Select all select target folder in render queue no longer working

[sebastianc59532185]

Hey gang.  Loooong time user (gosh i remember After Effects 4 I am old).

So I'm on 23.6 and suddenly I can't select-all in the render queue and click to set all renders to the same output folder.  Now I gotta click each output one by one... or set up some sort of "output to" preset which is a pain and doesn't even work really if your output folders have different structures per project.

Is there a reason we can no longer simply select all and click to set the output folder for everything?  This is the way it has worked forever and messing with output directories is the last thing I have time for on deadline...

Thank you!

[Jessica McMillan]

Hello @sebastianc59532185,

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. 

I am curious if you noticed when this stopped working for you? We did some updates to tokens last year about this time and possibly touched some other areas in the RQ that might have changed this behavior. We will look into it internally though to determine where the behavior changed and look at ways to address it. 

All the best,
Jessica
AE Engineering

[sebastianc59532185]

Wow -- THANK YOU so much for this reply.  VERY much appreciate you guys looking into this!  I wish I had more information to share that could be helpful.  I basically wrote about the issue the day it occurred for me.  I'm a daily user of After Effects, and I know for certain it was working fine (select all to pick output folder) until the day I wrote.

I'm on a mac running Ventura 13.6.  I **believe** I also recently installed a Ventura update that might have corresponded with the change in functionality.  So I'm curious if maybe the latest mac OS could be part of the issue??  But I'm guessing.

THANK YOU so much again!  You guys are my heroes. 

!!!

[Jessica McMillan]

@sebastianc59532185 

Just trying this locally. I put the same comp in the RQ three times.  Did a select all, and I also noticed the scenario you mentioned when you couldn't update the output uniformally after these steps. I could change Render Settings, Output Module, Log, and Notify check all while seleted. After I had changed the Output Module while having all selected, I could uniformally update the Output To: value. Is this the same behavior you have experienced?

Thanks again for reporting.

All the best,
Jessica
AE Engineering

[sebastianc59532185]

Thanks again for looking into it!

I don't know what 'Notify check' is.

For me with all items selected in the queue:

1. In Render Settings if I click on the word 'Current Settings' and update only one item updates.

2. In Render Settings if I click on the carrot and pick from drop down they all update (properly)

3. Same behavior as the two above for Output Module.

4. Log works properly -- changing dropdown with all selected changes everything.

5. Output To is the biggie for me: click on the text 'Not yet specified' only changes one of all selected items (bug)

6. Output To using the dropdown carrot seems to work properly, but I rarely find this useful since project structure often changes from project to project and I want to quickly select a local folder...

Thank you!!!

[sebastianc59532185]

Hi!  So I just updated to the latest Ventura patch on mac os and my render queue in AEP is working again!  (select all now allows you to set a folder for everything in the queue doing it one time).

I just updated to Ventura 13.6.1 (22G313).

Not sure if maybe apple changed something?  Anyhow, thank you for your attention to this matter it's greatly appreciated!

[sebastianc59532185]

oh dang sorry i posted too soon.  i realize it selected all with the export render settings and NOT 'output to' folder.  oops.  still an issue.  not seeing a way to delete my comment above.  sorry!