Multi-machine rendering from command line

[erezo41320762]

Hi,

We are planning to use After Effects for automatic rendering and thus run it from command line.

In order to render the content faster we use multi-machine mode ( as described here: Automated rendering and network rendering in After Effects ).

Now we need to make it automatically - run it from command line by a script (without UI).

How can we do it?

Any method or tip helps

Thanks

[shachar carmi]

the link you have included seems to have all the info.

what "missing links" do you have in the process?

On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 4:55 PM, erezo41320762 <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[Trent Armstrong]

Hey there!

Have you gotten an answer to this? There are certainly some ways to make this kind of thing happen. I have an Automator droplet I've created on my Mac that accepts an AE project and runs the AERender application.

It looks like this:

https://cl.ly/411N081e1P22

The code is this: 

on run {input, parameters}

  set aeRender to (quoted form of ("/Applications/Adobe After Effects CC 2017/aerender"))

  set aepInput to (quoted form of (POSIX path of input))

  tell application "Terminal"

  activate

  --tell application "System Events" to keystroke "n" using {command down}

  do script (aeRender & " -project " & aepInput)

  end tell

end run

Reading Material:

Automated rendering and network rendering in After Effects

There are then ways to make folders do things, but I'm thinking maybe that would be through a PHP watcher app.

[erezo41320762]

Hi guys,

Thanks for your replies.

I found some way to make the process work automatically and now have new issue:

Network rendering issue - not all agents are working

Please help.

Thank you.

Erez