
SheerVideo User Manual Adobe After EffectsRendering: Queueing
Adobe After Effects provides a number of ways of setting up rendering jobs for different purposes:
Most of these rendering jobs first get posted to the Rendering Queue,
where you can check and adjust them before executing them.
Queueing a Movie Rendering of Source Footage
To set up a movie-rendering job for source footage according to the current Movie Default,
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Select the source footage, which can be either a movie or a still image,
in the After Effects Project Window.
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Select Composition > Add To Render Queue from the menu bar in After Effects to add a job to the After Effects Render Queue
for converting the selected footage into a movie.
Note that this action will also create a composition based on the selected footage, and add the new composition to the Project Window.
Queueing a Movie Rendering of a Composition
To set up a movie-rendering job of a composition according to the current Movie Default,
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Select the composition by one of the following methods:
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Select the composition in the After Effects Project Window.
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Select the composition's Composition Window in After Effects.
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Select the composition's Timeline Window in After Effects.
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Set up a rendering job for the selected composition and add it to the Render Queue
for converting the selected composition into a movie
by selecting one of the following menu items from the menu bar in After Effects:
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Composition > Add To Render Queue.
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Composition > Make Movie.
or
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Select Window > Render Queue from the menu bar of After Effects
to bring up the Render Queue Window.
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Select the composition in the After Effects Project Window.
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Drag and drop the selected composition in the After Effects Render Queue Window.
Queueing a Frame Rendering of a Frame of a Composition
To set up a frame-rendering job using the current Frame Default for a frame of a composition,
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Select the desired frame of the composition using one of the following methods:
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the controls in the Time Controls Palette
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the time controls in the Timeline Window
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Select one of the following two windows belonging to the desired composition:
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the Composition Window
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the Timeline Window
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Select Composition > Save Frame As > File... from the menu bar in Adobe After Effects.
Queueing a Movie Proxy Rendering of Source Footage
To set up a movie-proxy-rendering job for source footage according to the current Movie Proxy Default,
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Select the source footage, which can be either a movie or a still image,
in the After Effects Project Window.
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Control-click on the selected footage item in the Project Window and
select Create Proxy > Movie from the contextual pop-up menu
to add a job to the After Effects Render Queue
for converting the selected footage into a movie proxy.
Note that this action will also add a Post-Render Action of Set Proxy for the rendering job.
In addition, it will create a composition based on the selected footage, and add the new composition to the Project Window.
Queueing a Movie Proxy Rendering of a Composition
To set up a movie-proxy-rendering job of a composition according to the current Movie Proxy Default,
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Select the composition in the After Effects Project Window.
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Control-click on the selected composition in the Project Window and
select Create Proxy > Movie from the contextual pop-up menu
to add a job to the After Effects Render Queue
for converting the selected composition into a movie proxy.
Note that this action will also add a Post-Render Action of Set Proxy for the rendering job.
Queueing a Frame Proxy Rendering of Source Footage
To set up a frame-proxy-rendering job for source footage according to the current Frame Default,
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Select the source footage, which can be either a movie or a still image,
in the After Effects Project Window.
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Control-click on the selected footage item in the Project Window and
select Create Proxy > Still from the contextual pop-up menu
to add a job to the After Effects Render Queue
for converting the selected footage into a frame proxy.
Note that this action will also add a Post-Render Action of Set Proxy for the rendering job.
In addition, it will create a composition based on the selected footage, and add the new composition to the Project Window.
Queueing a Frame Proxy Rendering of a Composition
To set up a frame-proxy-rendering job of a composition according to the current Frame Default,
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Select the composition in the After Effects Project Window.
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Control-click on the selected composition in the Project Window and
select Create Proxy > Still from the contextual pop-up menu
to add a job to the After Effects Render Queue
for converting the selected composition into a frame proxy.
Note that this action will also add a Post-Render Action of Set Proxy for the rendering job.
Queueing a RAM Preview Movie of a Composition
To set up a RAM-Preview-rendering job of a composition according to the current RAM Preview Default,
save the RAM Preview movie to a file, and play the RAM Preview movie,
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Select the composition by one of the following methods:
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Select the composition in the After Effects Project Window.
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Select the composition's Composition Window in After Effects.
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Select the composition's Timeline Window in After Effects.
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Select Composition > Save RAM Preview... from the menu bar in After Effects
to add a job to the After Effects Render Queue for creating a RAM Preview of the composition
and bring up the Output Movie To Dialog
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Name the output movie file in the Save As text field at the top of the Output Movie To dialog box.
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Click the Save button at the bottom right of the Output Movie To dialog box
Note that this action will also add the RAM Preview rendering job to the Render Queue and immediately display the frames of the preview as they are rendered.
Rendering an Unqueued RAM Preview Movie of a Composition
To immediately render and display a RAM Preview of a composition according to the current RAM Preview Default
without adding the rendering to the Render Queue,
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Select the composition by one of the following methods:
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Select the composition's Composition Window in After Effects.
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Select the composition's Timeline Window in After Effects.
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Select Composition > Preview > RAM Preview from the menu bar in After Effects
to render and display a RAM Preview of the selected composition.
Note that this action will not add the RAM Preview rendering job to the Render Queue.
If you want to adjust the parameters of the RAM Preview without changing the RAM Preview output template,
use Save RAM Preview... instead.
Queueing a PreRendering of a Composition
To set up a movie-prerendering job of a composition according to the current Pre-Render Default,
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Select the composition by one of the following methods:
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Select the composition in the After Effects Project Window.
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Select the composition's Composition Window in After Effects.
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Select the composition's Timeline Window in After Effects.
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Select Composition > Pre-render from the menu bar in After Effects
to set up a prerendering job for the selected composition and add it to the Render Queue
for converting the selected composition into a movie.
Note that this action will also add a Post-Render Action of Import & Replace Usage for the rendering job.
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