After Effects Guru: Work Faster and Boost Performance
2h 58mIntermediate2018-05-22
Authors
Richard Harrington
Digital Video Expert, Educator, Speaker
Course details
Every Adobe After Effects user could benefit from having more time at their disposal. As you build motion graphics and special effects, your computer has to work hard. The choices you make greatly impact how long your computer takes to build these effects, as well as the results you'll ultimately get. In this course, learn important strategies that can help you render faster and work less. Explore how to use render settings templates and output modules, render with Adobe Media Encoder, create and save RAM previews, set up a network render, and more.
Learning objectives
Creating custom render settings templates and output module templates
Rendering with transparency
Tips for working with Adobe Media Encoder
Setting RAM usage
Controlling cache size
Using a disk cache
Setting the work area in After Effects
Choices that impact how long it takes to build a preview or a render
Creating a render farm
Learning objectives
Creating custom render settings templates and output module templates
Rendering with transparency
Tips for working with Adobe Media Encoder
Setting RAM usage
Controlling cache size
Using a disk cache
Setting the work area in After Effects
Choices that impact how long it takes to build a preview or a render
Creating a render farm
Skills covered
Motion GraphicsAfter EffectsRenderingMotion Graphics and VFXVisualization and Real-TimeAdobeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and IllustrationDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - Exercise files
1. Render Settings and Output Modules
- 03 - Using render settings templates
- 04 - Creating custom render settings templates
- 05 - Sharing render settings templates
- 06 - Using output module templates
- 07 - Creating custom output module templates
- 08 - Sharing output module templates
- 09 - Setting the default render and output settings
- 10 - Using multiple output modules
- 11 - Render with transparency
2. Rendering with Adobe Media Encoder (AME)
- 12 - Sending items to AME for background rendering
- 13 - Creating custom output templates
- 14 - Advice for working with Adobe Media Encoder
3. Controlling RAM
- 15 - Setting RAM usage
- 16 - Controlling cache size
- 17 - Purging RAM
- 18 - Using performance disk cache
- 19 - Checking processor and RAM details
4. Controlling Disk and Media Cache
- 20 - Using a disk cache
- 21 - Choosing the right drive for your cache
- 22 - The role of conformed media cache
- 23 - Cleaning the media cache database and drives periodically
5. Effective Preview Strategies
- 24 - Creating RAM previews
- 25 - Saving RAM previews
- 26 - Setting the work area
- 27 - Using the region of interest
6. Strategies That Impact Render Time
- 28 - Controlling composition settings
- 29 - Adjusting motion blur
- 30 - Using proxy files
- 31 - Use adjustment layers
- 32 - Collecting files
- 33 - Render and email
- 34 - Re-rendering
- 35 - Including a project link
- 36 - Post-render actions
- 37 - Render and replace dynamic linked compositions
7. Creating a Render Farm
- 38 - What is network rendering
- 39 - Setting up a watch folder
- 40 - Creating a still image sequence with multiple machines
Conclusion
- 41 - Next steps