render vs pre-render

[Tom Daigon]

Thanks you Alex that was great.

Now tell me why you do this. It seems this method avoids having me physically importing the AE rendered movie and dropping on the timeline.

What are the other benefits?

Tom Daigon
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[Alex Udell]

Well…that is the benefit….

it’s the same single stream performance you are looking for without the extra media juggling and/or enabling/disabling your dynamic link comp.

timeline tidy, capabilities of dynamic link maintained…

media organized however you like on the drive however you like.

it just feels like it makes the process a little more tidy….

but again nothing wrong with your way….it’s SOP for many folks….including the way I worked for a long time….

Alex Udell
Editing, Motion Graphics, and Visual FX

[Tom Daigon]

Got it! I reread your previous post for clarification. It is quite an ingenious work flow.

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.7.3
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digital / Areca 8tb. raid
Kona 3

[Jonny Webb]

THanks alot for the detailed workflow. This is exactly what i wanted to hear about for a long time. I’m going to give it a try and see if it suits my current tasks.
THnaks again, J

++ As we’re all here, i guess we’re not all there ++

[Juan Manuel]

That’s a good workflow. Would it still re-render the AE comp at the time of the final render or does it use the proxy, thus avoiding rendering it twice?