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    aerender with CMD on windows

    Posted by Sarah Schela on October 22, 2019 at 9:08 am

    Hi everyone,

    I would like to start an AE rendering of image sequences through the CMD Command Prompt on Windows (I know how to use it in Terminal on Mac)

    I typed in lines like

    .\aerender -project “projectfile.aep”

    or

    aerender -project “projectfile.aep”

    or using “aerender.exe” instead but nothing seems to work.

    It always says -> ‘aerender’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

    What am I doing wrong?
    Can anyone help me on this?

    Any help appreciated. Thanks.

    Sarah Schela replied 6 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Walter Soyka

    October 22, 2019 at 9:54 am

    You need to either run the command from the After Effects program directory, or you need to provide the complete path to aerender.exe on the command line:

    "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2019\Support Files\aerender.exe" -project "D:\My Great After Effects Projects\projectfile.aep"

    Walter Soyka
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  • Sarah Schela

    October 22, 2019 at 11:02 pm

    Thanks a lot for the swift reply!
    Helps a lot! I figured out the path things too…!

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