Thanks! For whatever reason I couldn't get that particular code to work, but I eventually figured out a different method. I think my script is finished for now.

Hi, I'm very close to finalizing a script I'm working on. I was wondering if anyone knows how to add a Redshift camera to a scene in C4D using Python? I understand the correct way to add a typical C4D camera to the scene, but I can't figure out how to properly define a Redshift camera without using call commands, and I'm not currently able to find this documentation on the web. If anyone knows how to do this please let me know, I'd love to see how you did it.

@Cairyn Thanks for this fantastic resource, I will definitely use this summer to level up with Python.

@zipit This is fantastic, thank you for going through and explaining why my code was lacking, I have a better understanding of this process now and my camera focus works perfectly using your method.

Hi there. I wonder if anyone would be able to help a not-very-savvy coder figure out a tiny bit of Python code. For this code, I’m trying to import and position a camera into my scene. I then want to connect the 'focus distance' field of the camera to a null object which I have also imported into the scene. I thought it would be as easy as adding some variation of "camera[c4d.CAMERAOBJECT_TARGETOBJECT] = null" into my code, but no amount of tweaking seems to work for this. I feel like I'm missing a step. If anyone knows the answer please let me know. My code can be viewed below.

import c4d
from c4d import gui
# Lighting Stage

def main():
    def tool():
        return c4d.plugins.FindPlugin(doc.GetAction(), c4d.PLUGINTYPE_TOOL)
    def object():
        return doc.GetActiveObject()
    def tag():
        return doc.GetActiveTag()
    def renderdata():
        return doc.GetActiveRenderData()
    def prefs(id):
        return c4d.plugins.FindPlugin(id, c4d.PLUGINTYPE_PREFS)

    c4d.CallCommand(5140) # Create Camera Targeting Null
    object()[c4d.NULLOBJECT_DISPLAY] = 13
    object()[c4d.NULLOBJECT_RADIUS] = 80
    object()[c4d.ID_BASEOBJECT_REL_POSITION,c4d.VECTOR_Y] = 276
    object()[c4d.ID_BASELIST_NAME] = "Camera_Target"

    c4d.CallCommand(5103) # Create Camera with Redshift Tag
    object()[c4d.ID_BASEOBJECT_REL_ROTATION,c4d.VECTOR_X] = 0
    object()[c4d.ID_BASEOBJECT_REL_ROTATION,c4d.VECTOR_Y] = -0.175
    object()[c4d.ID_BASEOBJECT_REL_ROTATION,c4d.VECTOR_Z] = 0
    object()[c4d.ID_BASEOBJECT_REL_POSITION,c4d.VECTOR_X] = 0
    object()[c4d.ID_BASEOBJECT_REL_POSITION,c4d.VECTOR_Y] = 433
    object()[c4d.ID_BASEOBJECT_REL_POSITION,c4d.VECTOR_Z] = -884
    c4d.CallCommand(100004788, 50075) # New Tag
    tag()[c4d.REDSHIFT_POSTEFFECTS_DOF_OVERRIDE] = True
    tag()[c4d.REDSHIFT_POSTEFFECTS_DOF_ENABLED] = True
    tag()[c4d.REDSHIFT_POSTEFFECTS_DOF_RADIUS] = 8.5

    camera[c4d.CAMERAOBJECT_TARGETOBJECT] = null

if __name__=='__main__':
    main()
    c4d.EventAdd()