AE CC and Maya

Can someone update me on the Maya -> AE CC workflow? I know the AE CC has a Cinema 4d function, but if I don't wish to learn Cinema and keep using Maya… How can I bring my work into AE CC?
I have read about a couple of softwares you have to buy to make Maya work in AE? That sounds crazy as I have already bought Maya and AE cc. Can I bring Maya into C4D and then use the new function in AE cc?

There is no specific support for Maya in AE. All there ever was was the Maya camera importer and of course support for the rendered output. I'm sure there is some scripts or plug-ins out there that can extract more scene data as Nulls and such, but otherwise there's really not much. Even if you were to export a Maya FBX and import it into Cinema 4D you'd still need to tweak and polish it to produce an acceptable result. such is the nature of the whole affair...
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