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    Step by step instructions for submitting After Effects jobs with Qube!

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    Install a submission menu into After Effects by opening the Wrangler View UI and choosing "Install AeRender (AppFinder)" as shown here. It's preferable to choose the first AE Render entry, which will automatically find the installed location of After Effects on each Worker. However, this requires Python be installed on the Workers.

    If Python is not installed, and you don't wish to install it, choose the second entry, "Aftereffects (aerender)".

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

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    script. Run After Effects and open the General Preferences.

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    Mac: After Effects > Preferences > General...
    PC: File > Preferences >General...
    Tick "Allow Scripts to Write Files and Access Network"
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    With a scene loaded in After effects select "QubeAppFinder_Submit_RenderQueue.jsx"

    File > Scripts > QubeAppFinder_Submit_RenderQueue.jsx

    If this is the first time you have done this, you will be presented with a dialog box that wants to know where to find the Wrangler View executable:


     Fill this out appropriately:

    • Mac: /Applications/pfx/qube/qube.app
    • PC: C:\Program Files (x86)\pfx\qube\bin\qube.exe

    This will present a pre filled submission UI:

     

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