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Change Render Output To: Use to redirect the output modules to render files to a
named folder in the collected files folder. This option ensures that you have access to your
rendered files when you're rendering the project from another system. Note that the
rendering status must be valid (Queued, Unqueued, or Will Continue) for the output
modules to render files to this folder.
Enable 'Watch Folder' render (PB only): You can use the Collect Files command to save
projects to a specified watch folder and then initiate watch-folder rendering over a
network. After Effects also includes a render control file called project name_RCF.txt, which
signals to watching systems that the project is available for rendering. After Effects and
any installed render engines can then render the project together across a network. For
more information about using the Watch Folder command, see "Rendering using a watch
folder (PB only)" on page 296.
For Maximum Number of Machines (PB only): Use to specify the number of render
engines or licensed copies of After Effects that you want to allocate to render the collected
project. Below this option, After Effects reports how many items in the project will be
rendered using more than one machine.
Note: If rendering time is unusually slow, you may have set the Maximum Number of
Machines too high, and the network overhead required to track rendering progress among
all machines is out of proportion to the time spent actually rendering frames. The optimal
number depends on many variables related to the network configuration and the
machines on it; experiment to determine the optimal number for your network.
To gather files for rendering or archiving:
1 Choose File > Collect Files.
2 In the Collect Files dialog box, choose an option for Collect Source Files:
All. Collects all footage files, including unused footage and proxies.
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For All Comps. Collects all footage files and proxies used in any project compositions.
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For Selected Comps. Collects all footage files and proxies used in currently selected
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compositions (in the Project window).
For Queued Comps. Collects all footage files and proxies used directly or indirectly in
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any of the compositions with a valid rendering status in the Render Queues.
None. Copies the project to a new location without collecting any source footage.
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3 Select appropriate check boxes, as needed. (For descriptions of each option, see the
preceding paragraphs in this topic.)
4 To add your own information to the report that will be generated, click Comments, type
your notes, and click OK. The comments appear at the end of the report.
5 Click OK. Name the folder and specify a location for your collected files.
Once you start the file collection, After Effects creates the folder and copies the specified
files to it. The folder hierarchy is the same as the hierarchy of folders and footage in your
project. The new folder includes a (Footage) folder and may include an output folder (if
you selected Change Render Output To).
The names of these folders appear in parentheses to signal any attending render engines
not to search these folders for projects (PB only).
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