Rene has posted a couple of tutorials on creating 2D style motion graphics animation in Cinema 4d, and here he offers another look, this time focusing on workflow. Rene shows how you can easily incorporate Xpresso in Cinema 4D to automate some task when animating motion design elements.

A tutorial showing you how to use xpresso to do simple stuff, in your motion graphic design workflowRene / Sepluk

Some of the things that Rene covers is how to make a percentage based border on an element in C4d, controlling alpha and transparency by the size of the element, and some general tips in Cinema 4D motion graphic workflow.