Workflow: Lighting After Effects and Cinema 4D

Hello there,
I'm wondering what's the best workflow for a project with 3D and 2D elements that I'm planing to do.
The lighting will be a crucial storytelling element (there's a stage with many searchlight spots etc).
I'd prefer to get the 3D elements from the 3D department, throw them into AE (CC2014) and do the lighting for everything in there. I found out that it is quite easy to load C4D projects into AE. But I didn't manage to make them receive light. Is there anything that I'm missing or is it just not possible? And if it is possible: Would this make sense?
Or would it be better to do the lighting in C4D and import the lights into AE? (if that is possible, I didn't test it yet)
Or maybe think of a real compositing tool like Fusion or Nuke?
Thanks for your help!
Best regards,
Martin

AE lights do not interact with C4D scene lights in Cineware and that is that. If you want such functionality, you need Element 3D, but even there are limitations. The rest is pretty much a hum-ho matter. Cineware is far too flaky and in current versions there are issues extracting scene data and keep everything aligned, so you might be trading in one bad workflow for another. Similarly, OBJ and FBX export in Cinema 4D plainly suck, so getting your 3D files into Nuke or Fusion will be just as much a pain. Overall it would be best to do everything in C4D and fix things up as needed as re-render as everything else will simply be a pain in the rear parts and cost you more time and patience.
Mylenium

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