XSI camera animation to After effects or XSII camera animation to Cinema 4D

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John Richard Sanchez

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Oct 1, 2013, 2:22:25 PM10/1/13
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I am trying to get camera animation to after effects or cimema 4D. When I import fbx to c4d the camera is not animated even if it is plotted.  Any suggestions or ideas would be helpful. 
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olivier jeannel

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Oct 1, 2013, 2:28:01 PM10/1/13
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For C4D, I don't know.
For After effect I export as Collada and import with this plug
http://www.clintons3d.com/aecollada/index.html
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Paul Griswold

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Oct 1, 2013, 3:58:36 PM10/1/13
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Try an older FBX version when you export.  I think I've had similar problems with Eyeon Fusion & FBX.  It expects something like FBX 2009.  

-Paul



John Richard Sanchez

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Oct 1, 2013, 4:03:14 PM10/1/13
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I will try that Olivier. Thanks. Paul I tried exporting from the oldest fbx format that 2013 would allow me to. Not working. 

Adam Seeley

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Oct 1, 2013, 4:14:35 PM10/1/13
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Hi,

This worked last time I tried it for AE.

http://armoredsquirrel.com/blog/?page_id=69

Bottom of the page.

I've included a rar file which has the AE import script tweaked for CS6.

You can export polys as well but it creates a layer per polygon. Fine for ground planes, walls etc.

Good luck,

Adam.


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John Richard Sanchez

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Oct 1, 2013, 4:55:02 PM10/1/13
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Will try that adam. I am still not sure why animated cameras dont come into c4D. The c4d to AFX workflow is so great. I wish xsi had something similar. 

Marc-Andre Carbonneau

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Oct 2, 2013, 8:04:42 AM10/2/13
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Had not been because of « The Desk » that might have been a good collaboration but now Adobe is less likely to look into doing a partnership a la C4D.

Kostas Strevlos

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Oct 2, 2013, 8:25:47 AM10/2/13
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Last time I needed a similar script I used this


it does the job. You can export null positions as well although I think you need to scale them down. 

Give it a try see if it suits your needs.

thanks

Kostas

John Richard Sanchez

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Oct 3, 2013, 9:34:32 AM10/3/13
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Thanks adam. it worked great. Still wish the workflow was better fine tuned such as c4d or even fine tuned getting a simple xsi animated camera into c4d. 
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