Opt-out of the installation of Cinema 4D R21 when installing After Effects

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September 28, 2022
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Add a checkbox or something to allow users to opt-out of the installation of Cinema 4D R21 when installing After Effects.

I already have a valid perpetual license for Cinema 4D R19 Studio. R21 is pointless as it only allows me to use a trial license or purchase a license. The application is useless for those who already own a commercial license.

To make matters worse, I must uninstall it every time there is an update for After Effects. Quite frankly, I consider it bloatware. It useless and it wastes space on my hard drive.

I understand that there are people who don’t already own C4D who would find this useful which I why I think the ability to opt-out would make both sides happy.

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Mark28946455pilv

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I've never seen that dialog box before when I've updated After Effects. I think the fact that the “Cinema 4D by Maxon” is checked in my “Get Add-ons”, that will override the dialog box that you showed since it already has my permission to install Cinema 4D. I need to find out how to uncheck the Cinema 4d in “Get Add-ons”.

Sulaco

Inspiring

@Mark28946455pilv You should be getting a popup window when you update After Effecst, where you can prevent Cinema 4D from installing.

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Mark28946455pilv

Inspiring

In using AE 2024 for Windows and I cannot get C4D to stop installing whenever AE is updated. How do you deselect the Added button in the After Effects add-ons window? Here's my AE window after the latest AE 2024 update. There must be some way to stop C4D from installing.

JohnColombo17100380

Community Manager

@bencarelle This change was certainly a long time coming. Software development is not a quick process, especially when a feature requires the coordination of several teams across multiple companies as this one did.

We never intend to burn our reputation, and I acknowledge that our track record of communication hasn't been very good in the past. By moving feedback here to the Adobe Community, we are looking to improve that communication while we also work to improve and accelerate our internal processes to deliver more reliable features more often.

Cheers,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team

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bencarelle

Participant

@JohnColombo17100380 why did it take Adobe so long to reply? Why burn your reputation like this so consistently?

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CarlSod

Participant

Thank you so much for accepting the feedback and making this optional.

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バクストン

Inspiring

Thank you.

JohnColombo17100380

Community Manager

Hi all,

Thank you for taking the time to make this request and upvote it. We're happy to announce that the installation of C4D is now optional in After Effects 2023 (version 23.0). Full details are available here: https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/whats-new/2023.html#C4D-optional-installer

Thanks again for your feedback as we continue to improve After Effects,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team