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Compositing Project File, Relative, Save
A compositing project le is made up of multiple layers. Each layer can be edited separately.
CINEMA 4D supports the following video compositing programs:
 Adobe After Effects (5.0 or higher)
 Discreet Combustion (3.0 or higher)
 Apple Final Cut Pro (4.0 or higher; CINEMA 4D Mac version only)
 Apple Motion Version 2
 Appke Shake Versions 3.5 and 4
CINEMA 4D can render various multi-passes and save them as separate les (bitmaps or videos). The
passes can then be loaded into one of the compositing packages listed above. In the compositing
package, you can then edit the passes separately and apply a wealth of effects to them.
Installing the plugin
No plugin is required for Combustion or Final Cut Pro. For After Effects, you’ll nd several versions
of the plugin in your CINEMA 4D Exchange Plugins folder. Copy over the plugin that relates to your
version of After Effects into your After Effects Plugin folder.
3D lights & cameras (After Effects and Combustion only)
You can also export CINEMA 4D’s camera and lights, including animation, and edit them in
After Effects (5.5 or higher) or Combustion.