From: "Greg Balint" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 19:00:33 -0500
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Subject: Re: [AE] New AE script- Rendergarden
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Thanks Brendan. I was out and about when I sent that, and wanted to know
more. I'll give it a whirl tonight. I recently had a huge resolution
project that took about 6 hours to render. Would have been nice to know
about this back then.

On Nov 28, 2017 6:54 PM, "Brendan Bolles" <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

> On Nov 28, 2017, at 3:37 PM, Greg Balint wrote:
>
> > Can anyone comment as to how it splits things up and where those "split
> projects" go? Are the split projects and renders just temporary, or do they
> need to remain somewhere?
> >
> > Also, am I only limited to the render options in stock ae? Or could I
> use something like AfterCodecs in tandem with this? Does it render out
> uncompressed files first and then stitch them together using the final file
> format? Or does it recompress over an already lossy codec if that's what
> you choose to output?
>
>
> First of all, you can download and run it for free for 7 days, so give it
> a shot and many of your questions will be answered.
>
> When you "Plant the Seeds", RenderGarden makes folders in your "Seed Bank"
> for each queued item in your render queue.  Inside each of these is
> typically a copy of your project, which will be used for rendering that
> job.  There is also a subfolder in there to hold the segments of your
> movies before they are combined into the final version.
>
> The Seed Bank is like your other cache folders in that you should feel
> free to trash its contents when there's no more rendering going on.  Or
> even if there is rendering happening, you can delete anything not being
> used.  If you delete folders that are being used, that will kill the
> render, which maybe was your intention anyway.
>
> You should theoretically be able to render anything through RenderGarden
> that you could render in the standard render queue, which should include
> AfterCodecs.  If you find anything that has problems, let us know, although
> those issues are typically either a bug in AE or the plug-in developer,
> since everything is supposed to be able to be rendered on the command line.
>
> BTW, RenderGarden has an option to create an H.264 or ProRes movie as a
> post-process after the AE output has been completed.  Like AfterCodecs, it
> uses FFmpeg to do this.  Unlike AfterCodecs, RenderGarden can do a two-pass
> H.264 encode.
>
>
> Brendan
>
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">Thanks Brendan. I was out and about when I sent that, and=
 wanted to know more. I&#39;ll give it a whirl tonight. I recently had a hu=
ge resolution project that took about 6 hours to render. Would have been ni=
ce to know about this back then.=C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br>=
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Nov 28, 2017 6:54 PM, &quot;Brendan Bolles&qu=
ot; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv">AE-List@media-motion.tv<=
/a>&gt; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On No=
v 28, 2017, at 3:37 PM, Greg Balint wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; Can anyone comment as to how it splits things up and where those &quot=
;split projects&quot; go? Are the split projects and renders just temporary=
, or do they need to remain somewhere?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Also, am I only limited to the render options in stock ae? Or could I =
use something like AfterCodecs in tandem with this? Does it render out unco=
mpressed files first and then stitch them together using the final file for=
mat? Or does it recompress over an already lossy codec if that&#39;s what y=
ou choose to output?<br>
<br>
<br>
First of all, you can download and run it for free for 7 days, so give it a=
 shot and many of your questions will be answered.<br>
<br>
When you &quot;Plant the Seeds&quot;, RenderGarden makes folders in your &q=
uot;Seed Bank&quot; for each queued item in your render queue.=C2=A0 Inside=
 each of these is typically a copy of your project, which will be used for =
rendering that job.=C2=A0 There is also a subfolder in there to hold the se=
gments of your movies before they are combined into the final version.<br>
<br>
The Seed Bank is like your other cache folders in that you should feel free=
 to trash its contents when there&#39;s no more rendering going on.=C2=A0 O=
r even if there is rendering happening, you can delete anything not being u=
sed.=C2=A0 If you delete folders that are being used, that will kill the re=
nder, which maybe was your intention anyway.<br>
<br>
You should theoretically be able to render anything through RenderGarden th=
at you could render in the standard render queue, which should include Afte=
rCodecs.=C2=A0 If you find anything that has problems, let us know, althoug=
h those issues are typically either a bug in AE or the plug-in developer, s=
ince everything is supposed to be able to be rendered on the command line.<=
br>
<br>
BTW, RenderGarden has an option to create an H.264 or ProRes movie as a pos=
t-process after the AE output has been completed.=C2=A0 Like AfterCodecs, i=
t uses FFmpeg to do this.=C2=A0 Unlike AfterCodecs, RenderGarden can do a t=
wo-pass H.264 encode.<br>
<br>
<br>
Brendan<br>
<br>
<br>
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