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Command line/Batch Control of AE
Hi,
Is there a way of integrating AE smoothly into a pipeline with some form of pre/post render tasks? I see there are some javascript things that can be written, but they seem overly complex when all I really want to do is kick off another program when AE finishes.
You see, when I render out a whole bunch of AVI’s, I want to basically copy the files into another folder where they will be automatically converted into another form by another program. Currently I can’t see any way you can get AE to do anything once it finishes the render (except for sending an email etc via those scripts).
Is there a way that AE can be launched via a command line passing it the project to render, maybe? Then I could write a .BAT file that calls AE, then copies the finished files to the new location, then calls the conversion program to pick up from there? That would even work. Unless someone knows how to make the Post-Render thing more useful.
Cheers
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Lev,
I’m a computer science student and I am currently writing a render management program that I can give to you. (It is still a little buggy and not quite done) This standalone program can be used to make a queue of what I call “tasks.” Some of these tasks include, rendering an After Effects comp, rendering a scene from Maya or Lightwave, opening an .exe, copying a folder etc. The program allows you to create tasks and put them in a list in the order you want them to be executed. Then you press the “execute” button and the computer does the work for you. For instance, you could easily set the program up so it renders a few comps from various After Effects projects, renderes a maya scene, copies all of the renders to a folder, and then opens photoshop. If you (or anyone else)want some more info drop me an email at
cbraley11 (at) gmail.com~Colin
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