# Cineware

> Official product documentation for Cineware, published by Maxon (https://www.maxon.net/). This file is a compact index: each section below links to a listing of all its pages with one-line summaries.

Page links in this index and its listings point to Markdown versions of the pages (the page address with .md appended). Each Markdown file names its HTML page in its header; please refer readers to the HTML page.

## Finding the page for an element

Many reference pages are named after the internal identifier of the element they describe, so the page for an element found in a scene can often be opened directly.
- Each of these pages is also available as Markdown at the same address with .md appended.
- Not every identifier has a page of its own. If an address built this way does not exist, use the section listings below.

In this build, 21 of 21 pages in Content/html have identifier-style file names (0 of them for node-based elements).

## Sections

### Cineware for Unreal

- [Cineware for Unreal](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/CINEWARE_UNREAL.html.md): The current Cineware for Unreal version 2026.x works optimally with Cinema 4D 2026.x and Unreal Engine versions 5.5, 5.6 and 5.7.In general, at least …
- [All 5 page(s) of this section](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/llms/cineware-for-unreal.txt)
  - [Installing Cineware for Unreal](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/CINEWARE_UNREAL_INSTALLATION.html.md)
  - [Importing C4D Assets into Unreal](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/CINEWARE_UNREAL_IMPORT.html.md)
  - [Description of the Direct Link Functions](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/CINEWARE_UNREAL_DIRECT_LINK.html.md)
  - [Using Cinema 4D Parameters in Unreal](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/CINEWARE_UNREAL_C4D_PARAMETER_IMPORT.html.md)

### Cineware with Adobe After Effects

- [Cineware with Adobe After Effects](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/CINEWARE_ADOBE_AFTER_EFFECTS.html.md): Cinema 4D provides several interfaces and features for working with Adobe After Effects:
- [All 5 page(s) of this section](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/llms/cineware-with-adobe-after-effects.txt)
  - [Working with Composition Files](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/CINEWARE_ADOBE_AFTER_EFFECTS_COMPOSITION.html.md)
  - [Editing Cinema 4D Files](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/CINEWARE_ADOBE_AFTER_EFFECTS_3D_FILE.html.md)
  - [The Cineware Effects Settings](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/CINEWARE_ADOBE_AFTER_EFFECTS_EFFECT.html.md)
  - [Create and use User Data](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/CINEWARE_ADOBE_AFTER_EFFECTS_USERDATA.html.md)

### Cineware with Adobe Illustrator

- [Cineware with Adobe Illustrator](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/CINEWARE_ADOBE_ILLUSTRATOR.html.md): Note that Redshift materials are not currently supported. All materials are exported but only with the default colors and default highlights and must …
- [All 3 page(s) of this section](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/llms/cineware-with-adobe-illustrator.txt)
  - [Preparing the Cinema 4D Scene](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/CINEWARE_ADOBE_ILLUSTRATOR_PREPARATIONS.html.md)
  - [The Cineware Settings](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/CINEWARE_ADOBE_ILLUSTRATOR_SETTINGS.html.md)

### Cineware for Unity

- [Cineware for Unity](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/CINEWARE_UNITY.html.md)
- [All 7 page(s) of this section](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/llms/cineware-for-unity.txt)
  - [Installing Cineware for Unity.](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/CINEWARE_UNITY_INSTALLATION.html.md)
  - [Cineware Import Settings](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/CINEWARE_UNITY_IMPORTSETTINGS.html.md)
  - [Import Assets into Unity](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/CINEWARE_UNITY_ASSET_IMPORT.html.md)
  - [Metalness Material Definition](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/METALNESS_MATERIAL.html.md)
  - [General information about Coordinates](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/ONULL-ID_BASEOBJECT_GROUP1.html.md)
  - [Cineware Presets in Cinema 4D](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/DDOC-DOCUMENT_GROUP_CINEWARE.html.md)

### Further pages

- [Maxon Cineware User Guides](https://help.maxon.net/cw/en-us/Content/html/OVERVIEW.html.md): Maxon Cineware enables direct data exchange between Maxon Cinema 4D and many other applications, such as Unreal Engine, Adobe After Effects, and Adobe …
