“You only need to activate the render-engine instances if you need to use the specific codecs for which our license agreements with the providers of these codecs require activation because of the payment of royalties.”
“ You can install After Effects CC render engines on any number of computers without consuming these two activations,” Todd says.
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You are allowed to install and activate the full version of the After Effects on two computers.īut what about render engines? Do they count toward your two installs? No, they don’t. Encode the file as you normally would by choosing presets and an output location in Adobe Media Encoder. Choose the composition you want to encode. Press Ctrl+Alt+M (Windows) or Command+Option+M (Mac OS) The Import After Effects Composition dialog box opens. A lot of online forums say 'Use Adobe Media Encoder' as a solution to the large file size problem. These render managers mostly support all of the major platforms (Windows, OSX and Linux), but film editing software like Adobe Premiere (along with After Effects) or Edius don't support linux OS at all. Choose File > Export > Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue.
For some reason, using Adobe Media Encoder to render the After Effects file drastically reduces the file size to 160MB. To solve it, I was told to use Adobe Media Encoder. People often ask us about how many computers they can install their single-user retail license on. I had this problem with After Effects before. Todd Kopriva of Adobe goes into detail on the new process. One of the changes in After Effects CC (12.0) regards when activation occurs, and this affects how you install render-only instances of the After Effects application, known as render engines.