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User Guide
Field Render Determines the field-rendering technique used for the rendered compo-
sition. Choose Off if you are rendering for film or for display on a computer screen. For
information on determining field order, see “Field-rendering considerations” on page 360
and “Testing the field-rendering order” on page 387. For general information on fields, see
online Help and “Using interlaced video in After Effects” on page 85.
3:2 Pulldown Determines the phase of 3:2 pulldown introduction. See “Introducing 3:2
pulldown” on page 363.
Motion Blur Determines when motion blur is applied. Use On for Checked Layers to
render motion blur only for layers with motion blur enabled in the Switches panel in the
Timeline window, regardless of the composition’s Enable Motion Blur setting. See online
Help. Shutter angle affects the amount of Motion Blur. Select Override Shutter Angle if
you don’t want After Effects to use the shutter angle selected in the Composition Settings
dialog box, and specify a different shutter angle. For more information on how shutter
angle affects motion blur, see “Adjusting the shutter angle for motion blur” on page 152.
Use Storage Overflow Determines whether rendering continues when the first assigned
storage volume overflows. If this option isn’t selected, rendering stops when the first
assigned volume reaches capacity. See “Working with overflow volumes” on page 383.
Time Span Indicates how much of the composition is being rendered. To render the
entire composition, choose Length of Comp. To render only the part of your composition
indicated by the work-area markers, choose Work Area Only. To render a custom time
span, choose Custom or simply click Set, type timecodes in Start, End, and Duration, and
then click OK.
Frame Rate Determines the sampling frame rate used to render the composition. Select
Use Comp’s Frame Rate to use the frame rate specified in the Composition Settings dialog
box, or select Use this Frame Rate to type in a different frame rate. The actual frame rate
of the composition is unchanged.
Skip Existing Files When this option is selected, you can rerender part of a sequence of
files without wasting time on previously rendered frames. When rendering a sequence of
files, After Effects locates files that are part of the current sequence, identifies the missing
frames, and then renders only those frames, inserting them where they belong in the
sequence. You can also use this option to render single-frame sequences on multiple
systems.
Note: The current sequence must have the same name as the existing sequence, and the
starting frame number, frame rate, and time span must be the same.
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