If you don’t have a second computers to utilize as a remote render farm, you could sweet talk a friend into setting up a shared folder on their machine to catapult them to best friend status. If you search for ways to remotely power on a computer and load an application at start, there are ways to accomplish the task, which fall outside the area of this article. The only downside to using Adobe Media Encoder as a remote render farm is that your computer that you want to render the project file on has to be powered on with Media Encoder open. Since the Watch Folder Output is located in a folder synced to the cloud, your file will be uploaded automatically making it available on your laptop or any other device that can access your cloud storage. The Output folder is where you will find your rendered project file. When the render is complete, the After Effects file is moved into the Source folder. I have found it to be very reliable and provides more features than the stock solution from Google.
PROJECT BACKUPĪs project files are saved and assets are created, they are uploaded to the cloud providing three copies of the project (cloud, laptop, desktop).įor automatically syncing my computers with Google Drive, I use a third party solution called Insync. While working on active projects, I always keep my entire After Effects project on Google Drive. And while I like to hang out in coffee shops waiting for a render to complete so that I can hog all the available bandwidth from the substandard free wifi to upload my video, I would rather spend my time not tied to my computer.įortunately, Adobe Media Encoder can be used as a remote render farm for both Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro. While laptops have become more powerful over the years, I find it frustrating to render projects on my laptop when I have a 8 core, 16 threaded computer sitting at home twiddling its thumbs. How to use Adobe Media Encoder on a Remote Computer to Render your Adobe After Effects Projects.
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