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aerender.exe issue. CS3 -want to batch render
Hi there.
I have a bunch of after effects project files, all full of various comps. I want to render one comp from each project, as an uncompressed .AVI
So I figured there must be a way to batch this operation so I can go home and make dinner and leave the PC to it.
After looking in the AE help I came across aerender.exe (which is in the adobe cs3 support files folder). It’s a command line style program for, it seems, automated rendering / batching.
Any way – cut to the chase. When I double click it or enter the path in Start/Run, I just get the program appearing for a split second then disappearing… not very helpful!
I’m not scared of using a command line type program, but I would be surprised that there isn’t a more user friendly method…
Maybe there is and I am missing it.. any suggestions? and anyone know why aerender.exe wouldn’t open?
I’m on XP 32bit, CS3.
John
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Thanks Dave,
I think the reason I didn’t do that is because I didn’t want to import lots of big projects into the one I was working on. Each project uses a lot of fairly high res images, and duplicated material. So I thought it would be messy, and may make my PC respond slowly.
But thinking about it, I could create a new blank project and use that to import all my comps into, then it doesn’t matter if it does crash due to all the material.
aerender.exe still refuses to stay open for more than a split second though :S
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adobe media encoder will do what you are looking for (pick a project, pick a comp from that project to render then add it to a queue…
however i don’t believe it shipped with cs3 (comes with cs4 though).
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
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Hi John,
Just for your reference, when you call aerender.exe without passing any parameters, it will print a message on how to use it and then immediately quit.
Instead of running aerender.exe from Start > Run, run “cmd” instead. In the command line, launch aerender.exe and it will explain its usage.
Walter Soyka, Principal
Keen Live, Inc.
Presentation, Motion Graphics & Widescreen Design
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Adobe says aerender -help
I found this: https://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/8.0/help.html?content=WS8A8CD670-4A72-4fb5-AE8E-CB9E232EC0B5.html
and tested it but cmd doesn’t know where aerender is and a full path is needed for it to run. Since the full path (C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe After Effects CS4Support Filesaerender.exe – the default location for a Windows installation) contains a long file directory name, you can’t supply a full path string in the command window and instead will have to traverse directories to place yourself in the correct dir first, then type the above.
If you are not an avid user of old DOS commands this can be a little tough so you may need some help. Just holler.
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All the back slashes in the navigation string were stripped upon posting but you can easily see where you’ll need to navigate to by using My Computer or Explorer. -
Thanks everyone.
The fact that I have never used Run/CMD before shows my age!
From this I will be able to start learning about the aerender.exe , I’m sure one day it will come in very handy.
Ta
John -
Hi
I’m having this exact problem at the moment trying to launch aerender. It wont launch by double clicking the source file (only appears for a fraction of a second)and I can’t work out how to launch it in the command prompt.
Please can someone let me know how launch aerender as it’s driving me mad!!???
Many Thanks
Dave -
Hi,
You can try to start aerender.exe from the Command Line by clicking on:
Start > Run > cmdNow navigate to your AE folder:
cd c:Program FilesAdobeAdobe After Effects CS5Support FilesType aerender -h OR aerender to get the help.
Cheers,
Michael
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