Getting started

Getting started with the Cinema 4D plugin is really easy, just follow this guide and you will be up and running in no time.

Requirements

The plugin requires Cinema 4D R17 or later and either Windows (7 or later with Internet Explorer 11 installed), or macOS (10.11 or newer).

1. Signup to ftrack (only for new users)

If you haven’t already got an ftrack account you can sign up for a 30 day free trial at our Sign up page.

2. Connect

Download and install ftrack Connect for your platform at Connect download page.

Open Connect and sign in with your company’s ftrack URL, e.g. <company-url>.ftrackapp.com.

Note

If this is the first time you use ftrack and Connect you will be asked to configure a Storage scenario to let ftrack now how to publish your files. See this article for more information.

3. Cinema 4D plugin

1 Start c4d and from edit -> preferences -> plugins add a new folder pointing to:

/ftrack Connect-<version>re/source/connect-standard-plugins/ftrack-connect-cinema-4d-<version>\plugin

2 close and restart cinema then open the ftrack dialog from the ftrack menu.