Cinema 4D file render vs After Effects render

Hello,
I love the fact that you can import Cinema4D files in After Effects, but when I render this out I get a white line arround the Cinema-layer.
I have a Nvidea quatro 4000 Cuda card. In the example both are in the same settings from the C4D file. And in after effects the output is set to final, ray-traced setting are set to 5.
But why does it render with an bad/white outline.
Can somebody help?

You misunderstand. The raytrace 3D has nothing to do with Cineware, soi the settings are irrelevant. In fact you probably see these oddities because you have it set as the comp render and it affects layer belnding calculations. Naturally, also check your Alpha channel settings in the C4D file's render settings. You could be using a straight Alpha where a premultiplied one is required or vice versa.
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Is there a way to add file description info to a render in after effects?
For instance:
I want to render out my sequence as an WMV - set up the render and output settings for that etc.
Once it's rendered I want to be able to right click on the file in Windows, click Properties, go to the Summary tab and see a specific title, let's say "Happy Bunnies" in the "Title" space in the description - Or if I open it in window media player, I want it to say "Happy Bunnies" as the title under "Now playing"
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Is it possible to add properties like that to the output settings in After Effects? If I have 10 videos, I don't want to have to change that in all of them individually in windows - but rather add it to an output template in after effects.
thanks

Good question, but for the most part I believe the answer is No. The real question here is, how this metadata gets added and AE does not support Title, Author and so on. when you do this in Media Player, it also only exists locally in your Library until you choose to update your media information. The only AE supports are chapters. When you add markers to a timeline and enter text in teh Chapter field, it will appear in the respective menu in WMP. short of that, you will have to use otehr tools, it seems. Windows Media Encoder is free, so that would be one option otehr tools, e.g. the one bundled with Nero Burning ROM also can as can of course several alternative commercial converters.
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My 2012 Macbook Pro has now crashed twice in the past few weeks in the middle of doing a RAM preview render using After Effects. Prior to this, I was having major kernel panic issues with the computer crashing for no apparent reason, but those seemed to have been resolved once I removed a few specific kext files. I'm not sure if the current crashes are somehow related, but I do know that they have both happened in the midst of the same project file and the intensity of the renders is not that high (as in I don't have tons of layers and effects and things going on). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Macbook Pro late 2011
16GB RAM
OSX 10.9.5
Here's a copy of the crash report:
Anonymous UUID: 13B651EC-1735-9660-46E4-0E98E6F692B0
Mon Feb 23 16:22:48 2015
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff8001cdcc1d): Kernel trap at 0xffffff8001ca5580, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x000000030efdf000, CR3: 0x00000001109a105e, CR4: 0x00000000000606e0
RAX: 0xffefff800c147df0, RBX: 0xffffff8014c40da8, RCX: 0xffffff8011f51b18, RDX: 0xffffff80022d0b30
RSP: 0xffffff81e2bd3c90, RBP: 0xffffff81e2bd3cb0, RSI: 0x00000000ffffffff, RDI: 0xffffff8014c40da8
R8: 0x0000000000000001, R9: 0x00000000cccccccd, R10: 0xffffff80022d1600, R11: 0x000000000000019d
R12: 0xffffff800c093d60, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0x000000000000003d, R15: 0xffffff8014c40da8
RFL: 0x0000000000010287, RIP: 0xffffff8001ca5580, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x000000030efdf000, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x2
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81e2bcddf0 : 0xffffff8001c23139
0xffffff81e2bcde70 : 0xffffff8001cdcc1d
0xffffff81e2bce040 : 0xffffff8001cf4486
0xffffff81e2bce060 : 0xffffff8001ca5580
0xffffff81e2bd3cb0 : 0xffffff8001c90768
0xffffff81e2bd3d60 : 0xffffff8001c960b3
0xffffff81e2bd3d90 : 0xffffff8001c8f81d
0xffffff81e2bd3dc0 : 0xffffff8001c8ea6c
0xffffff81e2bd3e00 : 0xffffff8001c7ea0c
0xffffff81e2bd3f10 : 0xffffff8001c82a4f
0xffffff81e2bd3f40 : 0xffffff8001c1d307
0xffffff81e2bd3f70 : 0xffffff8001cca13d
0xffffff81e2bd3fb0 : 0xffffff8001cf4ca6
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: After Effects
Mac OS version:
13F34
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.4.0: Wed Dec 17 19:05:52 PST 2014; root:xnu-2422.115.10~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 45486BF2-BDDE-34CB-8C71-606FF3FE181B
Kernel slide: 0x0000000001a00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8001c00000
System model name: MacBookPro8,2 (Mac-94245A3940C91C80)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 47262543360456
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Whenever you remove system modifications, they must be removed completely, and the only way to do that is to use the uninstallation tool, if any, provided by the developers, or to follow their instructions. If the software has been incompletely removed, you may have to re-download or even reinstall it in order to finish the job.
I never install system modifications myself, and except as stated in this comment, I don't know how to uninstall them. You'll have to do your own research to find that information.
Here are some general guidelines to get you started. Suppose you want to remove something called “BrickMyMac” (a hypothetical example.) First, consult the product's Help menu, if there is one, for instructions. Finding none there, look on the developer's website, say www.brickmymac.com. (That may not be the actual name of the site; if necessary, search the Web for the product name.) If you don’t find anything on the website or in your search, contact the developer. While you're waiting for a response, download BrickMyMac.dmg and open it. There may be an application in there such as “Uninstall BrickMyMac.” If not, open “BrickMyMac.pkg” and look for an Uninstall button. The uninstaller might also be accessed by clicking the Customize button, if there is one.
Back up all data before making any changes.
You will generally have to restart the computer in order to complete an uninstallation. Until you do that, there may be no effect, or unpredictable effects.
If you can’t remove software in any other way, you’ll have to erase and install OS X. Never install any third-party software unless you're sure you know how to uninstall it; otherwise you may create problems that are very hard to solve.
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Hi there,
I need your support and I have of course posted it in the discussion forum already, get back ASAP please
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:44:02 -0600
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To: [email protected]
Subject: i cant render in after effects!
    Re: i cant render in after effects!
    created by kendallplant in Adobe Creative Cloud - View the full discussion
Hi there - You might want to try posting your question on the After Effects forum. The expert folks over there will be much more adept at helping you out
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Did you purchase a perpetual license for the software, or do you have a Creative Cloud Membership subscription?
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When I'm playing the animation in quicktime, we can see that every parameters are corrects :
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I'm sorry for my english, I hope you will understand me.

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Run the cleaner tool and install from scratch.
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Mylenium

Program Files Adobe Adobe After Effects CC Plug-ins Video Copilotのホルダーがない.

Video Copilotのホルダーがない

adobe after effects cc >さん、はじめまして。
Video Copilot社のプラグインをインストールされるのでしょうか。
お書きになった階層ですが、一つ抜けてます。正しくは下記です。
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC\Support Files\Plug-ins\VideoCopilot
※After Effects CC 2014ですと上記のCCのフォルダがCC 2014になります※
僕もVideo Copilot社のプラグインを使っているので画像を貼りますね。
http://www.flashbackj.com/video_copilot/faq/#install_ae_cc
なお上記ページでも手順2番でディレクトリを選択するとして、
Program Files > Adobe > Adobe After Effects CC > Plug-ins > Video Copilot
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いかがでしょうか。ご不明な点があれば是非ご返信ください。

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Mine is I am guessing since all this will still be based off of webOS, apps will be backward compatible. But not forward due to hardware limits on older devices. So if you continue to have a Palm Profile you will always have access to those apps purchased. I could see the Palm Profile even being something transferable to other carriers like porting a number that way you can continue to keep those apps you have invested in. Just like the PalmOS was, even as new hardware came out you can even run those apps on the Pre via Classic emulator.

Render file size bigger After Effects CC 2014

Hello, this seems like a silly question, but ever since the 'After Effects CC 2014' update my rendered files seem to be enormous in comparison to the files I rendered before the update!
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Has anyone else experienced anything similar?
If not could you please advise me on how to render these files to a suitable size. Like I said they need to be h.264, 1920 x 1080 with no audio.
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After Effects CC 2014 no longer supports the output of many delivery codecs, such as Mpeg4 and H264, through the Render Queue.
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Cinema 4D Lite wont render in After Effects?

I'm a beginner with After Effects and while trying to use Cinema 4D Lite I came back to After Effects and made a new Composition with the .c4d file. All that showed up in my composition was black, and if I scrubbed through nothing showed up and it stayed the same. When I tried rendering it gave me "After Effects error: RAM Preview needs 2 or more frames to playback."
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We can't help without more info. FAQ: What information should I provide when asking questions on this forum?
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