After Effects with Backburner.

[neil poppleton]

Anyone had success with sending files from AE to backburner.

 

I did read one complicated web page a while back on scripting etc, but cannot find this site, when I want it.

[acjwalker]

Now that would be brilliant if that worked?!?

[neil poppleton]

http://www.leapfrog-productions.com/Scripts/BackburnerSubmit/backburnersubmit.html

 

One weblink I have found but not tested, anyone use this ?

[squeakybadger]

Not exactly backburner, but you just setup a watch folder in after effects and get the renderslave to look for changes in that folder and render it.

 

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103a4f2dff7-79a2a.html

[neil poppleton]

I have strted looking at watch folders Jai, but when I run the aerender.exe on a slave pc nothing happens. Im sure their is something fundamental I'm doing wrong. Do you have an idiots guide to the process ?

[squeakybadger]

I have strted looking at watch folders Jai, but when I run the aerender.exe on a slave pc nothing happens. Im sure their is something fundamental I'm doing wrong. Do you have an idiots guide to the process ?

 

Hmm, that doesnt sound good.

 

Just had a quick try here:

 

Created a shared folder on the server

Started Adobe After Effects Render Engine (in prog files/adobe/after effects)

It should then just scan the folder waiting for a job

Made a comp in Ae and set all the outputs, then compacted all the files to 1 folder (as per the link above)

Put that folder in the watch folder

Rendering ahoy!

[neil poppleton]

cheers jai, will give it a whirl, thanks.

[cgrant3d]

There is an aerender maxscript that submits after effects files to backburner... Couldn't get it to work here but other users have reported success. Might be just what you're looking for.

 

http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/aerender