User Guide

CHAPTER 12
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Rendering a Movie
Working in the Render Queue window
You can place multiple items in the render queue. When rendering is complete, each item
remains in the queue with its status changed to Done until you remove it. You cannot
render a completed item again, but you can duplicate it to create a new item in the queue
with the same settings or with new settings you specify.
To add compositions to the queue:
Drag the composition from the Project window to the Render Queue window, or make
sure that the composition is selected and choose Composition > Make Movie or
Composition > Add to Render Queue.
To remove render items from the render queue:
Select the composition in the Render Queue window and press Delete or choose
Edit > Clear.
To rearrange render items in the render queue:
Drag the composition up or down the queue. A heavy black line appears between compo-
sitions, indicating where the composition will be placed.
To pause rendering:
Click the Pause button.
Note: While the rendering process is paused, you will not be able to change settings or use After
Effects in any other way, but you can use other applications.
To stop rendering:
Click the Stop button.
Note: If you stop the rendering process, the item you stopped is assigned the status User
Stopped, and a new item with the status of Needs Output is added to the render queue and set
to resume rendering at the first unrendered frame.
To rerender a render item with the same or different settings:
1 In the Render Queue window, select the render item.
2 Do one of the following:
• To render with the same filename, choose Edit > Duplicate with Filename.
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