Rendering and Output - The Focal Easy Guide to After Effects - page 240

have to select every file you use in your projects - only the final top-level
Comps need be selected.

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Select the Logo Risen - Solution
Comp.

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Select File Reduce Project .

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A dialog appears informing you of
how many files were elminated -
click 'OK'.

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Now Save As your project with a new name ( Logo Risen -
NetRender.aep ) that reminds you that the project has been Reduced
prior to Network Rendering.

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Select Collect Files . . . to activate the Network Rendering

process and the Collect Files dialog opens.

File

This is the final step for Network Rendering preparation. Under the Collect
Source Files: drop-down menu are options for how projects are 'Collected':

All - every file listed in the Project Window is saved; this can make for
huge Collected Project files and take a really long time, but it's great for
project archiving.

For All/Selected/Queued Comps - only files associated to Comps are
collected.

None (Project Only) - saves the After Effects Project file only to the Watch
Folder.

The None option takes advantage of the Network Accessible Imported
resource files by saving only the Project file, not the actual resource files, unlike