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It’s a standalone After Effects rendering engine, usually called aerender, and if we think of it as part of After Effects then I don’t know of any other feature with more potential to improve productivity. Even if you already know about it, there’s a good chance you’re not using it. It’s there on your hard drive, right next to the main After Effects program. But in addition to the main app with a user interface, you also get a separate, stripped down version that just contains the rendering engine. It’s important to note that you’re paying for a license that allows you to run the full version of After Effects on two separate computers. You get the “normal” version of After Effects with the interface we all stare at every day. When you buy After Effects and install it, you’re actually getting two different versions.

But for the moment, I’m going to copy & paste some of the opening paragraphs:įrom After Effects & Performance Part 7: Introducing aerender In the case of After Effects, rendering is usually done using Adobe’s command line renderer, more commonly referred to as aerender.ĪErender was the focus of part 7 in my series on After Effects and Performance, and if you’re serious about putting together a render farm then it’s worth your time to read. Render Farm software, such as Deadline, isn’t doing the actual rendering – it’s just managing the overall process. How do you render After Effects projects without using After Effects? The answer is that you don’t. The first time I heard a reference to rendering using “Deadline”, I was a bit confused. So instead of trying to reply in 280 characters, here are some of my broader thoughts on render farms, Deadline, and After Effects. But I quickly realized that I couldn’t summarise everything in a tweet. Because I’m familiar with Deadline and have used it at several different studios, this was something I could offer some insight on. Recently on Twitter, Mike Tosetto, founder of the Never Sit Still design studio (they created the After Effects 2022 splash screen), asked for any advice on using Deadline as a render farm for After Effects. I’ve been fortunate enough to work at a number of studios that have an After Effects render farm, something I’ve always considered a bit of a luxury. For commercial 3D animation, having a render farm is almost a basic necessity – but After Effects render farms are much less common.