After Effects CC Output settings

How do you save an After Effects file as an mp4? Thankyou!

You don't save after effects projects as movies, you render them. Please go through the basics here: Basic Workflow
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I'm rendering in after effects cc output is came as parts what should i do?

i'm rendering in after effects cc output is came as parts what should i do?

Sorry, your info is simply of no use. You have not provided any info about your render settings and other details like what system you are actually on.
Mylenium

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.

After Effects Comp fps settings

Hi,
I have shot some 240 fps footage and When I import it ot After Effects, I have notices that the fastest the Comp can use is 99 fps which makes the footage render our at 2.5 times slower than realtime.
Is there a solution to this as I would like some o fthe footage ot be real time and then some at slow speed.
Are there any plans for future releases to allow users to increase the fps settings of the Comp from the max of 99 fps?
It would make editing much easier.

Some food for thought:
http://myleniumblog.com/2013/01/20/decapitated-cap/
Based on that, you will realize that "realtime" is a rather relative term. Even if AE was able to play each discrete frame exactly timed, your computer screen might still be set at 60 fps or something like that and you never would see certain frames. Therefore you can pretty much achieve what you want just using a 60 fps comp or similar. The only caveat is that in order to determine the sampling interval you will have to re-interpret your footage similarly so AE actually shows you each frame and then use time-remapping/ stretching with equal multiples to get it back to full "240 fps". Or in simpler words: Interpret your footage as 60fps, set your comp to 60fps and do a little math in your head for the time-remapping stuff. And since obviously this might get tiresome after a while, file a feature request:
Feature Request/Bug Report Form
Mylenium

After Effects CS6 Output Module

I'm trying to render my After Effects project and this error message pops up:
"The directory originally specified in the selected output module no longer exists."
I've tried changing my output module, but to no avail. Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks!!

You will probably get better help in After Effects
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The Cloud forum is about the Cloud as a delivery & install process
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You will be able to select a forum for the specific Adobe product(s) you use
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After effects cs5 output render??????????????????????????????

can anybody help?
ive downloaded the trial version of after effects and when i try to render the comp out , in the output module ,theres on option for MPEG2-DVD.
it says on the adobe site that in the past ,older CS packages didnt give all the output render options but cs5 and onwards are ment to give them????
Why is it not in there???
and tried down loading it again but it was still the same?
can anyone please help as i allways render out in this format,,,thankyou

You are not telling su anything. If you think something is wrong then we need more info about your system. The output modules not appearing can be any nomber of causes from your system having concurrent CoDecs installed to older Adobe products locking those CoDecs.
Mylenium

After Effects CC - output module – codec settings not responding

I am trying to render a clip in AE CC. When I want to change the codec settings for Prores or DNxHD, the menu appears for a second an then disappears again.
It is impossible to make changes.
Any help very much appreciated.
Regards,
Uli
Specs:
OSX 10.7.5
8-core 2,24 GhZ
20 GB RAM
Adobe Master Collection

Hi everybody
I did the following to solve ALL problems I had with crashes, file reading errors, AJA video preview, switching to other software etc.
(@Todd: refering to the other blog, all these problems are solved as well! I work with QT movies and MXF.)
– Deleted all DVCpro components
– Reset PRAM
– Repaired Permissions in Safe Mode
– Deleted AE prefs when starting AE
Now I can switch and play around like I always did.
And even my AJA output stays there when getting back to AE.
Thanks for your support and help!
Regards,
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After Effects Audio Output Causes Render To Hang Then "Output Module Failed"

So I have been working on this video for a few weeks now, no special effects just 3D layers and text.
I had set it to render Thursday afternoon and it finished Friday night after I left work.
So today I came into work played the video and I realized I didn't render the audio. (NICE!)
So I reset the render que (didnt change anything but render audio settings) and the render
doesn't even start, it just stays at "Stage: Compressing and Writing" for a few minutes then gives me
the good ole' output module has failed.
Ive already restarted AE, and my comp, I also purged the memory.
Im running windows 7 (64 bit) with 8gb RAM and Intel Core i7-3770S CPU @ 3.10ghz
It is definitely the audio output, I tried rendering without it and it started up just fine.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

just updated to 11.0.2 and still nothing
I click Render and it just says rendering but nothing changes
not even time elapsed or est. remaining
just stays on compressing and writing and my ram used doesnt even start going up

After Effects CS5-best settings for rendering many large files after multiple passes with the clone

I have a moderate level Quad core PC,specs below, with 24Gb of RAM.
I am processing sequences of timelapse photos brought in from Adobe RAW as either a raw sequence at the original 5K res (Canon 5D2) or as 4K 16bit TIFFs. There are typically between 400-500 shots in each sequence.
I use clone brush in AE CS5 to remove 'stray objects' such as birds, people or vehicles from frames.
I can succesfully process these if I only have to clone out the odd object from a sequence, but occasionally I require to remove something on multiple frames. This might be a car that drove into shot and stayed for say 200 frames before driving away again.
The clone tool lets me paint out the arrival and then the parked vehicle by successively using the previous frame as the source. However at some point, even with say 16-20 Gb set as the AE memory, the program will get choked and start to crawl. This knocks on to the final render, when I will get outragous times for rendering even single frames, say 3 hours per frame etc.
I assume that AE is having to go back through many multiple source frames as the cloning that I have done is continually using the previous 'already cleaned up frame' as the source.So frame 150 is using frame 149, which used frame 148 etc.
Observing the Resource Monitor as AE renders, I see not much Processor usage, tyically 20-30% but maxed out Memory. Lots of reading of files off disk, usually apparently 'random' Windows system files, but also lots or reads from the timelapse source files as well.
I did get single render times down to 1 hour but then did more tweaking and haven't got back to anything better than 2.5 hours per frame since!
Is there a better way of achieving what I want?
My PC specs and set up: HP xw8600 with x5450 Quad core processor.
24 Gb RAM set usually as 16 Gb for AE (3 cores) and 1 core with max 3Gb for other progs. Sometimes I have set this to up to 20Gb fror AE.
Running Vista Business (yes I know Win7 would be better-but hey it's yet more money!).
Nvidia GTX460 1Gb memory with Cuda 'hack'-which works well with PP CS5.
Windows Page File set to about 20% more than Windows usually sets it to, on either separate SATA drive or dual with the Windows C drive.
Source files on external USB 3 drive (pretty fast).
AE render files on RAID 0 internal 7200 drive.
AE output files to another external USB3 drive.
Any suggestions for improving my set up would be appreciated, as I'm getting old watching AE render my projects!

Is there a better way of achieving what I want?
Don't use AE? Just kidding, but your own analysis very much covers the facts already. Yes, it's AE going back and forth in time and yes, it's the holding of those frames in memory which is chewing up your memory. Depending on the situation you may look into patching up your disturbances with masked still images rather than cloning across the sequence, but beyond that I don't see much potential to make things more efficient. It's just AE trying to be über-smart with caching and then making a mess. The only other thing is the RAW import, which may consume unnecessary memory. Batching the files in Photoshop and only using PSDs or TIFFs in AE may squeeze out an extra GB of RAM. On that note also consider doing the cleanup in PS. After all, PS Extended does support video/ image sequences to some degree...
Mylenium

After Effect to FCP settings

Hi,
I rendered an AE comp to D1 720x486. Imported it to FCP - into an 8-bit uncompressed timeline. And it had to render (red line)? This does not seem to make sense. Does anyone one know the trick of how to render AE with settings that would be suited to 8-bit uncompressed? Thanks.
Chris Howe

Uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2 would be the format choice. Check the item properties of the imported clip in your Browser to make sure it's the format you thought it was. A frame rate mismatch can cause a red bar, so check your comp's frame rate and then double check your output module settings for proper codec and pixel aspect ratio.

After effects audio output problems (12.2.1 installed)!

I have been having some audio problems lately (last few weeks) with aftereffects.
The main problem is when I try to output audio embedded in quicktimes.
I need to export the audio first to a .wav, import it in AE and use the .wav for final rendering to movie.
Anyone have the same problem?

I'm on Mac with OSX 10.9.2, CC 12.2.1.5.
I've been using AE for 15+ years, never ever had this problem!
So it is definitily new. I have Prores and Avid Dnxhd installed.
No other soft and it used to work before the few minor AE version updates in the last months.
When I want to export using the AIFF preset in AE it fails, when I custom preset with .wav output it works.
I need to import that file and render the comp. But then it outputs perfeclty in Prores of Avid but with random results, sometimes there is audio, sometimes not.
I have checked the filesl over and over.

Adobe After Effects CS5 Render Settings - Best Option To Pick

Hi,
I want to render a 1080p footage but we noticed that the some of the original colors were lost in compression - how can we retain the original colours?
We are using a JVC HD Camera (GZ-HD620bu) to record at 1080p-60p.
We tried rendering at QuickTime-with the video codec set to H.264
Is this the best one or should I be using something else? There are so many options to pick.
We want a reasonable file size we can upload to YouTube ... the length of the video is about 10 min.
If it takes long to render I dont really mind - just want the best quality.
Thanks.

I suggest you simply look for "H.264 Gamma Shift" on Google et al. There are endless discussions on the matter and ways to resolve it. and in those places you will also find sufficient info on mastering compression, including the fact that from AE you should not use the QT H.264 but insrtead the native H.264 exporter.
Mylenium

Live output from After Effects for presentation?

can after effects output a live video feed of an animation for use with a video presentation system? if so, can after effects also output a live matte for keying that animation over another video signal?

>if so, can after effects also output a live matte for keying that
>animation over another video signal?
Sorry friend, even the thought of it is silly (no offence). Matte and Fill signals in the video world have a completely different meaning than what you do in AE. There is a reason why this segment of the broadcast market is dominated by dedicated systems from Chyron, Harris, Quantel, Orad, Virtus and others and not by After Effects. ;-) In short: You will have to buy one of those dedicated systems or at least a piece of software (there's a software-only version of Inscriber that supposedly can work on some capture cards) and that is going to cost some money. If you wanna have the quality you are used to in AE (full antialiasing, motionblur, blendmodes) it is going to really cost a lot. You should find a video rental company that offers such systems for tradeshows or sports events etc. and fetch a good price with them so you can lend one whenever you need.
Mylenium

Cinema 4D file render vs After Effects render

Hello,
I love the fact that you can import Cinema4D files in After Effects, but when I render this out I get a white line arround the Cinema-layer.
I have a Nvidea quatro 4000 Cuda card. In the example both are in the same settings from the C4D file. And in after effects the output is set to final, ray-traced setting are set to 5.
But why does it render with an bad/white outline.
Can somebody help?

You misunderstand. The raytrace 3D has nothing to do with Cineware, soi the settings are irrelevant. In fact you probably see these oddities because you have it set as the comp render and it affects layer belnding calculations. Naturally, also check your Alpha channel settings in the C4D file's render settings. You could be using a straight Alpha where a premultiplied one is required or vice versa.
Mylenium

Render Output Settings to H264 mp4

Mac Mini 8GB/2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo. After Effects CS5/Comp settings: HDTV 1920 x1080 24. 5min video with audio, 55 layers Rendered output to H.264Video 1920 x 1080.
I have a 35 sec Intro template of visual/audio fx with 50 Layers, using several standard plugins, I rendered this 35sec visual clip to H.264Video 1920x 1080 mp4 format and it plays great. When I added my 5minute 1.2GB mp4 video and 6mb audio.mp4 to this 35sec template and rendered to output with same settings my 15HR rendered time completed in 1.5hrs. I also noticed the 5min video bit rate is 707. The 35sec bit rate is 16,193. My original 5min video was a mov file but I couldn't import to AE-had an error so I converted it to mpeg-4.
My questions:
Why do I have a lower bit rate now?
Because I imported mpeg-4 video, this causes poor quality play in output H.264 format? Then what correct video format do I import to AE?
I have Adobe Media Encoder but no Quicktime Pro. I'm new to AE, still learning. Thank you.

There's another option. Instead of rendering anything out of After Effects you can open up a saved AE project in Adobe Media Encoder. Dynamic link will launch. You'll find your compositions listed. Pick the one you want to render, pick the preset you want to use, set the preset for 2 pass encoding if you want the best results because most if not all presets are set to one pass, then render away. I've taken to using the YouTube HD preset to push out files for client review before we commit the projects final render. This saves time, disk space, and works very well. I never use highly compressed video for archiving or final delivery, but for review, for sharing, for burning a quick DVD, this workflow is just fine and much better than trying to render GOP compressed files from inside AE.
For this to work you must have the right settings and you must have the composition length match the desired output and you must make sure that the frame rates match. The media encoder will not recognize the work area or the frame rate of the composition. It will always render the entire composition at the frame rate, frame size, and pixel aspect ratio in the Media Encoder settings.
If you have the horsepower to multitask you can continue to work in After Effects while you render. Changes to the project will not be reflected in the cued render. I usually just move on to another project or another composition in the project. Hope this helps.

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