it is usually rarely about passes, but about sending camera animation and object references via nulls to after effects. last time i tried to do it (and i have done it LOADS before) i wasted a whole day on it, since i had some weird case where i had a moving camera and an object that was parented to a null or something similiar. i had to take the whole scene and hierarchy apart, and also change order of rotation in order for it to FINALLY work.
on top of that the import into AE is some old user written script, that kind of bombs on you after about 500 frames since it just eats up memory. i you have a camera AND a null, its 250 frames. and so on and on. i know i will get loads of replys รก la "oh but you can just write it yourself" and so on, but some of us dont have this luxury, and when you are pressed for time the last thing you want to do is to figure something out which should have been in the software FROM THE START, not to mention now more than 5 years down the road. i mean we are talking about after effects, not so weird niche program only a handful of people are using. On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Stephen Davidson <[email protected]>wrote: > 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> >
