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Heathenlamb
Heathenlamb
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April 28, 2023
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IDEA/FEATURE REQUEST - A much friendlier, effective network rendering interface

  • April 28, 2023
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As above, I'd love to see a MUCH friendlier, effective GUI for setting up and using network rendering in AE. I have spent the past couple of weeks trying to set it up and to say it is a convoluted process is an understatment.

I did a post a few weeks back asking for any advice for setting up and it got zero repsonses. I think this is partially because it is so convoluted. I work in a small studio that has a render farm for animation and it's frustraing that I can't farm out AE frames easily.

So yep, my feature request is an updated, functional setup and interface for setting up and using network rendering WITHIN AE ... not a third party app or seperate exe. Thanks for reading.

Mick.

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    Heathenlamb
    HeathenlambAuthor
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    May 1, 2023

    Oh yeah I've read through most of everything. I have it setup. Its just very frustrating that it's so unneccessarily convoluted. And not user friendly at all. I think the lack of a purpose built GUI within AE dedicated to Net Rendering is a little baffling. Particualry when so many other programs that do net rendering have very simple, easy to use systems.

    Warren Heaton
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    Warren HeatonCommunity Expert
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    May 1, 2023

    Using the After Effects Render Engine can be really helpful, but yeah, it's tricky to set up.

     

    Have you had a chance to go through the  "Network rendering with watch folders and render engines" of "Automated rendering and network rendering"?


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