1. Cannot Render The File Media Player Classic

I have a corrupted micro SD card. With huge trying I could to recover it's data using recuva tool, but now my files are corrupted also. They are video file with some famous extensions such as 3gp, mp4, flv, wmv, avi. My video file players are VLC and Media player classic. The media player classic says, 'can not render the file' and VLC doesn't show anything.

Is there a way to repair these video files?

How to Repair AVI Cannot Render File Error? “I have downloaded a movie and the movie file type is AVI. But when I tried to play it on media player classic, it says ‘cannot render the file’ I have not edited the video nor downloaded any codecs.

3 Answers

The chances are that when you were recovering them tiny bits of the code was eater not there or left behind. This will make the video corrupt and it will be almost impossible to repair the code, even with hours and hours of work the most you could get would be able to get would be a few seconds in total, and these will not be in one piece. Most of them you wouldn't even be able to recover at all. Sorry but I think you may of lost them unless some one else has any suggestions.

You could try this link

I would strongly suggest you the applicaton called GetDataBack for NTFS / FAT, you can download it from the following link: http://www.runtime.org/data-recovery-software.htm

You might find it a bit costly but it's worth the price, it has saved my life on several occasions!

Bare in mind though (as the gentleman before me already mentioned) if the USB stick / hard drive is corrupted some of the files GetBackData will recover will be faulty (eg.: part of the mp3 file will be static, missing frames in movie files) but it can still recover most of the things from your USB / hard drive.

What I understood was, you got back your videos, but it is corrupted. Recuva is nice software and I hope you have got all the videos. Since the videos are corrupted, that cannot be fixed with recovery software if i am not wrong. You need to use a video repair software.You can check this free software: http://www.risingresearch.com/en/dvr/If possible create a copy of the video file and then repair, because I am not sure whether this software directly repairs the original file.If this doesn't work, I would recommend you to go for some paid software. Check this if it is of any help:http://www.hi5software.com/repair/unable-to-play-mov-file.html

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Rendering is the creation of the frames of a movie from a composition. The rendering of a frame is the creation of a composited two-dimensional image from all the layers, settings, and other information in a composition that makes up the model for that image. The rendering of a movie is the frame-by-frame rendering of each of the frames that make up the movie. For more information on how each frame is rendered, see Render order and collapsing transformations.

It is common to speak of rendering as if this term only applies to final output. However, the processes of creating previews for the Footage, Layer, and Composition panels are also kinds of rendering. In fact, it is possible to save a preview as a movie and use that as your final output. (See Preview video and audio.)

After a composition is rendered for final output, it is processed by one or more output modules that encode the rendered frames into one or more output files. This process of encoding rendered frames into files for output is one kind of exporting.

Note:

• See Project settings for more information about project settings that determine how time is displayed in the project, how color data is treated in the project, and what sampling rate to use for audio.
• See Composition settings to learn how you can specify composition settings such as resolution, frame size, and pixel aspect ratio for your final rendered output.

After Effects provides various rendering options that help you accelerate the rendering process. GPU acceleration offers better speed and precision in rendering your effects. The Video Rendering and Effects dropdown in the Project Settings dialog box gives you the following GPU effect rendering options to choose from:

• Software Only: CPU is used to render effects
• Mercury GPU Acceleration: GPU is used to render effects. On Mac, Mercury GPU Acceleration can use OpenCL or Metal. On Windows, GPU effect rendering uses either CUDA or OpenCL based on your selection.

Note: GPU-accelerated effects may render with small color precision differences in an 8-bpc project when compared to CPU-only rendering. Set the project to 16-bpc or 32-bpc for accurate results.

After you have completed a composition, you can output a movie file. There are two different methods of outputting a movie file. Choose the one based on your needs.

You might need a movie file for the following reasons:

• You need a high-quality movie (with or without an alpha channel) or image sequence that will be placed in a Premiere Pro sequence, or used in another video editing, compositing, or 3D graphics application.

  To create a high-quality movie file, render it with the Render Queue. See Render and export with the Render Queue panel.

• You need a compressed movie that will be played on the web, or used for DVD or Blu-ray disc.

  To create a high-quality movie file that is compressed for the web, DVD, or Blu-ray disc, encode it using the Adobe Media Encoder. See The Adobe Media Encoder.

Note:

Somekinds of exporting don’t involve rendering and are for intermediate stagesin a workflow, not for final output. For example, you can exporta project as an Adobe Premiere Pro project by choosing File >Export > Adobe Premiere Pro Project. The project informationis saved without rendering. In general, data transferred throughDynamic Link is not rendered.

A movie can be made into a single output file that contains all the rendered frames, or it can be made into a sequence of still images (as you would do when creating output for a film recorder).

To generate output, you can either render your compositions using the After Effects render queue or add your compositions to the Adobe Media Encoder queue with the render settings that you have chosen in the Render Queue panel.

For the Render Queue, After Effects uses an embedded version of the Adobe Media Encoder to encode most movie formats through the Render Queue panel. When you manage render and export operations with the Render Queue panel, the embedded version of the Adobe Media Encoder is called automatically. The Adobe Media Encoder appears only in the form of the export settings dialog boxes with which you specify some encoding and output settings. (See Encoding and compression options for movies.)

Note:

The embedded version of the Adobe Media Encoder used to manage export settings within After Effects output modules does not provide all the features of the full, stand-alone Adobe Media Encoder application.

From an expert: Using the Render Queue to export files

The primary way of rendering and exporting movies from After Effects is through the Render Queue panel.

When you place a composition into the Render Queue panel, it becomes a render item. You can add many render items to the render queue, and After Effects can render multiple items in a batch, unattended. When you click the Render button in the upper-right corner of the Render Queue panel, all items with the status of Queued are rendered and output in the order in which they are listed in the Render Queue panel.

Note:

You do not need to render a movie multiple times to export it to multiple formats with the same render settings. You can export multiple versions of the same rendered movie by adding output modules to a render item in the Render Queue panel.

When working with multiple render items, it is often useful to add comments in the Comment column in the Render Queue panel. If the Comment column is not visible, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a column heading, and choose Columns > Comment.

In the Render Queue panel, you can manage several render items at once, each with its own render settings and output module settings.

Render settings determine the following characteristics:

• Output frame rate
• Duration
• Resolution
• Layer quality

Output module settings—which are applied after render settings—determine post-rendering characteristics such as the following:

• Output format
• Compression options
• Cropping
• Whether to embed a link to the project in the output file

You can create templates that contain commonly used render settings and output module settings.

Using the Render Queue panel, you can render the same composition to different formats or with different settings, all with one click of the Render button:

• You can output to a sequence of still images, such as a Cineon sequence, which you can then transfer to film for cinema projection.

• You can output using lossless compression (or no compression) to a QuickTime container for transfer to a non-linear editing (NLE) system for video editing.

Youcan select, duplicate, and reorder render items using many of thesame keyboard shortcuts that you use for working with layers andother items. See General(keyboard shortcuts).

Note:

To transferthe output rendered from After Effects to film or video, you must havethe proper hardware for film or video transfer, or have access toa service bureau that can provide transfer services.

Select the composition from which tomake a movie in the Project panel, and then do one of the followingto add the composition to the render queue:
• Choose Composition > Add To Render Queue.

• Drag the composition to the Render Queue panel.
Note:
To create a composition from a footage item and immediately add that composition to the render queue, drag the footage item from the Project panel to the Render Queue panel. It is a convenient way to convert a footage item from one format to another.
Click the triangle next to the Output To heading in theRender Queue panel to choose a name for the output file based ona naming convention, and then choose a location; or click the textnext to the Output To heading to enter any name. (See Specifyfilenames and locations for rendered output.)
Click the triangle to the right of the Render Settingsheading to choose a render settings template, or click the underlinedtext to the right of the Render Settings heading to customize thesettings. (See Rendersettings.)
When a log file has been written, the path to thelog file appears under the Render Settings heading and Log menu.
Click the triangle to the right of the Output Module heading to choose an output module settings template, or click the underlined text to the right of the Output Module heading to customize the settings. You use the output module settings to specify the file format of the output movie. In some cases, a format-specific dialog box opens after you choose a format, in which you can choose format-specific settings. (See Output modules and output module settings and Encoding and compression options for movies.)
When an output name and location have been set, andrender settings and an output module have been selected, the entryin the Render column automatically becomes selected (shown by acheck mark) and the status changes to Queued. The status Queuedmeans that the render item is in the render queue.
Note:
PressCaps Lock before you start rendering to prevent the Compositionpanel from displaying rendered frames. By not updating the Compositionpanel, After Effects requires less time to process simple renderitems with many frames.
Click the Render button in the upper-right corner ofthe Render Queue panel.

Rendering a composition into a moviecan take a few seconds or many hours, depending on the composition’sframe size, quality, complexity, and compression method. As AfterEffects renders the item, you are unable to work in the program.An audio alert indicates when rendering is complete.

See this tutorial to learn how to use the render queue to export files.

When rendering of a render item is complete, it remains in the Render Queue panel with its status changed to Done until you remove the item from the Render Queue panel. You cannot rerender a completed item, but you can duplicate it to create a new item in the queue with the same settings or with new settings.

Note:

After an item has been rendered, you can import the finished movie as a footage item by dragging its output module from the Render Queue panel into the Project panel. (See Import footage items.)

Each render item has a status, which appearsin the Status column in the Render Queue panel:

The render item is listed in the Render Queue panel but isnot ready to render. Confirm that you have selected the desiredrender settings and output module settings, and then select theRender option to queue the render item.

The render item is ready to render.

An output filename has not been specified. Choose a valuefrom the Output To menu, or click the underlined Not Yet Specifiedtext next to the Output To heading to specify a filename and path.

After Effects was unsuccessful in rendering the render item.Use a text editor to view the log file for specific informationon why the rendering was unsuccessful. When a log file has beenwritten, the path to the log file appears under the Render Settingsheading and Log menu.

The rendering process was stopped.

The rendering process for the item is complete.

• Select the source composition for a render item in the Project panel: Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the render item and choose Reveal Composition In Project from the context menu.
• Remove a render item from the render queue (change its status from Queued to Unqueued): Deselect the item entry in the Render column. The item remains in the Render Queue panel.
• Change the status of a render item from Unqueued to Queued: Select the item in the Render column.
• Remove a render item from the Render Queue panel: Select the item and press Delete, or choose Edit > Clear.
• Rearrange items in the Render Queue panel: Drag an item up or down the queue. A heavy black line appears between render items, indicating where the item will be placed. You can also reorder selected render items by choosing Layer > Arrange, and then choosing Bring Render Item Forward, Send Render Item Backward, Bring Render Item To Front, or Send Render Item To Back
• Move selected render items up (earlier) in the render queue: Press Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow (Windows) or Command+Option+Up Arrow (Mac OS).
  
• Move selected render items down (later): Press Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow (Windows) or Command+Option+Down Arrow (Mac OS).
• Move selected render items to the top of the render queue: Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up Arrow (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift+Up Arrow (Mac OS).
  
• Move selected render items to the bottom (end) of the render queue: Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Down Arrow (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift+Down Arrow (Mac OS).
• Duplicate a render item: Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the render item and choose a command from the context menu:
  • Render with the same filename: Choose Duplicate With File Name.
  • Render with a new filename: Choose Duplicate, click the underlined filename next to Output To, enter a new filename, and click Save.

If the disk (to which an output module is writing) runs out of space, After Effects pauses the render operation. You can clear additional disk space and then resume rendering and exporting.

• To pause rendering, click Pause. Toresume rendering, click Continue.

  While rendering is paused, you cannot change settingsor use After Effects in any other way.

• To stop rendering with the purpose of starting the samerender over again, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS)Stop.

  The render item for which rendering was stopped isassigned the status User Stopped, and a new item with the statusof Queued is added to the Render Queue panel. The new item usesthe same output filename and has the same duration as the originalrender item.

• To stop rendering with the purpose of resuming the samerender, click Stop.

  The render item for which rendering was stopped isassigned the status User Stopped, and a new item with the statusof Unqueued is added to the Render Queue panel. The new item usesan incremented output filename and resumes rendering at the beforeframe at which rendering was stopped—so the first frame of the newitem is the last successfully rendered frame of the stopped item.

Basic information about the current batch ofrenders is shown at the bottom of the Render Queue panel:

A status message. For example, Rendering 1 of 4.

Memory available for the rendering process.

The date and time at which the current batch of renders was started.

The rendering time elapsed (not counting pauses) since the current batch of renders was started.

The path where the log files are located.

Note:

To view more information about the current render operation, click the triangle to the left of the Current Render heading. The Current Render pane collapses (closes) after a short time. To prevent it from collapsing after a time-out period, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the triangle next to the Current Render heading. To view details of a completed render, review the log file. When a log file has been written, the path to the log file appears under the Render Settings heading and Log menu.

A chime plays when all items in the render queue have been rendered and exported; a different sound plays if a render operation fails. You can change the render-complete sounds by replacing files named rnd_okay.wav and rnd_fail.wav in the sounds folder. The sounds folder is in the following location:

• Program FilesAdobeAdobe After Effects CC 2015Support Files (Windows)

• Applications/Adobe After Effects CC/Contents/Resources (Mac OS)

From an expert: Export a composition from After Effects to Adobe Media Encoder

You can also export After Effects compositions directly into Adobe Media Encoder, which offers the flexibility to continue working in After Effects while files are being processed. When you use Adobe Media Encoder, you can also use additional presets and options that are not available in the After Effects Render Queue.

You can add your composition to the Adobe Media Encoder Queue using one of the following methods:

• Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue (Composition > Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue or File > Export > Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue) for final rendering using presets and settings specified in Adobe Media Encoder.
• Queue in AME button in the render queue (Window > Render Queue) for rendering a draft copy of your composition using the render settings specified in the rendering queue, while you continue to work on the composition.

For information about using Adobe Media Encoder for rendering, see Encode video or audio items in Adobe Media Encoder.

Note:

The output module settings, such as format settings or color channel selection, are not transferred to Adobe Media Encoder when you choose the Queue in AME option. The output filename and location are transferred, however, Adobe Media Encoder does not use the filename and location templates, which may result in image sequence numbering mismatch.

To add a composition to Adobe Media Encoder, do the following:

Drag the After Effects project containing the composition you want to encode into the Encoding Queue in Adobe Media Encoder.

You can add a composition to Adobe Media Encoder from After Effects. Do one of the following:

• Choose Composition > Add To Adobe Media Encoder Queue

• Choose File > Export > Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue

• Press Ctrl+Alt+M (Windows) or Command+Option+M (Mac OS)

The Import After Effects Composition dialog box opens. Choose the composition you want to encode.

Encode the file as you normally would by choosing presets and an output location in Adobe Media Encoder.

To add a composition to the Adobe Media Encoder with render settings for draft rendering:

Choose Composition > Add to Render Queue or press the keyboard shortcut Control + M (Windows) or Command + M (Mac).

In the Render Queue panel, click the Queue in AME button.

After Effects provides various formats and compression options for output. Which format and compression options you choose depends on how your output will be used. For example, if the movie that you render from After Effects is the final product that will be played directly to an audience, then you need to consider the medium from which you’ll play the movie and what limitations you have on file size and data rate. By contrast, if the movie that you create from After Effects is an intermediate product that will be used as input to a video editing system, then you should output without compression to a format compatible with the video editing system. (See Planning your work.)

Keep in mind the fact that you can use different encoding and compression schemes for different phases of your workflow. For example, you may choose to export a few frames as full-resolution still images (for example, TIFF files) when you need approval from a customer about the colors in a shot; whereas you may export the movie using a lossy encoding scheme (for example, H.264) when you need approval for the timing of the animation.

You can add the ability to export other kinds of data by installing plug-ins or scripts provided by parties other than Adobe.

Unless otherwise noted, all image file formats are exported at 8 bits per channel (bpc).

• QuickTime (MOV)

• Video for Windows (AVI; Windows only)

Note:

To create an animated GIF movie, first render and export a QuickTime movie from After Effects. Then import the QuickTime movie into Photoshop and export the movie to animated GIF.

• Adobe Photoshop (PSD)

• Cineon (CIN, DPX)

• Maya IFF (IFF)

• JPEG (JPG, JPE)

• OpenEXR (EXR)

• PNG (PNG)

• Radiance (HDR, RGBE, XYZE)

• SGI (SGI, BW, RGB)

• Targa (TGA, VBA, ICB, VST)

• TIFF (TIF)

The Collect Files command gathers copies of all the files in a project or composition into a single location. Use this command before rendering, for archiving, or for moving a project to a different computer system or user account.

When you use the Collect Files command, After Effects creates a new folder and the following information is saved in the new folder:

• A new copy of the project
• Copies of the footage files
• Proxy files as specified
• A report describing the files, effects, and fonts necessary to re-create the project and render the compositions.

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.

In the Collect Files dialog box, choose an appropriateoption for Collect Source Files.

Collects all footage files, including unused footage andproxies.

Collects all footage files and proxies used in any compositionin the project.

Collects all footage files and proxies used in compositions currentlyselected in the Project panel.

Collects all footage files and proxies used directly or indirectlyin any of the compositions with a Queued status in the Render Queue panel.

Copies the project to a new location without collecting anysource footage.

Selecting this option does not copy the files and proxies.

Use this option with compositions that include proxies to specify whether you want the copy to include the current proxy settings. If this option is selected, only the files used in the composition are copied. If this option is not selected, the copy contains both proxies and source files, so you can later change proxy settings in the collected version.

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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.

Removes all unused footage items and compositions from the collectedfiles when the following options are chosen in the Collect SourceFiles menu: For All Comps, For Selected Comps, and For Queued Comps.

Use to redirect the output modules to render files to a namedfolder in the collected files folder. This option ensures that youhave access to your rendered files when you’re rendering the projectfrom another computer. Rendering status must be valid (Queued, Unqueued,or Will Continue) for the output modules to render files to thisfolder.

You can use the Collect Files command to save projects toa specified watch folder and then initiate watch-folder renderingover a network. After Effects also includes a render control filecalled [project name]_RCF.txt, which signalsto watching computers that the project is available for rendering.After Effects and any installed render engines can then render the projecttogether across a network. (See Setup watch-folder rendering.)

Use to specify the number of render engines or licensed copies of After Effects that you want to allocate to render the collected project. Below this option, After Effects reports how many items in the project will be rendered using more than one computer.

Note:

If rendering time is unusually long, you may have set Maximum Number Of Machines too high, and the network overhead required to track rendering progress among all computers is out of proportion to the time spent actually rendering frames. The optimal number depends on many variables related to the network configuration and the computers on it; experiment to determine the optimal number for your network.

To add your own information to the report that will begenerated, click Comments, enter your notes, and click OK. The commentsappear at the end of the report.

Click Collect. Name the folder and specify a locationfor your collected files.

Once you start the file collection, After Effects createsthe folder and copies the specified files to it. The folder hierarchyis the same as the hierarchy of folders and footage items in yourproject. The new folder includes a (Footage) folder and may includean output folder (if you selected Change Render Output To).

The names of these folders appear in parentheses to signal to any attending render engines that they should not search these folders for projects.

Specify filenames and locationsfor rendered output

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You can locate a previouslyrendered item or check the destination of a queued render item byexpanding the Output Module group in the Render Queue panel and clickingthe underlined file path, or by right-clicking (Windows) or Control-clicking (MacOS) the Output Module heading.

• To manually enter a filenameand destination folder, click the underlined text next to the OutputTo heading.
• To name a file using a file naming template, click thetriangle next to the Output To heading, and choose a template fromthe menu.

You can use custom templates to name the output according to properties of the composition and project.

Note:

To make a file naming template the default template, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) as you choose the template from the Output To menu.

In the Render Queue panel, choose Custom fromthe Output To menu.

If you want to base the new file-naming template on an existing template, choose the existing template from the Preset menu.

Click in the Template box where you want to insert a file-naming rule, and do any of the following:

• To add a preset property to the filename,choose the property from the Add Property menu.

• Enter text in the Template box.

Note:

Make sure that the insertion point is outside the square brackets [ ] of preset properties.

• To save the file-naming template as a preset for future use in the Output To menu, click the Save button . In the Choose Name dialog box, enter a name for the file-naming template, and click OK.

• To always use the selected file-naming template, select Default.

• To apply the selected file-naming template to the current Output Module, click OK.

The Use Default File Name And Folder preference ensures that all compositions added to the render queue are automatically assigned a unique output filename (except for files created by saving previews, which still use the composition name). When this option is selected, each render item is assigned the same folder name as the previous render item until you change the path. If a composition is rendered more than once, After Effects adds a number to the filename (for example, composition_name_1).

Note:

Avoid using high-ASCIIor other extended characters in filenames for projects to be usedon different platforms or rendered using a watch folder.

Choose Edit > Preferences > Output (Windows)or After Effects > Preferences > Output (Mac OS).

You can add paths to templates. Absolute paths can be defined in a template. For example, you can define and save a template that always places rendered files in E:Output[compName].[extension].

Render settings apply to each render itemand determine how the composition is rendered for that specificrender item. By default, the render settings for a render item arebased on the current project settings, composition settings, and switchsettings for the composition on which the render item is based.However, you can modify the render settings for each render itemto override some of these settings.

Render settings applyto the root composition for a render item, as well as all nestedcompositions.

Note:

Render settings only affectthe output of the render item with which they’re associated; thecomposition itself is not affected.

• To change render settings for a render item, click the render settings template name next to the Render Settings heading in the Render Queue panel, and choose settings in the Render Settings dialog box.
• To apply a render settings template to selected render items, click the triangle next to the Render Settings heading in the Render Queue panel, and choose a template from the menu. You can choose a custom render settings template or one of the preset render settings templates:

  Best Settings: Often used for rendering to final output.

  Draft Settings: Often appropriate for reviewing or testing motion.

  DV Settings: Similar to Best Settings, but with Field Rendering turned on, set to Lower Field First.

  Multi-Machine Settings: Similar to Best Settings, but with Skip Existing Files selected to enable multi-machine rendering.

Note:

The default render settings template is assigned to a render item when it is created. To change which render settings template is the default, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) as you choose a render settings template from the menu.

You perform the following tasks in the RenderSettings Templates dialog box. To open the Render Settings Templatesdialog box, choose Edit > Templates > Render Settings, orclick the triangle next to the Render Settings heading in the RenderQueue panel and choose Make Template.

• To make a new render settings template, click New, specify render settings, and click OK. Enter a name for the new template.
• To edit an existing render settings template, choose a template from the Settings Name menu, click Edit, and specify render settings.

Note:

Changes to an existing template do not affect render items that are already in the render queue.

• To specify a default render settings template to be used when rendering movies, individual frames, pre-rendered movies, or proxies, choose a template from a menu in the Defaults area of the Render Settings Templates dialog box.
• To save all currently loaded render settings templates to a file, click Save All.
• To load a saved render settings template file, click Load, select the render settings template file, and then click Open.

Each of these settings overrides compositionsettings, project settings, or layer switch settings.

You can choose how much information After Effects writesto a render log file. If you choose Errors Only, After Effects onlycreates the file if errors are encountered during rendering. Ifyou choose Plus Settings, a log file is created that lists the currentrender settings. If you choose Plus Per Frame Info, a log file iscreated that lists the current render settings and information aboutthe rendering of each frame. When a log file has been written, thepath to the log file appears under the Render Settings heading andLog menu.

The quality setting to use for all layers. (See Layerimage quality and subpixel positioning.)

Resolution of the rendered composition, relative to the original composition dimensions. (See Resolution.)

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If you render at reduced resolution, set the Quality option to Draft. Super singer junior 6 vote vijay tv. Rendering at Best quality when reducing resolution produces an unclear image and takes longer than Draft quality.

Determines whether the disk cache preferences are used during rendering. Read Only writes no new frames to the disk cache while After Effects renders. Current Settings (default) uses the disk cache settings defined in the Media & Disk Cache preferences.

Determines whether to use proxies when rendering. CurrentSettings uses the settings for each footage item. (See Placeholdersand proxies.)

Current Settings (default) uses the current settings for Effect switches . All On renders all applied effects. All Off renders no effects.

Current Settings (default) uses the current settings forSolo switches foreach layer. All Off renders as if all Solo switches are off. (See Soloa layer.)

Current Settings renders guide layers in the top-level composition.All Off (the default setting) does not render guide layers. Guidelayers in nested compositions are never rendered. (See Guidelayers.)

Current Settings (default) uses the project bit depth. (See Color depthand high dynamic range color.)

On For Checked Layers renders frame blending only for layers withthe Frame Blending switch set,regardless of the Enable Frame Blending setting for the composition.(See Frameblending.)

Determines the field-rendering technique used for the rendered composition.Choose Off if you are rendering for film or for display on a computer screen.(See Interlacedvideo and separating fields.)

Specifies the phase of 3:2 pulldown. (See Introduce3:2 pulldown.)

Current Settings uses the current settings for the MotionBlur layer switch andthe Enable Motion Blur composition switch. On For Checked Layers rendersmotion blur only for layers with the Motion Blur layer switch set, regardlessof the Enable Motion Blur setting for the composition. Off For All Layersrenders all layers without motion blur regardless of the layer switchand composition switch settings. (See Motionblur.)

How much of the composition to render. To render the entire composition, choose Length Of Comp. To render only the part of the composition indicated by the work area markers, choose Work Area Only. To render a custom time span, choose Custom. (See Work area.)

The sampling frame rate to use when rendering the movie.Select Use Comp’s Frame Rate to use the frame rate specified inthe Composition Settings dialog box, or select Use This Frame Rateto use a different frame rate. The actual frame rate of the compositionis unchanged. The frame rate of the final encoded movie is determinedby the output module settings. (See Framerate.)

Lets you rerender part of a sequence of files without wasting time on previously rendered frames. When rendering a sequence of files, After Effects locates files that are part of the current sequence, identifies the missing frames, and then renders only those frames, inserting them where they belong in the sequence. You can also use this option to render an image sequence on multiple computers. (See Render a still-image sequence with multiple computers.)

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The current image sequence must have the same name as the existing image sequence, and the starting frame number, frame rate, and time span must be the same. You must render to the folder that contains the previously rendered frames.

Output module settings apply to each renderitem and determine how the rendered movie is processed for finaloutput. Use output module settings to specify file format, outputcolor profile, compression options, and other encoding options forfinal output.

You can also use output module settings to crop,stretch, or shrink a rendered movie; doing this after renderingis often useful when you are generating multiple kinds of outputfrom a single composition.

Output module settings are appliedto the rendered output that is generated according to the rendersettings.

For some formats, an additional dialog box openswhen you choose the format in the Output Module Settings dialogbox. You can modify these settings and use settings presets to specifyformat-specific options, such as compression options.

Youcan apply multiple output modules to each render item, which isuseful when you want to make more than one version of a movie fromone render. For example, you can automate the creation of a movieand its alpha matte, or you can create high-resolution and low-resolutionversions of a movie.

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Before rendering, checkthe Audio Output settings in the Output Module Settings dialog boxto ensure that they are correct. To render audio, Audio Output mustbe selected. If your composition does not include audio, do notselect Audio Output, so that the size of the rendered file doesnot increase needlessly.

You can set the output module of multiple render queue items at the same time. Select the render queue items, and then choose an output module template from the Output Module Settings menu for one of the items.

You can drag an output module to the Project panel to import the finished movie or a placeholder into the project for use as a footage item. (See Import footage items.)

Andrew Kramer provides a video tutorial with tips for working with proxies, output modules, and output module templates on the Video Copilot website.

• To change output module settings for a render item, click the underlined output module settings template name next to the Output Module heading in the Render Queue panel, and choose settings in the Output Module Settings dialog box.
• To apply an output module settings template to selected render items, click the triangle next to the Output Module heading in the Render Queue panel, and choose a template from the menu.

  You can choose a custom output module settings template or one of the preset output module settings templates. Several templates are provided, including the Lossless template for creating movies for transfer to video, film, or an NLE system.

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The default output module settings template is assigned to a render item when it is created. To change which output module template is the default, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) as you choose an output module template from the menu.

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To change output module settings for multiple output modules at once, select the output modules and then choose an output module template. The template is applied to all selected output modules.

You perform the following tasks in the OutputModule Templates dialog box. To open the Output Module Templatesdialog box, choose Edit > Templates > Output Module, or clickthe triangle next to the Output Module heading in the Render Queuepanel 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.

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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, 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.

• To add a new output module with default settings to a single render item, click the plus (+) sign to the left of the Output To heading of the last output module for the render item.
• To remove an output module from a render item, click the minus (-) sign to the left of the Output To heading of the output module.
• To add a new output module with default settings to selected render items, choose Composition > Add Output Module.
• To duplicate selected output modules, press Ctrl+D (Windows) or Command+D (Mac OS).

For information on using controls in the ColorManagement area of the Output Module Settings dialog box, see Assignan output color profile.

Specifies the format for the output file or sequence of files.

Specifies whether to include information in the output file thatlinks to the source After Effects project. When you open the outputfile in another application, such as Adobe Premiere Pro, you canuse the Edit Original command to edit the source project in AfterEffects.

Specifies whether to include XMP metadata in the output filefrom the files used as sources for the rendered composition. XMP metadatacan travel all the way through After Effects from source files,to footage items, to compositions, to rendered and exported files.For all default output module templates, Include Source XMP Metadatais deselected by default. (See ExportingXMP metadata from After Effects.)

Specifies an action for After Effects to perform after the compositionis rendered. (See Post-renderactions.)

Opens a dialog box in which you specify format-specific options.

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The output channels contained in the output movie. After Effects creates a movie with an alpha channel if you choose RGB+Alpha, implying a depth of Millions of Colors+. Not all codecs support alpha channels.

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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. Certain formatsmay limit depth and color settings.

Specifies how colors are created with the alpha channel.Choose from either Premultiplied (Matted) or Straight (Unmatted).(See Alphachannel interpretation: premultiplied or straight.)

Specifies the number for the starting frame of a sequence.For example, if this option is set to 38, After Effects names thefirst frame [file_name]_00038. The Use Comp FrameNumber option adds the starting frame number in the work area tothe starting frame of the sequence.

Specifies the size of your output movie. Select Lock AspectRatio To if you want to retain the existing frame aspect ratio whenresizing the frame. Select Low Resize Quality when rendering tests,and select High Resize Quality when creating a final movie. (See Scalinga movie down and Scalinga movie up.)

Used to subtract or add rows or columns of pixels to the edges of the output movie. You can specify the number of rows or columns of pixels to be added or subtracted from the top, left, bottom, and right sides of the movie. Use positive values to crop, and use negative values to add rows or columns of pixels. Select Region Of Interest to export only the region of interest selected in the Composition or Layer panel. (See Region of interest (ROI).)

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By adding one row of pixels to the top and subtracting one row from the bottom of a movie, you can change the field order.

Specifies the sample rate, sample depth (8 Bits or 16 Bits), and playback format (Mono or Stereo). Choose a sample rate that corresponds to the capability of the output format. Choose an 8-bit sample depth for playback on the computer, and a 16-bit sample depth for CD and digital audio playback or for hardware that supports 16-bit playback.

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The specifications for some formats impose limits on audio parameters. In such cases, audio options may be unavailable for modification in the Output Module Settings dialog box. Also, audio options for some formats are set in the export settings dialog box for that format. For example, to set audio output options for Windows Media, click Format Options in the Output Module Settings dialog box.

Some formats enforce constraints on frame dimensions and frame rate.

If you choose such a constrained output format, and your composition, its render settings, or its output module settings don’t match the constraints, then After Effects shows a yellow warning icon and the message “Settings mismatch” at the bottom of the Output Module Settings dialog box.

Click the warning icon to see a detailed message that describes how the output file will be modified to meet the format constraints. You can go back and change composition settings, render settings, and output module settings if you don't want After Effects to make the changes automatically in the output module.

For more information about output module constraints and the warnings for mismatches in frame rate, dimensions, and pixel aspect ratio, see the Adobe website.

Compression is essential for reducing the size of moviesso that they can be stored, transmitted, and played back effectively.Compression is achieved by an encoder; decompression is achievedby a decoder. Encoders and decoders are known by the common term codec.No single codec or set of settings is best for all situations. Forexample, the best codec for compressing cartoon animation is generallynot efficient for compressing live-action video. Similarly, thebest codec for playback over a slow network connection is generallynot the best codec for an intermediate stage in a production workflow.For information on planning your work with final output in mind,see Planningyour work.

After Effects uses an embedded version of the Adobe Media Encoderto encode most movie formats through the Render Queue panel. Whenyou manage render and export operations with the Render Queue panel,the embedded version of the Adobe Media Encoder is called automatically.The Adobe Media Encoder appears only in the form of the export settingsdialog boxes with which you specify some encoding and output settings.

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The embedded version of the Adobe Media Encoder used to manage export settings within After Effects output modules does not provide all the features of the full, stand-alone Adobe Media Encoder application. For information about the full, stand-alone Adobe Media Encoder application, see Adobe Media Encoder Help.

For most output formats, you can specify format-specific encoding and compression options. In many cases, a dialog box opens and presents these options when you choose a format to export to or click the Format Options button in the Output Module settings dialog box. (See Output modules and output module settings.)

QuickTime (MOV) encoding and compressionsettings

In the Render Queue panel, click theunderlined name of the output module.
In the QuickTime Options dialog box, choose a codec andset options according to the specific codec and your needs:
A higher Quality setting produces better image quality butresults in a bigger movie file.
In QuickTime terminology, the term key frames refersto something different from the change-over-time keyframes placedin the After Effects Timeline panel. In QuickTime, key frames areframes that occur at regular intervals in the movie. During compression,they are stored as complete frames. Each intermediate frame thatseparates them is compared to the previous frame, and only changeddata is stored. Using key frames greatly reduces movie size and greatlyincreases the memory required to edit and render a movie. Shorter intervalsbetween key frames enable faster seeking and reverse playback, but cansignificantly increase the size of the file.
Some codecs allow for frames to be encoded and decoded out of order for more efficient storage.
Note: For more information on QuickTime, see the Apple website.
Specify other settings in the Output Module Settingsdialog box.

You can use post-render actions to automatesimple tasks that occur after a composition is rendered.

Acommon example of the use of post-render actions is with pre-rendering: ChoosingComposition > Pre-render adds the selected composition to therender queue and sets the Post-Render Action option to Import &Replace Usage.

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You choose Post-Render Action options inthe Output Module group, so be aware that changing the Output Moduletemplate could also change the Post-Render Action option. (See Outputmodules and output module settings.)

Expand the Output Module group in the Render Queuepanel by clicking the arrow to the left of the Output Module heading.

Choose one of the following from the Post-Render Actionmenu:

Performs no post-render action. This option is the default.

Imports the rendered file into the project as a footage itemwhen the rendering is complete.

Imports the rendered file into the project and substitutes it for the specified item. Drag the pick whip to the item to replace in the Project panel to specify it.

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Use the Import & Replace Usage option to create a chain of dependent render items. For example, you can set one render item to use a watch folder and multiple computers to create a still-image sequence, and then the next render item can render a single movie file from that still-image sequence. (See Network rendering with watch folders and render engines.)

Sets the rendered file as a proxy for the specified item.Drag the pick whip to the item in the Project panel item to specifyit.

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