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    With a scene loaded in After Effects, select "Add to Render Queue" from the "Composition" Menu. 

    Set up the Render Queue with the parameters and settings that you want for the project.

    Save the scene file so that the render queue you just set up is available when the file is picked up on a Worker.

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    This is the Render Queue area

     

     

     


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    Now select "QubeAppFinder_Submit_RenderQueue.jsx" from the "File -> Scripts" menu.

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    If this is the first time you have done this, you will be presented with a dialog box that wants to know where to find the Wrangler View executable.

    Fill this out appropriately:

    • Mac: /Applications/pfx/qube/qube.app
    • PC: C:\Program Files (x86)\pfx\qube\bin\qube.exe
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    This will present a pre filled submission UI.

    Ensure sections marked in red have the correct details.

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    While not strictly required, the following settings are useful for getting a better result. You will need to turn on "Expert Mode" (check box at the bottom of the submission UI) in order to get access to them.

    • In "Execution" choose "Chunks with n frames". This is because loading the After Effects application and file typically takes much longer than the time to generate a frame, so it is more efficient to generate several from one After Effects session.
    • Make sure the CS version (or Creative Cloud version, if used) is set to the correct version of After Effects.
    • By default, Qube! will not retry failed frames. So set the "Retry frame/instance" value to 3 or 5, to get 3 or 5 retries before it gives up. Related to that, the default wait between retries is zero seconds, which is typically not useful. Set the "Retry Work Delay" to a value like 5 or 10 to allow machines time to recover from temporary problems such as network errors.


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