Automation Blocks - Output Module Post Render Action

[m1jackson]

If I add a new Template to my output module in After Effects

How do I update the list inside Automation Blocks?

I've quit Automation Blocks and restarted. I've quit the program and restarted. Still nothing.

Are there unavailable functions?  I'm currently trying to add a "Set Proxy" Post render action.

Any feedback is always appreciated.

[m1jackson]

Nevermind. I figured out that the list in the "output Module" block is created when the block is created and can not be updated. My guess is that it's so the Output module will carry with a script when transported to other machines and versions of AE.

It might be helpful to have an "Update" button on the "add to AE Render queue" block so users don't to have to create a new block and move subblocks over to the new block.

[Mathias Moehl · Accepted solution]

Yes, the list of available output modules is created during the launch of Ae, but any existing blocks keep their list. I will add a note to my feature request. Ideally, the list of existing blocks should in deed update, when you open the dropdown list to choose a new entry.

[m1jackson]

This brings up some issues.

• If a second machine doesn't have a particular Output Module will it fail?
• If not, can blocks embed the current selection's values so it is kept when moving to another machine? Similar to how you embed Animation Presets into JSON data?

[Mathias Moehl · Accepted solution]

If the output module is not installed on the machine, the block script will throw an error when it attempts to add the entry to the render queue.
As far as I know, output modules cannot be added dynamically by scripts in the way it can be done with ffx presets. They can only be loaded manually in the Ae user interface, unfortunately.