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The plugin is a free, built-in feature of Adobe After Effects that establishes a seamless 3D pipeline with Cinema 4D (C4D) . It allows you to drag and drop native .c4d files directly into your After Effects projects without the need for pre-rendering. Free Download and Access

Let’s tie everything together with a concrete example. You want to animate a 3D logo spinning over video footage.