From the course: After Effects Apprentice: 02 Basic Animation
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Rendering the final movie - After Effects Tutorial
From the course: After Effects Apprentice: 02 Basic Animation
Rendering the final movie
Now, it's time to render my animation to disk. Before I render, I'll make sure to save the project. And with the Comp panel active, I will select Composition > Make Movie. The shortcut is Command+M on Mac, Ctrl+M on Windows. When you make a movie, the Render Queue will open, and it will add this composition to the Render Queue. You can also add a composition to the Render Queue by dragging it directly from the Project panel. Notice the Render Queue opens in the same frame as the Timeline. Now in the Pre-Roll lesson, we covered the Render settings in the Output module. So just to recap, Best Settings means it will render at quality and full resolution, meaning every pixel will be rendered. The only setting I'd like the change is Time Span. The default is to use the work area only. I want to make sure my time span is set to the full length of the comp. You might be able to want to update the Render Setting template itself. In the Output Module, I will click on Lossless to open the…
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