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August 17, 2022
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Aumation Blocks script idea Render Dialog when somthing is added to the Queue

  • August 17, 2022
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I had a new idea for an Automation Blocks script. Is it possible to make a script that sees if a new entry is made in the Render Queue and than presents a dialog with all the common render settings you might want to set like if it is a image sequense, if you want to include proxies or turn the rendered result into a proxies as well as all the formats via a dropdown. Right now my "programming" skills are a bit to limited for this kind of task so maybe someone can point me in the right direction or comes up with a solution.

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Mathias Moehl
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Mathias MoehlCommunity Expert
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August 18, 2022

Scripts and also Automation Blocks tools cannot monitor in the background if something in the render queue (or a comp or whatever) changed. They always need to be executed manually.

If you render very frequently with a particular render setting and output module, you could use the Add to Render Queue block to create a tool which adds the active comp to the render queue with exactly those settings. Then you can have a keyboard shortcut (or kbar button, for example) to render with those settings.

Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects
    PFuerst
    PFuerstAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 25, 2022

    Hey Mathias,

    I didn't see your answer until now. Thanks for replying.

    After watching one of the courses which also covered rendering I assumed something like that. I've now come up with a different idea as it didn't seem to valueable and you could always just change the settings in the render queue.

     

    I've now just used your "Queue with Different Settings Based on Comp Name" script and adjusted the settings to use my most used render settings. This will do it for most of the time 😎

    Best regards

      Mathias Moehl
      Community Expert
      Mathias MoehlCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 25, 2022

      That's very good to hear. It is exactly how I imagined Automation Blocks could be used: Find an example that is close to what you need and tweak it to fit 100% to your individual workflow 🙂

      Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects
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