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Create, manage, and edit output module templates
You perform the following tasks in the Output Module Templates dialog box. To open the Output Module Templates
dialog box, choose Edit > Templates > Output Module, or click the triangle next to the Output Module heading in
the Render Queue panel and choose Make Template.
• To make a new output module settings template, click New, specify output module settings, and click OK. Enter a
name for the new template.
• To edit an existing output module settings template, choose a template from the Settings Name menu, click Edit,
and specify output module settings.
Note: Changes to an existing template do not affect render items that are already in the render queue.
• To specify a default output module settings template to be used when processing movies, individual frames, RAM
previews, pre-rendered movies, or proxies, choose a template from a menu in the Defaults area of the Output
Module Templates dialog box.
• To save all currently loaded output module templates to a file, click Save All.
• To load a saved output module template file, click Load, select the output module template file, and then click Open.
Add an output module to selected render items
• Choose Composition > Add Output Module
Output module settings
For information on using controls in the Color Management area of the Output Module Settings dialog box, see
"Assign an output color profile" on page 245.
Specifies the format for the output file or sequence of files.
Format
Specifies whether to include information in the output file that links to the source project in After Effects.
Embed
When you open the output file in another application, such as Adobe Premiere Pro, you can use the Edit Original
command to edit the source project in After Effects. Selecting Project Link creates a link between the output file and
the source project. Selecting Project Link And Copy creates a link and adds an embedded copy of the linked project
to the output file; if the project is missing or updated when you choose Edit Original in another application, you can
choose whether to open the source project or the saved copy of the project.
Specifies an action for After Effects to perform after the composition is rendered. (See "Use a
Post-Render Action
post-render action" on page 596.)
Opens a dialog box in which you specify format-specific options.
Format Options
The output channels contained in the output movie. After Effects creates a movie with an alpha channel
Channels
if you choose RGB+Alpha, implying a depth of Millions of Colors+. Not all codecs support alpha channels.
Note: All files created with a color depth of Millions of Colors+, Trillions of Colors+, or Floating Point + have labeled
alpha channels; information describing the alpha channel is stored in the file. Therefore, you do not have to specify an
alpha interpretation each time you import an item created in After Effects.
Specifies the color depth of the output movie. Choose from color or grayscale options. Certain formats may
Depth
limit depth and color settings.
Specifies how colors are created with the alpha channel. Choose from either Premultiplied (Matted) or
Color
Straight (Unmatted). (See "About straight and premultiplied channels" on page 253.)
Note: PNG files don't support premultiplied alpha.
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