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When doing renders from the command line it seems that I can not get the -reuse flag to work anymore after After Effects version 2021.
Is this functionality no longer supported? Or am I doing something wrong?
It works when I have an instsance open of After effects 2021 or earlier and use this command:
"/Applications/Adobe After Effects 2021/aerender" -project "/Users/macbook/test.aep" -comp "main_comp" -OMtemplate "h264mp4" -output "/Users/macbook/test.mp4" -reuse
But when I try this with After Effects 2022 or the llatest beta version:
"/Applications/Adobe After Effects 2022/aerender" -project "/Users/macbook/test.aep" -comp "main_comp" -OMtemplate "h264mp4" -output "/Users/macbook/test.mp4" -reuse
It doesn't render and gives me this error:
"aerender SYNTAX ERROR: Illegal argument flag: -reuse"
Any help would be greatly appeciated.
Hi @renenijman,
This issue has been fixed in After Effects 22.6 and later versions. If you continue to encounter an error when using the "-reuse" flag, please follow the instructions I posted here to reset the Apple Event permissions for the Terminal.
Cheers,
- John, After Effects Engineering Team
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Same issue. Mac OS Big Sur 11.4
aerender version 22.1.1x74
PROGRESS: Launching After Effects...
aerender SYNTAX ERROR: Illegal argument flag: -reuse
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Hi,
I am seeing the same error. Any help on this? Is this happening only on Mac M1 machines?
There seems to be no reference to this online.
I am running the latest version of AE `aerender version 22.2x120`
Thanks
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A temporary workaround for me seems to be that I can have the terminal script use an older version of aerender (in my case 2019) with the -reuse flag and if I then have an instance of 2022 open, it will reuse that instance.
I fear feel this might not always work down the road, so a fix would be highly appreciated.
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Is there any official update on this? The latest stable and beta releases still seem to not recognize the "-reuse" flag anymore.
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Hi @renenijman,
This issue has been fixed in After Effects 22.6 and later versions. If you continue to encounter an error when using the "-reuse" flag, please follow the instructions I posted here to reset the Apple Event permissions for the Terminal.
Cheers,
- John, After Effects Engineering Team