Adobe After Effects CS3 User Manual

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To duplicate an output module, select it and press Ctrl+D (Windows) or Command+D (Mac OS).

Note: Before rendering, check the Audio Output settings in the Output Module Settings dialog box to ensure that they
are correct. To render audio, Audio Output must be selected. If your composition does not include audio, do not select
Audio Output, so that the size of the rendered file will not increase needlessly.

Click the triangle to open the Output Module Settings menu, or click the underlined text to open the Output Module Settings dialog box.

Change output module settings

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To change output module settings for a render item, click the underlined output module settings template name
next to the Output Module heading in the Render Queue panel, and choose settings in the Output Module
Settings dialog box.

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To apply an output module settings template to selected render items, click the triangle next to the Output Module
heading in the Render Queue panel, and choose a template from the menu.

You can choose a custom output module settings template or one of the preset output module settings templates.
Several templates are provided, including the Lossless template for creating movies for transfer to video, film, or an
NLE system.

Note: The default output module settings template is assigned to a render item when it is created. To change which
output module template is the default, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) as you choose an output
module template from the menu.

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.

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To make a new output module settings template, click New, specify output module settings, and click OK. Enter a
name for the new template.

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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.

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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.

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To save all currently loaded output module templates to a file, click Save All.

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To load a saved output module template file, click Load, select the output module template file, and then click Open.