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ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 5.0
User Guide
If you’re running a Windows system, you can also launch After Effects in watch-folder
mode using a command-line option. Choose Start > Run, type "C:\Program
Files\Adobe\After Effects\afterfx.exe" -wf C:\temp (adjust the application path as needed
to reflect the exact folder name where you installed After Effects, and replace C:\temp with
the path to your watch folder), and press Enter. You can also use this command line in
batch files.
Using multiple machines to render plug-in effects (PB only)
When a composition contains layers that use a plug-in effect, the plug-in that created the
effect must be present on all of the machines that will render the composition.
When you install an After Effects render engine on a machine, it contains all the plug-ins
included with the After Effects Production Bundle. If a composition uses a plug-in from
another manufacturer, that plug-in must be present on all machines that will render the
composition. However, support for network rendering varies among plug-in manufac-
turers. Before you set up a network to render effects created by third-party plug-ins, see
your plug-in’s documentation or contact the plug-in manufacturer and get answers to the
following questions:
• Does the plug-in’s license agreement allow installing multiple copies on a network for
the purposes of rendering?
• Are there any other limitations or tips that apply to using that plug-in for network
rendering?
Working with overflow volumes
A situation in which After Effects reaches a disk space limit while rendering a composition
is called an overflow. Specify this limit for Minimum Diskspace Before Overflowing in the
Output Preferences dialog box. When After Effects overflows a volume, the resulting files
go into a folder on the root of the next volume in the After Effects Overflows list. You can
specify multiple volumes to which rendered compositions can be directed.
Overflow behavior occurs in the following instances:
• A drive fills up. In this case, After Effects tries the next drive on the Preferences list.
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