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After Effects CS4 on Mac Render Problem
I run After Effects on iMac / Mac OS X 10.5.2 / Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz / 2 GB SDRAM
Sometimes (and it’s common) when I render a composition it finnishes sucessfuly. But when I play the file whitch were rendered some layers (not everyone) simply desappeared.
I do: Cmd + RAM Preview and save a RAW file, and it’s ok.
But AE shouldn’t work like this. Does anyone have the same problem?
!iPedroMac!
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it wouldn’t be normal for ae to omit layers for a render, and i think i have heard of this happening, you might try a search of the ae forum for recent posts (last 3 months).
also make sure you have the latest updates for ae, there was at least one update for ae9.0 (cs4)… and i know it fixed several bugs. it may be that those layers are using an effect or something that was buggy and is causing the layers not to render.
also, just to make sure…. those layers are not set as ‘guide’ layers… you can set layers to be used as guides (menu>layers>guide layer). they will show up in previews, but not in final renders.
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW -
All render settings are factory standard.
!iPedroMac!
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the factory default for preview renders would be to have motion blur and frame blending disabled and to have opengl enabled.
the factory default for a render would be to have motion blur and frame blending enabled and opengl disabled.
since motion blur and frame blending are set for individual layers in the timeline, if some of your missing layers had either of those enabled, it might account for the different renders. likewise, opengl acceleration only works on certain effects and a few features like 3d, blending modes and motion blur. if some of your missing layers used opengl accelerated features this could also account for discrepancies between a preview and a render…
however, despite the differences between preview and render settings, ae should render all layers in both a preview and a render, unless a layer is defined as a guide layer. select a layer (or layers) that did not render and from the menu choose layer and make sure that ‘guide’ does not have a check by it. if it does, then choose ‘guide’ and it will uncheck that option.
also, make sure you have the latest version of cs4. choose after effects>about after effects. the latest version is 9.0.1 (my mac version reads 9.0.1.51), this may be a bug that has been fixed… if it doesn’t help, then you should post your problem on adobe’s after effects forum to see what they have to say about it.
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW -
GUIDE LAYER!!
thank you, this solved my problem…one layer not rendering but appearing in preview. pulling my hair out. I don’t know how it got to be a guide layer since I’ve never used one. Must have leaned on the keyboard 🙂
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