Adobe 65008009 - After Effects CS4 Using Manual page 704

Last updated 12/21/2009
• To apply a render settings template to selected render items, click the triangle next to the Render Settings heading
in the Render Queue panel, and choose a template from the menu. You can choose a custom render settings
template or one of the preset render settings templates:
Often used for rendering to final output.
Best Settings
Often appropriate for reviewing or testing motion.
Draft Settings
Similar to Best Settings, but with Field Rendering turned on, set to Lower Field First.
DV Settings
Similar to Best Settings, but with Storage Overflow set to Off.
Multi-machine Settings
Note: The default render settings template is assigned to a render item when it is created. To change which render settings
template is the default, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) as you choose a render settings template from
the menu.
Create, edit, and manage render settings templates
You perform the following tasks in the Render Settings Templates dialog box. To open the Render Settings Templates
dialog box, choose Edit > Templates > Render Settings, or click the triangle next to the Render Settings heading in the
Render Queue panel and choose Make Template.
• To make a new render settings template, click New, specify render settings, and click OK. Enter a name for the new
template.
• To edit an existing render settings template, choose a template from the Settings Name menu, click Edit, and specify
render settings.
Note: Changes to an existing template do not affect render items that are already in the render queue.
• To specify a default render settings template to be used when rendering movies, individual frames, pre-rendered
movies, or proxies, choose a template from a menu in the Defaults area of the Render Settings Templates dialog box.
• To save all currently loaded render settings templates to a file, click Save All.
• To load a saved render settings template file, click Load, select the render settings template file, and then click Open.
Render settings
Each of these settings overrides composition settings, project settings, or layer switch settings.
You can choose how much information After Effects writes to a render log file. If you choose Errors Only, After
Log
Effects only creates the file if errors are encountered during rendering. If you choose Plus Settings, a log file is created
that lists the current render settings. If you choose Plus Per Frame Info, a log file is created that lists the current render
settings and information about the rendering of each frame. When a log file has been written, the path to the log file
appears under the Render Settings heading and Log menu.
The quality setting to use for all layers. (See
Quality
Resolution of the rendered composition, relative to the original composition dimensions. (See
Resolution
"Resolution" on page 206.)
Note: If you render at reduced resolution, set the Quality option to Draft. Rendering at Best quality when reducing
resolution produces an unclear image and takes longer than Draft quality.
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 Media & Disk Cache preferences. (See
Determines whether OpenGL is used for rendering. (See
Use OpenGL Renderer
"Layer image quality and subpixel
"Memory and storage" on page 632.)
USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
Rendering and exporting
positioning" on page 157.)
"Render with OpenGL" on page 703.)
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