Editing Files

"icons_timeline.tif"

I used Photoshop and Illustrator to create my icon art. I increased the canvas size from 714x68 to 714x102, leaving the original art toward the top.

The default Timeline art

My additions

You MUST add an alpha channel for your new buttons. If you don't the icons will be invisible and you'll think this damn thing isn't working!

"c4d_icons.res" and "c4d_commands.res"

The first command I added is "Edit X-Axis". Go to the "c4d_commands.res" file and find the command for "Edit X-axis".

COMMANDS CMDGROUP_TIMELINE_CURVES
{
. . .
IDM_XAXIS R_TIMELINE;
. . .

Copy IDM_XAXIS. Ignore R_TIMELINE;

Go to "c4d_icons.res". The bottom of the list under "ICONPOOL ICON_TIMELINE" looks like this:

. . .
IDM_FPS_24,
IDM_FPS_25,
IDM_FPS_30
}

IDM_FPS_30 refers to the "30 Frames Per Second" icon, which is the last in the art and in this list.

Add a comma after 30, hit enter and paste the new command. It should look like this:

. . .
IDM_FPS_24,
IDM_FPS_25,
IDM_FPS_30,
IDM_XAXIS
}

Keep adding as many commands as necessary. For all the commands I added, my file looks like this:

. . .
IDM_FPS_24,
IDM_FPS_25,
IDM_FPS_30,
IDM_XAXIS,
IDM_YAXIS,
IDM_V_MODE,
IDM_A_MODE,
IDM_FITST,
IDM_RAMPUP,
IDM_RAMPDOWN,
IDM_RIDGE,
IDM_UX,
IDM_UY,
IDM_UZ,
IDM_FRAMESELECTED,
IDM_FRAMEALL
}

Close "c4d_commands.res"
Save and Close "c4d_icons.res"

Launch Cinema4D. The icons should show up in the Command Manager and you can create palettes as you need. If you get an error it is probably your typing or the syntax. Go back to the files and make sure you're using the right command names and that every line, except the last, has a comma.