why aescript takes longer to render?

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why aescript takes longer to render?

Posted by Julien-robert Legault salvail on September 7, 2016 at 1:22 am

I’m using aescript to automize the import of movies, put some effects and render them.

When I trigger the render with aescript, it takes approximately 33 sec but when I manually trigger the render, it takes about 10 sec.

Could somebody tell what’s wrong with aescript and if there is any workaround?

AE 2015 13.5, 10.11.6

This is my script:

{

//path du dossier de travail
var path = “/Users/jrls/Projets locaux/installation FITC Topo/installation-travail/”;
var pathRender=”/Users/jrls/Projets locaux/installation FITC Topo/clips/”; //pour tester localement
//var pathRender=”/Volumes/macpro-installation/Desktop/installation/fichiers/clips/”;

//chercher le nom du nouveau fichier vidéo

var curDoc=new File(path+”nouveau.txt”);

curDoc.open(“r”);
var nomfichier=curDoc.readln();
curDoc.close();

var fichiervideo=nomfichier+”.mov”;

// create project (if necessary)

var proj = app.project;
// if(!proj) proj = app.newProject();
proj = app.newProject();

//importer les fichiers

var io = new ImportOptions(File(path+fichiervideo));
if (io.canImportAs(ImportAsType.FOOTAGE));
io.importAs = ImportAsType.FOOTAGE;

monmovie = app.project.importFile(io);
monmovie.name = “MyFoorage”;

io=new ImportOptions(File(path+”reference.png”));
if (io.canImportAs(ImportAsType.FOOTAGE));
io.importAs = ImportAsType.FOOTAGE;

lareference=app.project.importFile(io);
lareference.name=”reference”;

// aller voir les propriétés du film

//var monmovie = app.project.activeItem;
var compL=monmovie.duration;
var nom=monmovie.name;
var compW=monmovie.width;
var compH=monmovie.height;

// create new comp named ‘my comp’

var compRate = 30; // comp frame rate

var myItemCollection = app.project.items;
var myComp = myItemCollection.addComp(nom +”_difference”,compW,compH,1,compL*4,compRate);

var nouveauLayer2 = myComp.layers.add(lareference);
var nouveauLayer = myComp.layers.add(monmovie);

nouveauLayer2.enabled=false;

// ajouter effets

effet = nouveauLayer.property(“Effects”).addProperty(“Masquage par différence”);
effet = nouveauLayer.property(“Effects”)(“Masquage par différence”)(“Calque de masquage”).setValue(2);
effet = nouveauLayer.property(“Effects”)(“Masquage par différence”)(“Lissage”).setValue(5);
effet = nouveauLayer.property(“Effects”)(“Masquage par différence”)(“Flou préalable”).setValue(2);
effet = nouveauLayer.property(“Effects”)(“Masquage par différence”)(“Tolérance”).setValue(0);

effet = nouveauLayer.property(“Effects”).addProperty(“Luminosité et contraste”);
effet = nouveauLayer.property(“Effects”)(“Luminosité et contraste”)(“Luminosité”).setValue(40);

// effet = nouveauLayer.property(“Effects”).addProperty(“CC Time blend”);
// effet = nouveauLayer.property(“Effects”)(“CC Time Blend”)(“Accumulation”).setValue(.90);

// composition principale

var compPrinc = myItemCollection.addComp(nom,compW,compH,1,compL*4,compRate);
var nouveauLayer = compPrinc.layers.add(myComp);
//stretch=nouveauLayer.stretch=400;

nouveauLayer.property(“Effects”).addProperty(“Déformation temporelle”)(“Vitesse”).setValue(25);

//fade-in fade-out
nouveauLayer.opacity.setValueAtTime(0,0);
nouveauLayer.opacity.setValueAtTime(2,100);

nouveauLayer.opacity.setValueAtTime(18,100);
nouveauLayer.opacity.setValueAtTime(20,0);

theRender = app.project.renderQueue.items.add(compPrinc);
app.project.renderQueue.item(1).outputModule(1).file=new File(pathRender+nomfichier+”_traite.mov”);
app.project.renderQueue.item(1).outputModules[1].applyTemplate(“animation+”);

//préparer le watch folder
var myFolder = new Folder(path+”process”+nomfichier);
myFolder.create();

/*
var doc=new File(path+”/process”+nomfichier+”/process”+nomfichier+”_RCF.txt”);
doc.open(“w”);
doc.write(“After Effects 13.2v1 Render Control File\rmax_machines=5\rnum_machines=0\rinit=0\rhtml_init=0\rhtml_name=\”\””);
doc.close();
*/
//sauver le projet dans le watchfolder de After-effect

var myQueue = app.project.renderQueue // Creates a shortcut for the Render Queue.

// Start rendering.
myQueue.render();

proj.save(File(path+ escape(“/process”+nomfichier+”/process”+nomfichier+”.aep”)));

}

Julien-robert Legault salvail replied 9 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
2 Replies

Walter Soyka
September 7, 2016 at 2:24 pm

Confirming — have you cleared the cache in between tests? It’s not a fair comparison if one render is able to read cached frames and the other is not.

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Julien-robert Legault salvail
September 7, 2016 at 7:56 pm

Thanks Walter.

Just did the test and making sure I cleared all the cache before (even started the project from scratch) and it’s a bit slower, 15 sec instead of 10 sec. But still 2 times faster than with the script…

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