Rendering A Movie; Supported File Formats For Output; Chapter 19: Rendering And Exporting - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

Chapter 19: Rendering and exporting

Rendering a movie

About rendering
When you create output, the layers of a composition and each layer's masks, effects, and properties are rendered
frame by frame into one or more output files or, in the case of a sequence, into a series of consecutive files.
Making a movie from your final composition can take a few minutes or many hours, depending on the composition's
frame size, quality, complexity, and compression method. When you place your composition in the render queue, it
becomes a render item that uses the render settings assigned to it. As After Effects renders the item, you are unable
to work in the program. An audio alert indicates when rendering is complete.
After Effects provides a variety of formats and compression types for rendering output; the format you choose
depends on the medium from which you'll play your final output or on the requirements of your hardware, such as
a video-editing system.
You can render movies to use in a wide variety of ways, including the following:
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To play on systems that have a movie player application (such as Apple QuickTime Player).
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To record on videotape for playback on NTSC and PAL broadcast television equipment.
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To record to 35mm film for editing into a cinema release.
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To play from DVD, from CD-ROM, or as streaming video on the World Wide Web.
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To import into nonlinear editing systems, such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid, or Apple Final Cut Pro, for final
output.
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To broadcast for high-definition television.
To render to film or video, you must have the proper hardware for film or video transfer, or have access to a service
bureau that can provide transfer services.
After Effects includes a Render Queue panel, in which you can specify items to be rendered, each with its own
rendering settings. The Render Queue panel allows you to render any number of compositions unattended and in
any order. You can also render each composition into multiple output formats in one session.
For additional information, go to Adobe Studio on the Adobe website.
Adobe periodically provides updates to software and Help. To check for updates, click the Preferences button
Adobe Help Center, and then click Check For Updates. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Supported file formats for output

When you have finished assembling and animating an After Effects composition, you can create many types of
output from a single composition, including a compressed movie ready for videotape or an image sequence of the
composition frames.
Adobe After Effects 7.0 Professional supports file formats at 32, 16, and 8 bits per channel (bpc). The Standard
edition exports these files at 8 bpc. Unless otherwise noted, all file formats are exported at 8 bpc.
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