How to install VirtuCamera plug-in in Maxon® Cinema 4D® software

VirtuCameraCinema4D is provided as a Python Cinema 4D® plugin. Please follow these simple steps: 

1. Unzip the archive, you can download it from the Home page.

2. Copy the contents of the archive: a file name virtucamera_cinema4d_plugin.pyp, and a folder virtucamera_cinema4d

3. Paste them in one of the following directories, depending on your operating system. If the plugins folder doesn’t exist, create it::

Windows: C:/Users/<username>/AppData/Roaming/Maxon/Maxon Cinema 4D  20**_********/plugins/
MacOS: /Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/Maxon/Maxon Cinema 4D  20**_********/plugins/
Linux: /home/<username>/.config/Maxon/Maxon Cinema 4D  20**_********/plugins/

Note for MacOS users: If you can’t find the Library folder, it’s probably hidden. You can use Cmd+Shift+. to show hidden files.

4. Open Cinema4D, in the menus list on top, press the menu Virtucamera, then press Virtucamera Server:

Done! you should have a new floating window with the VirtuCamera plugin ready to be used. You could dock it and save the layout for having permanently docked.

How to start using VirtuCamera

After clicking on “Start Serving”, if your computer doesn’t show up in the app, connect using the “Scan QR Code” button from the App and scan the QR-Code shown in the plug-in.

Make sure that your device is connected to the same network as your desktop computer.