And those are the three elements that appears on the composition icon inside After Effects. And this time I'm going to drag it to the sphere. And lastly I'm going to create a blue material. I'm going to drag it to the pyramid object. And then I'm going to create a new material, this one will be a green one.

And I'm going to drag and drop that material on top of the cube. I'm going to choose a red color for the cube. I'm going to give some colors to these objects by creating a new material. So let's create a cube, then a pyramid, and also a sphere. Now just so we won't look at this great interface, I'm going to create something very basic here. In my case I'm going to click Close This Dialog and then, Cinema 4D will start. Now depending on the version that you're working with, you will see the Cinema 4D startup screen and maybe some registration information. I'm going to name mine Basic and I'm going to save it on the desktop. So to open Cinema 4D Lite, you need to go to File, New, and choose Maxon Cinema 4D file which will promote you to save the file. In this tape I'll show you how you can change the default Cinema 4D document every time you create a new file to better match a video workflow. Which may sound lite but it is actually a full blown 3D application that can talk seamlessly with After Effects via the Cineware plugin. Are you using Cinema 4D with After Effects? If not, you should know that every copy of After Effects CC comes standard with Cinema 4D Lite.

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