User Guide

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Rendering a Movie
Changing render settings
The Render Queue window displays the current render settings—either default settings or
settings you made when you created the composition. You can change these settings or
override the settings for all layers or compositions.
When you set the quality and resolution of a composition while editing, it does not neces-
sarily change the quality or resolution of compositions nested within it. When rendering,
you can have After Effects automatically adjust the settings of all layers and compositions
in your final rendered item.
You can change render settings in the Render Queue window by clicking the underlined
render settings template name or by selecting a render settings template from the Render
Settings pop-up menu. Several basic templates are provided. Use the Draft Settings
template for reviewing motion or for testing. The Best Settings template works well for
final rendering. To use the composition’s current settings, use the Current Settings
template.
To change render settings, click the underlined settings name. These settings affect the
composition and all nested compositions. The Render Settings dialog box has the
following options:
Quality Determines the quality setting for all layers.
Resolution Determines the size and clarity of the rendered composition, relative to the
original composition dimensions.
Note: When rendering at reduced resolution, set the Quality option to Draft. Rendering at
Best quality while reducing resolution does not produce a clear image and takes longer to
render than rendering at draft quality.
Proxy Use Determines whether proxies will be used when rendering. Current Settings
uses the settings for each item.
Effects Determines which effects are enabled for the rendered composition. You can
choose to use current settings or to turn all effects on or off. If you select All On, all applied
effects are used in a composition or a layer. If you select All Off, all effects for the compo-
sition are disabled.
Frame Blending Determines the frame blending settings for all layers. Use On for
Checked Layers to render frame blending only for layers with frame blending enabled in
the Switches panel in the Timeline window, regardless of the composition’s Enable Frame
Blending setting. See “Using frame blending” on page 150.
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