Bringing Cinema 4D Lite file into After Effects only showing black

[heyryanleys]

Hi,

I'm working on bringing a .obj file into After Effects but I can't seem to get it to work. In After Effects I'm selecting New -> MAXON CINEMA 4D FILE. In Cinema 4D Lite I'm bringing my .obj file into the new file I create and saving the file. In After Effects when I select it in the project bin I can see a preview of it, but when I bring it into a composition I'm only seeing black.  Here are some pictures to show what I mean:

Any help would be great! I'm fairly new to this. My computer is also not the most spec'd out, so I'm wondering if there is a setting I might have to change in order to have my graphics card render the file?

Thanks!

[Szalam]

Change the renderer from Software to something else.

Also, what are the specs of your machine?

Also, what (exact) version of AE are you using?

[heyryanleys]

Hi Szalam,

Thanks for the reply! I tried changing the renderer to all of the other options and still no luck.

My machine specs:

Windows 7

Processor: intel core i5-4590 @ 3.30GHz (4CPUs)

Ram: 8GB

Graphics Card: GeForce GT 730

I'm using Adobe After Effects CC 2017 (14.0).

[Kevin-Monahan]

heyryanleys,

Did you ever solve this issue? If so, how? If not, let us know how we can assist you further.

Thanks,
Kevin

[fishtankcreative]

Hi Kevin

Is there a solution to this problem? I can preview the obj file in after effects but a soon as I drop it into the comp and change the render settings I just end up with a black screen?

Any advice would be much appreciated

Cheers

Joe