Adobe AFTER EFFECTS CS3 PROFESSIONAL User Manual page 599

Determines whether the disk cache preferences are used during rendering. Read Only writes no new
Disk Cache
frames to the disk cache while After Effects renders. Current Settings (default) uses the disk cache settings defined
in the Memory & Cache preferences. (See "Memory, storage, and performance" on page 34.)
Determines whether OpenGL is used for rendering. (See "Render with OpenGL" on
Use OpenGL Renderer
page 587.)
Determines whether to use proxies when rendering. Current Settings uses the settings for each footage
Proxy Use
item. (See "Work with placeholders and proxies" on page 70.)
Current Settings (default) uses the current settings for Effect switches
Effects
All Off renders no effects.
Current Settings (default) uses the current settings for Solo switches
Solo Switches
as if all Solo switches are off. (See "Solo a layer" on page 152.)
Current Settings renders guide layers in the top-level composition. All Off (the default setting) does
Guide Layers
not render guide layers. Guide layers in nested compositions are never rendered. (See "Work with guide layers" on
page 162.)
Current Settings (default) uses the project bit depth. (See "Set the color depth" on page 234.)
Color Depth
On For Checked Layers renders frame blending only for layers with the Frame Blending switch
Frame Blending
set, regardless of the composition's Enable Frame Blending setting. (See "Apply frame blending to a layer" on
page 226.)
Determines the field-rendering technique used for the rendered composition. Choose Off if you are
Field Render
rendering for film or for display on a computer screen. (See "Separate video fields" on page 79.)
Specifies the phase of 3:2 pulldown. (See "Introduce 3:2 pulldown" on page 627.)
3:2 Pulldown
Current Settings uses the current settings for the Motion Blur layer switch
Motion Blur
Blur composition switch. On For Checked Layers renders motion blur only for layers with the Motion Blur layer
switch set, regardless of the composition's Enable Motion Blur setting. Off For All Layers renders all layers without
motion blur regardless of the layer switch and composition switch settings. (See "Use motion blur" on page 202.)
How much of the composition to render. To render the entire composition, choose Length Of Comp. To
Time Span
render only the part of the composition indicated by the work-area markers, choose Work Area Only. To render a
custom time span, choose Custom. (See "Set the work area" on page 116.)
The sampling frame rate to use when rendering the movie. Select Use Comp's Frame Rate to use the
Frame Rate
frame rate specified in the Composition Settings dialog box, or select Use This Frame Rate to use a different frame
rate. The actual frame rate of the composition is unchanged. The frame rate of the final encoded movie is determined
by the output module settings. (See "Change frame rate" on page 63.)
Determines whether rendering continues when the first assigned storage volume overflows.
Use Storage Overflow
If this option isn't selected, rendering stops when the first assigned volume reaches capacity. (See "Overflow volumes
and segment settings" on page 623.)
Lets you re-render part of a sequence of files without wasting time on previously rendered frames.
Skip Existing Files
When rendering a sequence of files, After Effects locates files that are part of the current sequence, identifies the
missing frames, and then renders only those frames, inserting them where they belong in the sequence. You can also
use this option to render single-frame sequences on multiple computers.
Note: The current sequence must have the same name as the existing sequence, and the starting frame number, frame
rate, and time span must be the same. You must render to the folder that contains the previously rendered frames.
AFTER EFFECTS CS3
. All On renders all applied effects.
for each layer. All Off renders
and the Enable Motion
593
User Guide