first foray into networked rendering…any advice appreciated.

[Joe Procopio]

so i got the multimachine render going…now trying to get the automated QT creation happening…when i drag the comp a second time, go to render settings: custom: use all proxies… and then in output moule, i select my particular codec, yes? DVCPro 1080i as this would have it.

what system actually creates the QT?

Broadway Video, NYC
AVID/FCP editor/engineer

[Joe Procopio]

last question I hope…

when I collect files, I choose all, can i just copy the files for that particular comp, or if there are many comps using the same media, can I just point them all to the same folder?

in other words, what is the best way to handle working with multiple comps and the same media?

Broadway Video, NYC
AVID/FCP editor/engineer

[Joe Procopio]

one more last question…how does it deal with audio?

Broadway Video, NYC
AVID/FCP editor/engineer

[Jan Sherlink]

There’s no “linking all comps” to the same media.

Queue the comps that need to be rendered (the automated QT renders also)
When collecting select “Queued comps” and reduce project;
If you have 20 comps and only 10 queued, AE will only collect the 10 queued comps and the media it needs. (you’ll see the amount of Megabytes changing when you do this)

After rendering the Image-Seq, the first computer that’s free will start rendering the Quicktime.
You can’t select wich computer it will be !
You can select whatever codec you want, but all Computers in the network should have that codec installed.

Since the Image-Seq is used as a proxy, and can’t contain audio, your final QT won’t contain audio either.
2 solutions:
– Use QT-Pro to “add” audio
– Queue Comp1
Set Comp1 to render as Image-Seq + Set Proxy post render
Drag Comp1 into a new comp (Comp2) and add the audio as a second layer.
Queue Comp2 with Use all proxys

cya,

Jan