Export or pre render- and another question

[Michael Szalapski]

“What is the difference between exporting and pre-rendering?”

Exporting in AE is rendering. So there is really no difference. Prerendering is simply rendering a lossless file and replacing the item in the AE timeline with the rendered file.

“also, how do i export a section of the timeline?”

Set your work area to the section you want to render and make sure in your render settings that you have it set to render work area only.

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[Adam Chesbrough]

I want to export four seperate clips on the same timeline via the render que. I move the in out section over those clips and add to render que, make sure that the setting is “work area only” but all that is rendered is where the in/out section is currently placed within the composition (hope this makes sense). I am definitely doing something simple incorrectly. Any advice? Thanks

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[Adam Chesbrough]

Thanks, thought there might have been a solution on a single timeline, oh well.

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