There is also the FX Tree, if you just want to automate your pass compositions. >From Softimage top menu (View, Compositing,Fx Tree ) then just select your passes and Ops to customize your composite.
I just started using After Effects before there was FX Tree. I sometimes forget that FX Tree is not too bad for compositing. On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Paul Griswold < [email protected]> wrote: > Well, it's been a while since I've seen the state of C4D-AE's integration, > but the last time I checked, when you exported passes from C4D to AE you > get a complete comp with everything already layered for you. AD has also > added similar features to Max and touts it as a selling point. Lightwave > now has a "send to After Effects" function as well as a plug-in for sending > layers back to LW from AE. Essentially these packages allow you to > round-trip your work fairly easily. > > So, while they work do together, I wouldn't say Softimage is in the same > league as the competition. > > Adobe's partnership with Maxon will just deepen the connection. > > -Paul > > > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Stephen Davidson <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> I have been using Softimage/XSI with After Effects for over 20 years >> and find them to be quite compatible. >> What do you want to work better? Maybe I can help. >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Paul Griswold < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I really wish Softimage worked better with After Effects. >>> >>> >>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2013/03/and-now-for-something-slightly-different-ae-and-cinema-4d.html#comments >>> >>> -Paul >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Best Regards, >> * Stephen P. Davidson** >> **(954) 552-7956 >> * [email protected] >> >> *Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic* >> >> >> - Arthur C. Clarke >> >> <http://www.3danimationmagic.com> >> > > -- Best Regards, * Stephen P. Davidson** **(954) 552-7956 * [email protected] *Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic* - Arthur C. Clarke <http://www.3danimationmagic.com>
