After Effects Guru: Work Faster and Boost Performance

Introduction

• Welcome
• Exercise files

1. Render Settings and Output Modules

• Using render settings templates
• Creating custom render settings templates
• Sharing render settings templates
• Using output module templates
• Creating custom output module templates
• Sharing output module templates
• Setting the default render and output settings
• Using multiple output modules
• Render with transparency

2. Rendering with Adobe Media Encoder (AME)

• Sending items to AME for background rendering
• Creating custom output templates
• Advice for working with Adobe Media Encoder

3. Controlling RAM

• Setting RAM usage
• Controlling cache size
• Purging RAM
• Using performance disk cache
• Checking processor and RAM details

4. Controlling Disk and Media Cache

• Using a disk cache
• Choosing the right drive for your cache
• The role of conformed media cache
• Cleaning the media cache database and drives periodically

5. Effective Preview Strategies

• Creating RAM previews
• Saving RAM previews
• Setting the work area
• Using the region of interest

6. Strategies That Impact Render Time

• Controlling composition settings
• Adjusting motion blur
• Using proxy files
• Use adjustment layers
• Collecting files
• Render and email
• Re-rendering
• Including a project link
• Post-render actions
• Render and replace dynamic linked compositions

7. Creating a Render Farm

• What is network rendering?
• Setting up a watch folder
• Creating a still image sequence with multiple machines

Conclusion

• Next steps