To Save A Ram Preview As A Movie; Collecting Files In One Location - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

In the composition, change the color of the solid in the Composition panel, and add a new title, such as "Lower
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Field First, " to identify it.
Render the composition again, choosing Lower Field First from the Field Render menu in the Render Settings
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dialog box.
9 Record both movies to the same device.
Play both movies.
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One movie will look distorted and have jumpy horizontal motion or shape distortion during vertical motion. The
other movie will play back smoothly, with sharply defined edges. Use the field order for the smooth-playing movie
whenever you render movies with that particular hardware configuration.

To save a RAM preview as a movie

Use RAM preview to preview frames, including audio, at the frame rate of your composition or as quickly as your
system allows. To simplify the rendering process, save RAM preview frames as a movie. After Effects saves RAM
previews as uncompressed AVI files (Windows) or MOV files (Mac OS). When saving a RAM preview, keep in mind
the following:
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After Effects uses the composition frame size and resolution setting to determine the final dimension in pixels of
a saved RAM preview. It doesn't consider the zoom level.
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RAM preview doesn't generate interlaced fields, so a saved RAM preview never contains fields. If you require
interlaced fields, render the movie normally.
1 Choose Composition > Save RAM Preview.
Type a name, specify a location, and click Save.
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Note: The 3D View of the active composition panel must be set to Active Camera for Save RAM Preview to work, even
if the composition doesn't contain 3D files.

Collecting files in one location

The Collect Files command gathers copies of all of the files in a project or composition into a single location for
rendering or archiving. When you use this command, After Effects creates a new folder in which it saves a new copy
of the project, copies of the specified footage files, proxy files as specified, and a report describing the files, effects,
and fonts necessary to render the project.
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.
When you collect files, options include the following:
Selecting this option does not copy the files and proxies.
Generate Report Only
Use this option with compositions that include proxies to specify whether you want the copy
Obey Proxy Settings
to include the current proxy settings. If this is selected, only the files used in the composition are copied. If this is not
selected, the copy contains both proxies and source files, so you can later change proxy settings in the collected
version.
Note: If you choose For Queued Comps in the Collect Source Files dialog box, After Effects uses the proxy settings from
the render settings, not the composition.
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