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    Below are instructions on your first steps submitting After Effects jobs with Qube!

     

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    titleStep 1 (First Time Only)

    The After effects Jobtype comes with the standard install of Qube! and does not require a specific jobtype to be installed 

    InApp Installation:

    File > Install App UI > Install Aerender (AppFinder) App UI...

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    titleStep 2 (First Time Only)

    Once installed there are a few things that need to be done before using the script

    Open General Preferences
    Mac: After Effects > Preferences > General...
    PC: File > Preferences >General...
    Tick "Allow Scripts to Write Files and Access Network"
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    titleStep 3 (First Time Only)

    Select "Qube_SetPath.jsx"

     

     File > Scripts > Qube_SetPath.jsx

    This will prompt you with

    Enter the correct path to the Qube application

    Mac Defaults: /Applications/pfx/qube/qube.app

    PC Defaults: C:\Program Files (x86)\pfx\qube\bin\qube.exe

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    titleStep 4

    With a scene loaded in After effects select "QubeAppFinder_Submit_RenderQueue.jsx"

    File > Scripts > QubeAppFinder_Submit_RenderQueue.jsx

     

    This will present a pre filled submission UI

     

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    titleStep 5

    Ensure sections marked in red have the correct details

    Click submit

    For further details on the submission UI look in the right panel

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    titleTroubleshooting

    If you find you are getting errors here are some useful links for troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Flowcharts 

    Below Is an expandable view of the AppFinder Jobs > "Aerender (AppFinder) Job..." Jobtype Submission UI

    Note

    Not all sections need to be filled in in order to render only the fields marked in red are required


    Please click on the text below the section of interest

     

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    CS Version

    Tooltip - Select version numbers to make an educated guess at where aerender is found on the remote worker.

    Info

    Use the spinners to enter the required version of After effects

    executable

    Tooltip - Leave it set to "_AE_" to allow the job to find the right version of aerender on the worker.

    Info

    Left default qube will automatically find the version of After Effects on the worker

    Project File

    Tooltip - Path to After Effects project (required)

    Info

    Browse or enter manually the location of the project file to be rendered. This is a required field for submission

    Important: Best practise is to ensure the project file and all of its dependant files such as textures are on network storage accessible by the workers.

    After effects requires all plugins and fonts to be installed and licensed on every worker

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    titleContent (required to see job frame range and % complete)

    Composition

    Tooltip - The Composition to render

    Info

    (required if specifying frame range or other overrides listed below) If the comp is in the render queue already, and in a queueable state, then (only) the first queueable instance of that comp on the render queue will be rendered. If the comp is in the project but not in the render queue, then it will be added to the render queue and rendered. If no -comp argument is provided, aerender will render the entire render queue as is. In this case (no -comp), the only other arguments used will be -project, -log, -v, -mem_usage, and -close; the -RStemplate, -OMtemplate, -output, -s, -e, and -i arguments will be ignored.

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    Render Queue Index

    Tooltip - specifies a render queue item to be rendered. Options that make sense when rendering a single render queue item are available like with the -comp flag.

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    Enter the numeric value to override scene render queue index settings

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    Render Settings

    Tooltip - the name of a template to apply to the render queue item.If the template does not exist it is an error. Default is to use the render template already defined for the item. Can only set if Composition option specified

    Info

    Enter manually or select from drop-down

    Output Module

    Tooltip - name of a template to apply to the output module. If the template does not exist it is an error. Default is to use the template already defined for the output module. Can only set if Composition option specified NOTE: Distributing a render across multiple machines requires image sequence output. That is usually best set in the AfterEffects Project or the Output File Path override.

    Info

    Enter manually or select from drop-down

    Important: when choosing the output format be aware that extensions such as .MOV or .AVI can not be distributed across the farm. Please select an image sequence based format such as .TIF etc

    Output File Path

    Tooltip - Specifying the destination render file. Default is the path already in the project file. For image sequences (the preferred method for distributed rendering) use # to denote frames. For example: /Volumes/Stuff/output/proj1/frames[####].psd. Can only set if Composition option specified.

    Info

    Browse or manually enter the location of the output image directory you wish to generate

    Important: Best practise is to ensure outputs are written to network storage accessible by the workers

    Memory Usage

    Tooltip - (image_cache_percent max_mem_percent) where image_cache_percent specifies the maximum percent of memory used to cache already rendered images/footage, and max_mem_percent specifies the total percent of memory that can be used by After Effects.

    Info

    Enter the numeric value to override scene memory usage settings

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    Verbosity

    Tooltip - specifies the type of messages reported

    Info

    Choose the level of detail you would like the logs to provide

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