How to use C4D Take system for multiple animation tracks in GLTF or FBX files

A quick guide on how to work with animation takes in Cinema 4D to allow multiple animations to be exported in an fbx or gltf/glb. I also make use of Facebook's FBX2GLTF tool (github.com/fac...) and Blender to resolve issues if the facebook gltf conversion fails.
The result is a glb file where I can trigger one or more animations in a glb viewer/ar app etc.

[@spencerlindsay4235]

Excellent and Thank You. Also saved me a bunch of hours. The whole "drag the object into the take" process seems like something C4D might wanna make more obvious...

[@yerffejytnac]

Has your gltf export process changed any since you made this video? Trying to accomplish similar, ideally without having to download blender. End goal is to have animation tracks in c4d export to gltf for use in three.js

[@lucagioletta6899]

I'm using Cinema2023, I've tryed to export all my Takes in one fbx file (using manage takes options), and tryed to merge single fxb animations using the way you've suggested, but I've always the problem that using multiple animations in GLTF software, when I call a "Stop" action, all the objects returns to the "Main" position and there is no way to avoid this... Can you give me an help?

[@AdrianPosteuca]

Brilliant! I try to create multiple takes on a character with animation form Mixamo! have you tried?

[@vwgamedev]

Have you had any success with this? I'm trying the same thing, but when I export the FBX it contains the takes as animations, but they don't contain any keyframes.

[@TobiasSchoenke]

helped me a lot the second time - thank you

[@FranciscoJavier-jn1kb]

TLDR: How to use C4d to export GLTF takes... Use blender.

[@jamesbailey6334]

I was losing my mind trying to get this working. Many thanks for taking the time to explain this so clearly.

[@StockiCytotoxin]

thank you very much! By the way. I think it is a shame that C4D still is not able to open GLTF files nor to eport multiple animations to GLTF.

[@jamesparsons575]

Thanks so much for keep this useful reference on line - Really helped

[@LEOMAKSINCE94]

OMG I finally find this after spending lot of time to search abt this, coz this calls COMPOSITION in After Effect and Premiere, but it calls TAKE in C4d (dizzy). Thank you!

[@alexanderreed1550]

Thanks SO much for posting this video, it helped me out big time!

[@Godkiller08]

This was very clear and useful, thanks a lot! Now I understand the power of the take system

[@DynamicPhil84]

Great tutorial, thank you! There are a number of online FBX to GLB converters that I've found work just fine and incorporate the takes as separate animations into the GLB file, so no need to use Blender for this to work anymore.

[@Jack.Berger]

Which one works? I tested three different ones and they only contain one animation or delete all of them.

[@javierhodara7327]

Woow man!!! you saved my life thank you very much for sharing this method!!!!

[@null_design]

Thanks for sharing. Very usefull tricks. What happens to the textures after using the shared approach C4D -> .fbx -> Blender -> .gltf ? Will they still look the same as they were in Cinema 4D?

[@CebisoMhlanga]

Did you figure this out? This is my current workflow.

[@takashiaraki6272]

Thank you! You have given me a solution to a problem I have been struggling with for a long time.

[@elpixolero943]

You saved my sanity today!

[@ivanmorenosaborido8810]

Thank you so much! Are the any way to use it in Mac OS?

[@jefftaylor9755]

Thank you for this!

[@karlamichelle4946]

is there a way to import GLB files directly to cinema 4D

[@ionvfx2908]

Hi Karla, I'd recommend using Blender to import the GLB / GLTF then export as FBX, you can then load this into C4D. I've not found any other obvious ways of directly loading GLB/GLTF files into C4D. Although I'm a huge C4D fan I'm finding Blender to be more reliable when working with GLB/GLTF so if you find you get poor results exporting GLB from C4D just export to fbx then use Blender to export to GLB

[@seangoodsell1662]

how would you embed this into a website use button clicks to go from take to take?

[@ionvfx2908]

Hi Sean, I use either a-frame's animation mixer or threejs's animation mixer, both are based on the same concept and will do what you need. Take a look at: discoverthreejs.com/book/first-steps/animation-system/ for more details, with a good demo here: threejs.org/examples/#webgl_animation_skinning_morph