Adobe After Effects CS3 User Manual
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AFTER EFFECTS CS3
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Click the triangle to open the Output To menu, or click the underlined text to enter a destination.
Specify the file name and location for a single render item
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To manually enter a file name and destination folder, click the underlined text next to the Output To heading.
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To name a file using a file naming template, click the triangle next to the Output To heading, and choose a template
from the menu.
Change the destination for multiple queued render items
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In the Render Queue panel, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) multiple queued render items to
select them.
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Click the underlined file name next to Output To for any item.
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Choose the folder in which you want to place the rendered files. The destinations for all selected items change to
the new destination folder.
Create and use a custom file naming template
You can use custom templates to name the output according to properties of the composition and project.
To make a file naming template the default template, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) as you
choose the template from the Output To menu.
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In the Render Queue panel, choose Custom from the Output To menu.
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If you want to base the new file naming template on an existing template, choose the existing template from the
Preset menu.
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Click in the Template box where you want to insert a file naming rule, and do any of the following:
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To add a preset property to the file name, choose the property from the Add Property menu.
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Type text in the Template box.
Note: Make sure that the insertion point is outside the square brackets ([ ]) of preset properties.
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Do any of the following:
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To save the file naming template as a preset for future use in the Output To menu, click the Save button
. In the
Choose Name dialog box, enter a name for the file naming template, and click OK.
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To always use the selected file naming template, select Default.
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To apply the selected file naming template to the current Output Module, click OK.