Where is the render error log kept?

[Frederic Lumiere]

Hi Todd,

I received a message that errors occurred in my render (missing frames because of multiprocessing) but no link to a log file appeared in the render settings. I selected to log ‘errors only’.

Is this a bug or am I missing something?

[Shayan Khaliq]

Todd Kopriva is a robot, and only replies back with the same text he’s originally posted. He doesnt seem to have the ability to respond to new queries being asked within the same thread, he will continue to respond with the same text. 1 Dimensional, yes. Helpful, not really.

[Glo Butane]

So do I change Log: to Plus Per Frame info then re-render to get the error log on Mac OS X?

[David Aldridge]

reviving an old post here… Question 1…..I get the same error… a failed frame due to multiple frames render settings etc. The question is – AE says it switcthed from background to foreground rendering at frame 123, … does this mean the render is good? who cares ultimately for this specific render if it was accomplished back or foreground, worry about setting next render.

Comment 1…..as for log file location – it appears that AE creates a log folder in the same folder location as your project and names the log file the same name as your project with a bunch of log goobiloo junk appended to the file name…. nose around in the project folder. This might be useful if you already closed out the render files in AE render queue and can not get to the screen shot information shown above. NOTE, I just happened to set my render file out file to the same folder as my project…. so I may have established this folder location when I did that… either look in the render folder location if you created one somewhere else other than the root project drive/folder… or look in the root project folder/file location.

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[James Poulakos]

Very helpful for me today–thanks Creative Cow members!

I could not find where AE CS6 stored a render log on my Mac. This thread led me to it.

I changed the (default?) option of logging errors only. I can see that option in the Render Queue panel, when I expand the Render Settings for a video in the queue. The panel does not show where the log is stored on a Mac, however. Todd Kopriva’s post appears to be mistaken, at least where AE CS6 on Mac is concerned.

I changed it to Plus Per Frame Info. Now I can make quick render comparisons to help me budget my render time better. Nice!