Cs 6 render only on farm

Hey,
I can't get CS 6 to render on the farm after I installed AE CC. I did put the text file in place as described here, but this did not work:
o enable non-royalty bearing mode, place a blank file named ae_render_only_node.txt into one of the following locations, depending on the user account type:��
Install After Effects on the render-only machine.
Place a blank file named ae_render_only_node.txt into one of the following locations, depending on the user account type:
Mac locations:/Users/<username>/Documents//Users/Shared/Adobe/
Windows locations:C:\Users\<username>\DocumentsC:\Users\Public\Documents\Adobe
What am I missing?!?!

I'm running windows 7 pro 64 bit

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AFX CS6 Render Only (windows)

I am having trouble in getting the non-royalty bearing mode to work on our farm.
Instructions say
Place a blank file named ae_render_only_node.txt into one of the following locations, depending on the user account type:
Windows locations:
C:\Users\<username>\Documents
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Adobe
However neither of these locations exist. the closest i can find are
C:\Users\<username>\My Documents \Adobe
C:\Users\Public\My Documents
But placing the ae_render_only_node.txt file in these locations, does not work.
How do i get this render only version to work?
~Node spec~
AFX cs6
windows 7
26 GB RAM
12 core proccessor

Hi,
it could be that network is using a roaming profile.
login as local machine administrator (machine_name\administrator) -> ensure the administrator account has a local profile. This can be found control panel -> system -> advanced -> user profile (select the local admin account and make sure the local profile is selected).
double check to make sure the node is running windows 7 is running SP1 (can check computer -> properties)
go to the cmd prompt (windows icon -> in search box -> cmd.exe)
at command prompt
md %Public%\Documents\Adobe
notepad %PUBLIC%\Documents\Adobe\ae_render_only_node.txt -> it will ask if you want to create the file, answer yes, then get save & exit notepad
download/install trial version of After Effects CS6 -> select try it option during install.
after AE CS6 is installed, run bridge & select help -> updates (this will get all the fixes for after effects).
Hope it helps
edited for roaming profile & profile info.

Installing render only version on offline machines Mk2

Hi there,
I need to install AE CC on 10 blade servers, but there doesn't seem to be a way of doing this withou doing it through the CC app.
There seems to be no sign of AE CC as a standalone app.
And no-one seems to be answering on this forum.
Can I take it then that this isn't possible?
Would it not be possible to create a standalone version of AE which is render only, and doesn't need to be installed via the CC app.
It's the ONLY CC app that works like this...
Would make it a lot easier for render farms and thus serious post work....

OK, I'm going to break this down a bit, because I can't get it to work..
We need some more steps here. This is not as simple as advertised...
Creative Cloud Packager for Creative Cloud Teams and Creative Cloud Enterprise
You do not need to follow the instructions above if you are deploying After Effects CC as part of a multi-seat license, Creative Cloud Teams or Creative Cloud Enterprise. Instead, use the Creative Cloud Packager (CCP) to deploy the software.
Er. So I managed to download and install CCP.
In this case, create the ae_render_only_node.txt file before deployment:
1. Create the ae_render_only_node.txt file as described here, and use CCP to set the destination for this file.
So.... rewind a second.. How do you add this?
The CCP downloads a fresh copy of AE, and makes a CCP installer out of it automatically.
How would one create a package containing the .txt file?
Where is the option to include this file?
There's no option to do this.
2. Deploy After Effects CC using Creative Cloud Packager.
OK. So how do I do that?
From the admin machine or the client machine?
If I copy the package onto the client machine, it needs CCP to install it.... which requires internet access.
Or do I do it from the admin machine... which I can't at the moment, because it's not seeing the client machine on the network....
(I should say at this point that C4d TeamRender is working using the same network, and was super-easy to set up...)
So then I go here....
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/packager/creative-cloud-packager.html
If you are a Creative Cloud for teams customer, download Adobe Creative Cloud Packager from the Team Admin Portal in Adobe Creative Cloud.
OK. That was easy. Got it.
Using Creative Cloud Packager, you create Windows and/or Mac OS packages (MSI or PKG files) and then using any third-party deployment tool that supports the deployment of native installers (for example Microsoft SCCM, Apple ARD, or JAMF Casper Suite) deploy them to client machines.
OK. That's not so easy. Can't I just make something I can copy onto the client machines?
Note:
It is recommended that Creative Cloud Packager should not be installed on a system where one or more Creative Suite products or Creative Cloud Manager products have been installed.
OK. That's not really possible as I don't have a spare machine just to make Adobe packages.
But made something anyway...Made sure I'd quit out of CC....
It's made a folder called RenderNode.
Copied it onto the client machine via my SAN.
Opened it up on the client machine.
There's another folder called 'Build' (looks promising...)
Hey.... there's a file called 'RenderNode' which is what I called the package. And it's a Windows installer..
Double-click..... and.......
'Please wait while Windows configures RenderNode.'
OK..... and waiting......and waiting......and waiting......and waiting......and waiting......and waiting......
Looks like this is going nowhere... Giving up......
I'm sure I'm doing something wrong here.
But this is like 10 times more complicated than the previous way of doing things...
Which in itself involves the .txt kludgey thing.
Wouldn't it just be lovely if there was a nice self-contained downloadable render-only app that you could just install?
Surely it wouldn't be that hard?

After Effects CC Output Modules on Render Only Machines

Hi there, I'm having an issue with custom Output Module Templates and my renderfarm:
After Effects CC 12.0.0.404 (showing as up to date in Creative Cloud)
Mac OS X 10.8.4 (Latest Mountain Lion version)
Mac Pro 2.93 GHz 8-Core, Radeon 5870, 32GB RAM and with Blackmagic Decklink Extreme 3D+
Remote Machines (there are four) are Mac Pros as well (Quad-core, running 10.7.2 with 16GB RAM), using the ae_render_only_node.txt file in their user Documents folder.
The exact error:
aerender ERROR: No output module template was found with the given name.
I am trying to get a renderfarm working with After Effects CC (see exact version above). Unfortunately, I need custom output modules and I can't seem to get the render slaves to recognize them. I found older threads on this exact issue, but no solution was found.
I am using commandline aerender in OS X terminal to start a render with a basic test scene.
To simplify things, I have tried testing this on one render slave machine at a time... Same result everywhere.
Here's what I've tried:
I exported a .aom file from my main machine (where I have my desired custom Output Modules) and attempted to bring it in on the render slaves. However, because the render slaves are render only, (they have ae_render_only_node.txt in their Documents folder), the ability to import Output Modules is disabled in After Effects (it opens as the After Effects Render Engine, and the Edit>Templates menu is greyed out).
Next, I thought I'd try copying the main machine's /Users/(user)/Library/Preferences/Adobe/After Effects/12.0 folder over to the render slaves, thinking that would get whatever preference file to them that's needed to define the output modules. No luck. Launched After Effects (which loads as After Effects Render Engine) and reset my disk cache preferences (so they weren't still the main machine's). Tried aerender again... no luck. Same error:
aerender ERROR: No output module template was found with the given name.
After that, I thought it would be a good idea to sign out of Adobe Creative Cloud on the main machine, and try logging into the render slave machine with my full UserID and Password and temporarily remove the ae_render_only_node.txt file. Then, I'd import the .aom file in the full version of AE... I tried this and success! The renders work... they find the Output Modules no problem. Only issue is, as soon as I sign out, and switch to using the ae_render_only_node.txt file, the Output Modules are not found. Not sure what's going on-- if the Output Modules are being disabled by the ae_render_only_node.txt file? Or maybe signing out of my Adobe ID is removing the preferences that determine Output Modules? Don't know where the Output Module preferences are stored to be able to tell.
Next attempt: I thought I'd try syncing my preferences with Creative Cloud. I made sure to check After Effects Sync Preferences to ensure that Output Modules are set to sync. I did a sync where I uploaded my preferences from the main machine. Then, on the render slaves, I ran Sync Preferences, and chose to download preferences. Works when signed in, but not when used as a render only node. When it's a render only node, it still prompts me to Download the Sync Preferences and Quit the Application, which I do, but nothing seems to happen. I try aerender again, and still the same error:
aerender ERROR: No output module template was found with the given name.
I can't seem to find any info on where Output Modules are actually stored (apparently they're not anywhere in the User/Library/Preferences/Adobe/After Effects/ folder?). Are render only nodes not allowed to have custom Output Modules? Not even for something as simple as the Multi-Machine Sequence with a post-render action of Set Proxy enabled?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thank You.

I've verified this problem and filed a bug. Sorry about the hiccup.
I've trying to pin down why this happens, and while I don't have a full explanation yet I think I've stumbled onto a workaround:
Trash the prefs on the render machine.
Enable the ae_render_only_node.txt file.
Launch AE and then quit. <- This is a critical step. More on this later.
Disable ae_render_only_node.txt file.
Launch AE.
Add your Output Module template.
Quit AE.
Enable the ae_render_only_node.txt file.
After you do this, I highly recommend making a backup copy of the Adobe After Effects 12.0 Prefs-indep-output.txt file. Just in case. I've had the failure reappear.
Now test with aerender and let me know if that works. It has on my machine.
Why does this matter? When you run AE with the ae_render_only_node.txt file enabled, it appears to add a new section to the preferences: "Output Module Preference Section v28-TRIAL". It's the TRIAL part that is important. Without it, AE doesn't seem to be able to keep track of the OM's when in render_only_node mode. And if you disable the ae_render_only_node.txt file, AE has a tendency to destroy the TRIAL section (I'm still tracing why that happens).
Now, should this not work for you, I recommend you work around the problem by adding your comps to the render queue in each project. When you do that, and change your aerender flags appropriately, you can render to your desired settings without specifying OMtemplate parameter.
> I can't seem to find any info on where Output Modules are actually stored (apparently they're not anywhere in the User/Library/Preferences/Adobe/After Effects/ folder?).
You probably already discovered this. In After Effects CC the OM data is stored in the Adobe After Effects 12.0 Prefs-indep-output.txt file. In older versions of AE, a single pref file such as Adobe After Effects 11.0-x64 Prefs.txt holds all of this data.
Let me know if that workaround does the trick for you. If I get more information on the cause of the problem I'll update you.

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There is a page here detailing how to put aerender into restricted mode, so that a license key isn't required.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103a4f2dff7-79a3 a.html#WS3878526689cb91655866c1103a4f2dff7-79a2a
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http://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2012/04/after-effects-cs6-whats-new-and-changed.html
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Same benefits from a final product view point, you lose on rendering time though and if you have lots of effects things will seem slow as it will have render everytime from the h264 file rather than a Pro Res file for every change you make. This may be fine on a higher end mac but I'm sure just pummels an older lower end mac as to being almost useless.

After Effects CS6 render-only: Custom output modules?

With After Effects CS5.5, we've been able to include custom output module templates (so, aside from the default Lossless, TIFF Sequence with Alpha, etc.). We're having trouble doing the same with CS6. Is there any way to make this work?

this explains what we are trying to use, non-royalty-bearing mode.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2012/06/codecs-and-the-render-engine-in-after-effects- cs6.html
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