r/Cinema4D • u/MeatMullet • 7d ago

Unsolved Cineware Help: Keyframe extraction not importing correctly in After Effects

When I extract the scene info the key frames don't fully extract. Framerates match, 24fps, in both C4D and After Effects. If I scrub through the timeline the C4D preview matches all 68 frames. The extracted data only matches until it stops at frame 55 out of 68. I have tried everything I can think of. Claude has run out of ideas too.

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u/LuisTheTank 7d ago

Did you try exporting an aec file out of c4d and importing into AE? Cineware is convenient until stuff like this happens. AEC files have never let me down.

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u/MeatMullet 7d ago edited 7d ago

Thank you. That worked. Totally forgot saving out an .aec file. I also "tricked" it by extending the length of the C4D project/timeline past the footage length pf 68 frames to 120 frames. I put keyframes at 0 and 120 on the nulls and that seemed to have worked as well.

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u/imizuso 4d ago

i'm having exactly the same problems and nothing works UNTIL i found this thread OMG. You saved my life with the trick. I extended the frame range and put a random keyframe on a random null. Not sure what helps, but it works!!