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render in the background using aerender.
Network rendering with watch folders and render engines
You can render one or more compositions from a project using multiple computers over a network in a fraction of the time that a single computer
would require. Network rendering involves copying the project and source files to a networked folder, and then rendering the project. (A network of
computers used together to render a single composition is sometimes called a render farm.) You can set this up to work with render-only versions
of After Effects called render engines.
You install render engines in the same manner as the full version of the application. You run the render engine using the Adobe After Effects
Render Engine shortcut in the Adobe After Effects CS5 folder. (See Setup and installation.)
After Effects CS5.5 had to be serialized on render-only machines (e.g., in a render farm) due to licensing issues. In After Effects CS6, you can now
run aerender or use Watch Folder in a non-royalty bearing mode, so serialization not required.
To enable non-royalty bearing mode: Place a blank file named ae_render_only_node.txt into one of the following locations, depending on the user
account type:
1. Install After Effects on the render-only machine.
2. Place a blank file named ae_render_only_node.txt into one of the following locations, depending on the user account type:
Mac locations:
/Users/<username>/Documents/
/Users/Shared/Adobe/
Windows locations:
C:\Users\<username>\Documents
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Adobe
You cannot use a watch folder and multiple render engines to simultaneously render a single movie file. However, you can use multiple render
engines to render a movie as a sequence of still-image files. You can then use a post-render action to create a single movie file from that still-
image sequence. (See Post-render actions.)
When you have multiple render engines on multiple computers monitoring a watch folder, they cooperate to achieve optimal efficiency. If your
queued render items are set to Skip Existing Files (a Render Settings option), the render engines all work on a single render item at once—no
render engine renders any frame another render engine has already worked on. If this option is not selected, each render engine handles a render
item itself.
Rhys Enniks provides a video tutorial on
watch folder.
Computer with full version of After Effects (A) saves a project and all source files to a folder (B) on a server. Computers with the render engine
installed (C) open the project and render a still-frame sequence to a designated output folder (D) on the server.
Network considerations
When working with multiple render engines on multiple computers, keep in mind the following guidelines:
After Effects Scripts website that takes items that are ready to render in the render queue and sends them to
his website that demonstrates the use of multiple computers on a network to render a composition with a
Additional processes may be created to render multiple frames
simultaneously, depending on system configuration and
preference settings. (See Memory & Multiprocessing
preferences.)
The render operation continues even if a source footage item is
missing.
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