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While rendering is paused, you cannot change settings or use After Effects in any other way.
To stop rendering with the purpose of starting the same render over again, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) Stop.
The render item for which rendering was stopped is assigned the status User Stopped, and a new item with the status of Queued is added to
the Render Queue panel. The new item uses the same output filename and has the same duration as the original render item.
To stop rendering with the purpose of resuming the same render, click Stop.
The render item for which rendering was stopped is assigned the status User Stopped, and a new item with the status of Unqueued is added
to the Render Queue panel. The new item uses an incremented output filename and resumes rendering at the before frame at which
rendering was stopped—so the first frame of the new item is the last successfully rendered frame of the stopped item.
Information shown for current render operations
Basic information about the current batch of renders is shown at the bottom of the Render Queue panel:
Message A status message.
RAM Memory available for the rendering process.
Renders Started The time at which the current batch of renders was started.
Total Time Elapsed The rendering time elapsed (not counting pauses) since the current batch of renders was started.
To view more information about the current render operation, click the triangle to the left of the Current Render heading. The Current Render
pane collapses (closes) after a short time. To expand the pane so that it does not collapse after a time-out period, Alt-click (Windows) or
Option-click (Mac OS) the triangle next to the Current Render heading. To view details of a completed render, review the log file. When a log
file has been written, the path to the log file appears under the Render Settings heading and Log menu.
Rerender a previously rendered item
1. Select the render item.
2. Do one of the following:
To render with the same filename, choose Edit > Duplicate With File Name.
To render with a new filename, choose Edit > Duplicate, click the underlined filename next to Output To, enter a new filename, and click
Save.
3. Click Render.
Change the render-complete sounds
A chime plays when all items in the render queue have been rendered and exported; a different sound plays if a render operation fails. You can
change the render-complete sounds by replacing files named rnd_okay.wav and rnd_fail.wav in the sounds folder. The sounds folder is in the
following location:
(Windows) Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CS5\Support Files
(Mac OS) Applications/Adobe After Effects CS5/Adobe After Effects CS5/Contents/Resources
Control-click the Adobe After Effects CS5 application package and choose Show Contents to open the Adobe After Effects CS5
application package and show the Contents directory.
Online resources for rendering and exporting with the render queue
Lloyd Alvarez provides a script on his
render in the background using aerender.
Jeff Almasol provides a script on his
useful if layers represent different versions of an effect or different parts of an effect that you want to render as separate "passes" for flexibility in
how they get composited.
Christopher Green provides a script (Queue_Comp_Sections.jsx) on
time spans to be rendered and exported separately through the render queue.
Collect files in one location
The Collect Files command gathers copies of all of the files in a project or composition into a single location. Using this command is a useful step
before rendering, for archiving, or for moving a project to a different computer system or user account.
When you use the Collect Files command, After Effects creates a new folder in which it saves a new copy of the project, copies of the footage files,
proxy files as specified, and a report describing the files, effects, and fonts necessary to re-create the project and render the compositions.
After you collect files, you can continue making changes to a project, but be aware that those changes are stored with the original project and not
with the newly collected version.
Carl Larsen demonstrates the use of the Collect Files command and the Consolidate All Footage command in a video tutorial on the
After Effects Scripts website
redefinery website that renders and exports each of the selected layers separately. You might find this script
that takes items that are ready to render in the render queue and sends them to
his website with which you can use multiple guide layers to designate multiple
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