To Create And Use Render Settings Templates; To Apply An Additional Output Module; To Change Output Module Settings - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

To create and use render settings templates

You can create templates that save commonly used render settings. These templates appear in the Render Settings
pop-up menu in the Render Queue panel. For example, you can specify a default render settings template for movie
rendering and another for creating a single frame. You can also save all render settings templates to a file to use on
another computer.
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Choose Edit > Templates > Render Settings, and then do one of the following:
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To specify a default template to be used when rendering movies, choose a template from the Movie Default menu.
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To specify a default template to be used when rendering a single frame, choose a template from the Frame Default
menu.
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To create a new render settings template, click New, specify the render settings you want, and click OK. Enter a
name for the new template.
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To edit an existing render settings template, choose a template from the Settings Name menu, and then click Edit.
Specify the render settings you want.
Note: Changes to an existing template do not affect render items that are already in the render queue.
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To save all currently loaded templates to a file, click Save All. Select a location for the file, and then enter a file
name.
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To load a saved template file, click Load, select the template file, and then click Open.You can also click the arrow
next to Render Settings in the Render Queue panel and choose Make Template to specify default render settings
templates or create a new render settings template.

To apply an additional output module

You can apply more than one output module to each render item in the queue. This is useful when you want to make
more than one version of a movie at the same time. For example, you can automate the creation of a movie and its
alpha matte, or you can create high-resolution and low-resolution versions of a movie.
When you apply more than one output module to a render item, After Effects renders to the various output formats
simultaneously, saving you time.
1 In the Render Queue panel, select an item.
Choose Composition > Add Output Module.
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To change output module settings

An output module includes options for the specific video and audio output format to which you are rendering the
movie, as well as video compression options. The Render Queue panel shows the current settings for an output
module.
Note: Before rendering, check the Audio Output settings in the Output Module Settings dialog box to ensure that they
are correct. If your project includes audio, be sure that Audio Output is selected. If your project does not include audio,
do not select Audio Output so that the size of the rendered file will not increase needlessly.
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Do any of the following:
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Click the underlined output module template.
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Choose a template from the Output Module menu. Several templates are provided, including the Lossless template
for creating movies for transfer to video or film.
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