Adobe After Effects CS3 - Manual (Page 597)

AFTER EFFECTS CS3
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Pause or stop rendering
• To pause rendering, click Pause. To resume rendering, click Continue.
While rendering is paused, you cannot change settings or use After Effects in any other way.
• To stop rendering with the purpose of starting the same render over again, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click
(Mac OS) Stop.
The render item for which rendering was stopped is assigned the status User Stopped, and a new item with the status
of Queued is added to the Render Queue panel. The new item uses the same output file name and has the same
duration as the original render item.
• To stop rendering with the purpose of resuming the same render, click Stop.
The render item for which rendering was stopped is assigned the status User Stopped, and a new item with the status
of Unqueued is added to the Render Queue panel. The new item uses an incremented output file name and resumes
rendering at the frame at which rendering was stopped.
Information shown for current render operations
Basic information about the current batch of renders is shown at the top of the Render Queue panel:
Message A status message.
RAM Memory available for the rendering process.
Renders Started The time at which the current batch of renders was started.
Total Time Elapsed The rendering time elapsed (not counting pauses) since the current batch of renders was started.
Log File The name and location of the file to which rendering status messages have been written (None if no log
information has been written). Use the Log menu for each render item to choose which information is written to the
log file.
To view more information about the current render operation, click the triangle to the left of Current Render Details.
The Current Render Details pane will collapse (close) after a short time. To expand the pane so that it does not
collapse after a time-out period, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the triangle next to Current Render
Details. To view details of a completed render, review the log file.
Re-render a previously rendered item
1 Select the render item.
2 Do one of the following:
• To render with the same file name, choose Edit > Duplicate With File Name.
• To render with a new file name, choose Edit > Duplicate, click the underlined file name next to Output To, enter
a new file name, and click Save.
3 Click Render.
Rendering and exporting movies using QuickTime components
If you have QuickTime installed, you can export a movie using components provided by QuickTime, without using
the Render Queue panel. Compositions exported using QuickTime components are rendered using the Compo-
sition panel’s current quality and resolution settings. Only the work area is rendered.
Note: You can also export movies to QuickTime using the Render Queue panel. However, some QuickTime options, such
as Fast Start and Hinted Streaming, are available only through the File > Export menu.