Render Queue support for exporting multichannel EXR sequences

[Mel Matsuoka]

I've been LOVING the improvements in RotoBrush 3, and it's come in quite handy for pulling external alpha mattes for Resolve colorgrading.

However, the one thing that slows the workflow down is that you currently (as of AE 24.4.1) cannot batch export multichannel EXR files. You have to do it manually, one at a time, using the ProEXR exporter in the "Save Frame As…" menu.

This really slows down my workflow because I have to monitor each EXR export, then manually export the next comp when the. previous one has completed.

It would be a huge timesaver if you could render comps to multichannel EXRs via the Render Queue instead, rather than using the "Save Frame As…" menu.

[Warren Heaton]

Is something preventing the Time Span pop-up menu from showing in the ProEXR dialog box on your end?

[Mel Matsuoka]

My issue is not defining time spans in the dialog box. My issue is that you can't batch export a queue of Comps using ProEXR, because it's invoked from the "Composition/Save Frame As..." menu, rather than as an Output Module in the Render Queue.

[joel pitrel]

I often need to send renders with their associated masks to colour grading artists, Nuke artists or Flame artists and while Flame and Nuke send their in the form of embeded EXRs I have to generate separate fils which leads to  more files to load for every one, more human errors ( and bullying and shaming from the other departemnts telling that after effects is not a pro software...)