Adobe After Effects CS3 - Manual (Page 629)

AFTER EFFECTS CS3
User Guide
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Lloyd Alvarez provides a script that takes items that are ready to render in the render queue and sends them to render
in the background using aerender:
www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_lloydbgrenderer .
See also
“Basics of rendering and exporting” on page 587
“Memory & Cache preferences” on page 39
–i increment
increment is the number of frames to advance before rendering a new
frame. A value of 1 (the default) causes normal rendering of all frames. Higher
values render a frame and use it
increment times in output, and then skip
ahead increment frames to begin the cycle again. Higher values result in
faster renders but choppier motion.
–OMtemplate
output_module_template
output_module_template is the name of a template to apply to the
output module. If the template does not exist, this causes an error. If this argu-
ment is not used, aerender uses the template already defined for the output
module.
–RStemplate render_sett
ings_template
render_settings_template is the name of a template to apply to
the render item. If the template does not exist, this causes an error. If this
argument is not used, aerender uses the render template already defined for
the item.
–output output_path
output_path is a file path or URI specifying the destination for the final
output file. If this argument is not used, aerender uses the path defined in the
project file.
–log log_file_path
log_file_path is a file path or URI specifying the location of the log file.
If this argument is not used, aerender uses standard output (stdout).
–sound sound_flag
If sound_flag is ON , a sound is played when rendering is complete.
Default is OFF .
–close close_flag
close_flag specifies whether or not to close the project when rendering
is complete, and whether or not to save changes:
DO_NOT_SAVE_CHANGES : (default) The project is closed without saving
changes.
SAVE_CHANGES : The project is closed and changes are saved.
DO_NOT_CLOSE : The project is left open if using an already-running
instance of After Effects. (New instances of After Effects must always quit
when done.)
-rqindex
index_in_render_queue
-rqindex works just like -comp , except that it won't create a render item
from the composition automatically.
-mp enable_flag
If enable_flag is 0, additional processes will not be created to render
multiple frames simultaneously.
If enable_flag is 1, additional processes may be created to render
multiple frames simultaneously, depending on system configuration and
preference settings. (See “Render multiple frames simultaneously” on
page 40.)
Argument Description