Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 707)

701 USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
Rendering and exporting
Last updated 12/21/2009
Create, manage, and edit output module templates
You perform the following tasks in the Output Module Templates dialog box. To open the Output Module Templates
dialog box, choose Edit > Templates > Output Module, or click the triangle next to the Output Module heading in the
Render Queue panel and choose Make Template.
• To make a new output module settings template, click New, specify output module settings, and click OK. Enter a
name for the new template.
• To edit an existing output module settings template, choose a template from the Settings Name menu, click Edit,
and specify output module settings.
Note: Changes to an existing template do not affect render items that are already in the render queue.
• To specify a default output module settings template to be used when processing movies, individual frames, RAM
previews, pre-rendered movies, or proxies, choose a template from a menu in the Defaults area of the Output
Module Templates dialog box.
• To save all currently loaded output module templates to a file, click Save All.
• To load a saved output module template file, click Load, select the output module template file, and then click Open.
Add output modules to and remove output modules from render items
• To add a new output module with default settings to a single render item, click the plus sign to the left of the Output
To heading of the last output module for the render item.
• To remove an output module from a render item, click the minus sign to the left of the Output To heading of the
output module.
• To add a new output module with default settings to selected render items, choose Composition > Add Output
Module.
• To duplicate selected output modules, press Ctrl+D (Windows) or Command+D (Mac OS).
Output module settings
For information on using controls in the Color Management area of the Output Module Settings dialog box, see
“
Assign an output color profile ” on page 290.
Format Specifies the format for the output file or sequence of files.
Include Project Link Specifies whether to include information in the output file that links to the source After Effects
project. When you open the output file in another application, such as Adobe Premiere Pro, you can use the Edit
Original command to edit the source project in After Effects.
Include Source XMP Metadata Specifies whether to include XMP metadata in the output file from the files used as
sources for the rendered composition. XMP metadata can travel all the way through After Effects from source files, to
footage items, to compositions, to rendered and exported files. (See “
Exporting XMP metadata from After Effects ” on
page 628.)
Post-Render Action Specifies an action for After Effects to perform after the composition is rendered. (See “ Post-
render actions ” on page 702.)
Format Options Opens a dialog box in which you specify format-specific options.
Channels The output channels contained in the output movie. After Effects creates a movie with an alpha channel if
you choose RGB+Alpha, implying a depth of Millions of Colors+. Not all codecs support alpha channels.