in After Effects

From the course: Learning Cinema 4D Lite for After Effects

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Compositing CINEMA 4D layers in After Effects

- So here we're gonna have look at how Cineware interprets layers from Cinema 4D. Now we're working with Cinema 4D Lite R16 and Cineware 2 and that's why I've opened up Chapter10_02_R16.aep, and in here you'll see I also have the corresponding Chapter10_02_R16 Cinema 4D file. I'm gonna open up the Cineware Effect in the Effect Control Panel just by double clicking it here, and you'll notice in here we have a section saying Cinema 4D Layers. If you have a Cinema 4D file that has layers in it you can click in this check box to access those layers. Now if I click on Set Layers you'll notice that the Cinema 4D Layers dialogue box appears, and here I can choose which layers I want to render in Cinema 4D. Now this can be a bit confusing. It's slightly different from previous versions. In previous versions you would've had three layers, Robots, Texts, and Floor. In this version, version two of Cineware, we also have what's called the Default Layer. Now the Default Layer is bit of a…

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