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After Effects provides Render Setting and Output Module templates specifically for this
environment. You can use custom After Effects render and output templates if you wish,
but the output must be an image sequence. After Effects stores its custom template
information in ~/Library/Preferences/Adobe After Effects 6.5 Prefs/. If you would like to
use your custom Render Setting and Output Module templates in the cluster, copy this
file to the same location on each node in the cluster. Then you can specify your templates
when using the -RStemplate or -OMtemplate options.
Optionally, you can use Notification and Set Environment before you submit. Notification
is email notification: Enter an email address and SMTP server, and you will be notified
about the completion of your batch and its status. Use Set Environment to define variables
on a per-batch basis. For more information, see Setting Environment Variables in
Apple Qmaster.
Note: Apple Qmaster does not currently support SMTP servers that require authentication.
Using Apple Qmaster to Submit UNIX Commands
You can use Apple Qmaster for distributed processing of any UNIX commands, including
any application that can be operated from the command line. Apple Qmaster provides
a convenient way to issue commands, shortening the amount of typing you need to do
by providing an interface for the global parts of the command.
To distribute UNIX command batches with Apple Qmaster
1 Open Compressor and choose Apple Qmaster > Create Rendering Jobs.
Apple Qmaster opens.
2 Enter a name for the batch in the “Batch name” field. (This is the name that appears in
Share Monitor.)
3 Choose Shell from the Command pop-up menu.
Choose Shell from
this pop-up menu.
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