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March 8, 2009 by John Dickinson  | 3,236 views | Comments (8)

c4dfootagealpha_thumbIn this 3 minute video tip learn how to import footage with an alpha channel, apply it to an object in your scene, and have it play back in the timeline. Watch tip

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  • illd
    March 8, 2009 at 5:12 am | Reply

    Hey JD,
    good and important tip. C4D handles Footage really okward sometimes.
    Did you know that you can cache the preview of moving footage so you dont have to decrease the quality?
    Under material Editor/color/ doublecklick the thumbnail. Then click to the animation tab on the top, select your framerate and the in and out point and hit the calculate button.
    I think that works with all kind of channels.

  • Eye
    July 31, 2009 at 8:32 pm | Reply

    Hey i’m wondering how to make alpha video in after effect before using it into this tutorial (thanks )

    • John Dickinson
      August 1, 2009 at 2:00 pm | Reply

      If the clip wasn’t shot on green/blue screen then you’ll need to do some kind of rotoscoping using masks.

  • mark
    September 8, 2009 at 7:12 pm | Reply

    How do you import an image sequence? If the footage is a jpeg sequence you can only select the first frame. Thanks for the tutorial.

    • John Dickinson
      September 9, 2009 at 12:10 am | Reply

      Hi Mark, I haven’t imported an images sequence into C4D and am not sure if it’s possible. Perhaps import the sequence into Quicktime and create a movie, then import that. Best, JD.

  • kristoffer
    November 12, 2009 at 6:25 pm | Reply

    Thank you so much for sharing this information. I’m really new to cinema 4d and 3d in general and I was puzzled by this for a long time.

    I guess cinema just likes it straight…

    also really good tutorials!

  • scott
    July 27, 2010 at 11:44 am | Reply

    Thanks for a great tut! really helped me. Good work!


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