How to fix a Failed Render from After Effects

[@ShiveringCactus]

If you've found this video through a search and you're wondering what Adobe Media Encoder is, then it is probably worth checking out my other tutorial on exporting video from After Effects: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jV7YpIWaociCfrM Also, post below if none of the tips covered help and if I can help, I will.

[@WithSameerBhutani]

Nice work. Subscribed to learn more

[@hoorainroblox]

it renders but when i open the video it says it not encode right format

[@ShiveringCactus]

@@hoorainroblox so that sounds like the player cannot play the video format you’ve chosen. Did you use h.264 ?

[@a.y.hawk.]

Purging memory & disk cache solved it for me! You have no idea how long I've been looking for a solution. Thanks so much!

[@ShiveringCactus]

You’re very welcome

[@EricPatno]

You’re a lifesaver. Was pushing out an advertisement I filmed and I was stuck trying to render bc I needed to clear the cache. Thank you so much!

[@ShiveringCactus]

You’re very welcome, this video seems to be helping lots of people. Glad it helped you too

[@kiber_official]

I indeed have a gaming PC, so I just had to switch the "Renderer"-option into "...Software". You are truly a genius!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Thank you, now all I need is the billionaire, playboy, philanthropist part.

[@swampwhompa]

As much as rendering an image sequence sux, that definitely saved me today. For some reason a couple effects I was using were bugging out in the middle of a render and would crash AE every time. I had to restart the image sequence render a couple times but once it got past those few weird frames in the middle everything went perfectly. Thanks a bunch!

[@ShiveringCactus]

It feels like such a defeat, but at least it gets the job done.

[@hat7su]

Can someone send me any tutorial how to do that please

[@ShiveringCactus]

@@hat7su select a layer that is effects intensive. Use the Solo checkbox to show only that layer. Send the comp to the Render Queue. Choose QuickTime as the format. Then in the options choose Apple ProRes as the codec. Once rendered, drop this video back into your comp, turning off the original layer.

[@hat7su]

@@ShiveringCactus thank you

[@rehanali1949]

Most of my render problems are fixed by rendering as lossless (AVI) on ae, and then importing the avi in media encoder and rendering as mp4. Tedious, but this is how I usually fix my problems. I think it's because rendering as mp4 means that the software tries to find the best way to compress each frame and append it to a file. Doing this could be very slow, depending on how good your PC is. Mine isn't very good, sadly.

[@ShiveringCactus]

I feel your pain and rendering to an AVI from After Effects then rerendering will get you there. I beleive the experts reccomend the Apple ProRes codecs over AVI files these days - but if your current workflow works for you, I wouldn't change. At least After Effects can send you a push notification when its finished rendering now.

[@majorad4054]

Brooo i loveeee you thank you

[@mesopop2162]

اقسم بربي انتي اسطورة

[@Holy_frr]

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[@owndamnhero3414]

I came to this video looking for a solution while literally doing option 5. Idk why I found that funny. But thanks for the help, I’ll keep it in mind for next time.

[@ShiveringCactus]

I'll chalk this up to "Great minds think alike"

[@sunshaken]

IT WORKED. The worst option for me was to change the clip and i avoided it by doing all the other alternatives but ultimately i had to change the clip, AME gave the time stamp for. But the clip even rendered separately easily and i tried using the rendered clip as well but it just wasn't working. Idk what was the problem. Whatever tho, after 3 hours of stupid effort, i got it done! 😩✊ (i even restarted the pc & yk how unwanted is that)

[@ShiveringCactus]

Hey, you won! After Effects is wonderful, but frustrating sometimes.

[@LloydDunamis]

Intro was basically me as well, and perhaps most of everyone else. 'Am aware that a computer restart might actually fix the problem, but I was stubborn. In my case, the render fails right when I press [Render] on the render queue. Log files, no mention of why; the interface just says "Failed". No AfterEffects restart nor cache clear could save it ...just the computer restart. This was somewhat the last thing I read/watched until I gave up and just restarted my laptop. Thanks.

[@ShiveringCactus]

I hate the restart option too, but sometimes it’s needed to get the job done. Glad you’re sorted.

[@thedivyanshsingh]

STEP 2: Purging worked for me! You friking saved my day bro!! Was working on this project for 2 days and finally when it was finished I put it on render as usual but this problem came and it was goddamn frustrating... I thought it somehow got corrupted & i have to redo the project. But before redoing it was tired my last effort to fix it and I found this vid. Can't express my gratitude in words❤❤

[@ShiveringCactus]

Glad you got it sorted, nothing quite like the panic that sets in when a render fails

[@AnnSnowfrost]

Thank you so much for the video! I was encountering so many error reports, but somehow switching the render option made it went smooth and even faster!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Thank you, really pleased it worked for you.

[@07XinEdits]

Thanks! I failed to export for the first time on November 29, 2021. I watched this video and I know how to solve this problem :D

[@ShiveringCactus]

That’s free s great. Glad it helped.

[@HypeRatt]

doesnt work

[@sandeepkhare8986]

first trick works. i did pre comp. Thank you so much man.

[@ShiveringCactus]

You’re very welcome. Glad you got sorted

[@piyushsoni10]

I'm little late, but if you are still getting 'failed' when you try to render ae edit through media encoder, then follow this: - Set your Performance to SOFTWARE ENCODING in Encoding Settings under Video menu and then render it. It worked for me, hope it works for you 😁

[@muhammadsyafiee534]

Thanks, you solved my prob!

[@o7pi]

Will it affect any factors within the project? Perhaps the quality or fps?

[@tatyanah0]

Where is encoding settings

[@piyushsoni10]

@@tatyanah0 Scroll down under the video menu.

[@ShiveringCactus]

You know I cover this just after the 1 minute mark, right? I mean yeah, the video is all of 3 minutes so I know there’s a lot to wade through 😉

[@turbo_co27]

Ah, I had 89gb of cache I needed to clear. Man 4k is MASSIVE. Thank you!

[@ShiveringCactus]

It makes such a difference

[@SSGaming03]

I'm rendering image sequence but whenever I render it's failed ,it didn't even work in media endcoder pls help btw those images sequence are in 4k

[@ShiveringCactus]

When you render the image sequence, is that via the render queue? If it’s still failing, try solo-ing one effect intensive layer. Then if that works, add this back to your comp, turning off the original. This should reduce the overall load on your computer’s ram/processor

[@tanveerahmad2865]

One more thing you can do, ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Don't render it with media encoder first, Render it with after effects for first time, It will create a huge sized file, then drag and drop it to media encoder, Render it and your job is done🤗 (I hope atleast)

[@ShiveringCactus]

Fortunately it looks like Adobe are going to add MP4 export back to the render queue. If you do have to render out with AE (which is currently not the recommended method), render out using the QuickTime setting for ProRes. This can give you a video with an alpha channel. It’s still large but not as bad as an AVI file

[@lassanm.nat.2467]

Just reset your GPU if you are using your GPU for encoding. To do this press: CTRL + Windows + Shift + B It will reset your GPU and your display will give you a black screen for a second. But don't worry. It worked for me...

[@ShiveringCactus]

My PC has been really stable for ages now. But I’ll try this out next time it crashes.

[@IcyEditz22]

My render doesn’t crash, it just stops. It will get to 50 to 80% and then just stop, my screen doesn’t freeze and it only works with this one project, this has never happened before and doesn’t happen with other projects like, just this one

[@ShiveringCactus]

My guess would be something in that particular comp. Check the render logs for the exact time it fails and see if you can spot a problematic layer or effect.

[@TheSpacePlaceYT]

I've always rendered in MP4 but for some reason that is the one file export I cannot render in. This problem occurred nearly a year ago and I decided to render in AVI. The issue though is that it's file size is rediculous and uploading to KZbin is tedious. I can't use online file converters because the file is too big. What should I do?

[@ShiveringCactus]

Try taking your AVI and importing that directly into Media Encoder. You should be able to render out an MP4 from that

[@TheSpacePlaceYT]

@@ShiveringCactus Thanks.

[@arhamirfan]

thanks bro this helped

[@moranxedits3120]

Hi I need help, my AE isn't rendering my project in full resolution only in half or draft if It's on full it freezes and saves nothing.. can you help me fix it?

[@ShiveringCactus]

I'm sorry, I've only just seen this comment (shakes fist at KZbin notifications). What happens when you try rendering an image sequence? Are you using a lot of 3D and have you tried the software-render-only trick?

[@moranxedits3120]

@@ShiveringCactus it’s okay thank you so much for taking the time to answer me :) I fixed it!! I had a plugin bug and yes I do use some 3D transitions and elements and I’ll try it👍🏻

[@ranadkamal6109]

thank yoooooou it worked.. I switch it into software encoding

[@ShiveringCactus]

Great! Glad this helped you.

[@Jadexoxo21]

I've tried all of this and still nothing, it still keeps getting stuck all the time. I spent 5 hours on an edit just to have it not render and I've tried about 30 times now and still nothing. So frustrating

[@ShiveringCactus]

Including rendering an image sequence? Can you try soloing certain layers and rendering just them?

[@Jadexoxo21]

@@ShiveringCactus yeah I tried the image sequence and it got stuck halfway. I ended up rendering each layer seperately and that worked :) It did take a while though because there were about 50 layers

[@michaelutale4347]

Thank you man, I was stressing

[@ShiveringCactus]

Glad I was able to help. Thank you for the thank you.

[@xylo12_1]

w bro, i was annoyed from last 2 days and u saved my life

[@ShiveringCactus]

Glad this helped

[@aarilyss]

I tried to render the edit in full resolution but it only renders until a certain time, but when I render it in half resolution it renders full, the thing is now after doing all the steps in the video, I cant even export 1 frame :(

[@ShiveringCactus]

That’s odd. Are you running 2022, or an earlier version? If you are, does the multi frame render make a difference? What is full resolution for your comp? Have you tried rendering it as an image sequence?

[@aarilyss]

​@@ShiveringCactus What is full resolution for your comp? 1080p Have you tried rendering it as an image sequence? No, but I think its a really long process Also, it tells me that my sapphire ran out of memory, how can I fix that?

[@ShiveringCactus]

Hmm, so 1080p shouldn't be too taxing, I was wondering is this was a 4k issue. Image sequences are frustrating to use, but if your system can't cope with a big comp, then it's a way of making sure you don't have to repeat any render. Once done, you can make a video out of the sequence in minutes. I don't have Sapphire myself, but I do know it's a Boris FX plugin. It might be that with all of AE's memory requirements, there's just not enough to share with Sapphire. Can you replace that effect with another?

[@happyhealthymonkey]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! IT WORKS! You are life saver!!!

[@ShiveringCactus]

You’re very welcome! I’m really pleased this helped you

[@st4rdust_j795]

I’m trying to render and when I do I get a message saying the selected output module will overwrite a file that already exists to allow press okay and when I do press okay it says the name of the selected output module is already in use please choose another name idk what to do I need help

[@ShiveringCactus]

That sounds like to file you’re trying to overwrite is in use in another program. Name your new file with a 1 at the end, render it and then later delete the first one.

[@st4rdust_j795]

@@ShiveringCactus ahh okay I’ll try that and let you know if it works thanks

[@st4rdust_j795]

@@ShiveringCactus so I tried it but when I press okay it won’t let me render at all I tired changing the output name but it’s still not working

[@ShiveringCactus]

Hmm, that sounds like it’s lost the location you’re rendering to or has crashed. Try deleting it from the render queue and re-add it, then change its name.

[@cozmo6466]

Hey none of these are working for me. I went through each one including changing it to software & clear/purging the cache. I’m retrying the last one right now. My video is abt 15 min & it’s stuck on 2 > minutes left every time. I also tried to be patient and let it load for a couple hours but it’s still stuck or it’ll increase expected time. Can you help with this please?

[@ShiveringCactus]

I’m so sorry nothing is working for you. Does the image sequence option work at all? Can you render using the render queue to make an image sequence?

[@cozmo6466]

@@ShiveringCactus so I figured out that my file was corrupted towards the end, so when I cut out the last couple of minutes before rendering it worked perfectly fine & then I rendered the last portion out by itself. I did switch to software render so it wouldn’t crash but it worked out in the end.

[@st.michaelthearchangel7774]

Helpful information. Thanks!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Glad you found it useful

[@Le_TuTuS]

Thanks you very much! It helped me a lot!!!

[@ShiveringCactus]

You’re welcome, glad it helped

[@DaceLmao]

hey man my ae render always crashes with the sapphire plugin (i was trying to render 1920x1080 60fps quicktime with rgb+alpha) and when i go to render it the render percentage gets stuck at 0% and then crashes with the error code "after effects can't continue (plugin) generated an unexpected exception" plz help

[@ShiveringCactus]

I’m not familiar with the sapphire plug-in, but it sounds like your computer might not have the required RAM to render out at full quality. Try rendering without an alpha channel and see if that works.

[@DaceLmao]

@@ShiveringCactus i specificly need my render in rgb+alpha though so i dont know what else to do and the bug is only with sapphire which is strange

[@ShiveringCactus]

@@DaceLmao try rendering out without alpha. If that works, then you can try rendering out a separate black and white version. You can then use that as a luma matte.

[@filipecaldasmotion]

It worked. Thank you!!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Yay!

[@ErikaZambranoeriliis]

You’re a lifesaver.. Thanks!!! :')

[@ShiveringCactus]

Something, something… really clever joke about mint with a hole.

[@abeldebebe5770]

I have a problem, its not rendering effects when i render it just gives my old vid no changes even tho i applied sharpness effect still no change

[@ShiveringCactus]

It’s hard to tell what’s happening from your description. If you post on the Adobe or CreativeCow.net forums with a couple of screenshots I and others can help you there

[@abeldebebe5770]

@@ShiveringCactus ok i will but let me try telling u again, For example i choose the sharpness effect then apply it on my vid then i go straight to render it but when i check the resulted video the sharpness effect is not there

[@adelhannalukacs4287]

hello! my ae says "failed to write xmp metadata" whenever i finish rendering a video, so the video can't be played. i have both options enabled in media&disk cache: xmp metadata, but i don't know where to go from here.

[@adelhannalukacs4287]

managed to render the video, now i just can't play it for some reason, it probably has to do something with the format i assume?

[@adelhannalukacs4287]

nevermind it says the xmp metadata thing again😭😭😭

[@ShiveringCactus]

I’ve not had this myself, but apparently this works: Try changing the render location to the desktop or try changing the folder to an English name Looks like Adobe are aware and the latest version has this fixed, so you could also check to make sure you’re up to date.

[@NoxiousDream]

My render only fails on clips which i zoom in around 600-700 with motion tile

[@ShiveringCactus]

I think you’re probably pushing motion tile a bit too much. Could you start with a larger image and not zoom in as much?

[@NoxiousDream]

@@ShiveringCactus yess, am doing that and now my render is pretty smooth,

[@shu6hedits]

i changed my render "best setting" from full to 1/3rd and now its working ,

[@NoxiousDream]

@@shu6hedits but i want full quality :'')

[@flaneuredits]

SAME PLEASE HELP ME IVE BEEN TRYING FOR 5 HOURS

[@makayla7600]

How do you open the log menu? I can’t see it on your screen

[@ShiveringCactus]

Eek, that’s a bad oversight on my part. Go to File > Show Log

[@nikhatabrar6202]

It worked

[@yossiyo1]

hi i have a problem with a template this is my log error and its always the same spot even when i delete the shot in that timeline it faild to render. i did everything as the video says :( Export Error Error compiling movie. Accelerated Renderer Error Unable to produce frame. Writing with exporter: H.264 Writing to file: Render_4K.mp4 Writing file type: H264 Around timecode: 00:00:45:07 - 00:00:45:15 Rendering at offset: 45.280 seconds Component: H.264 of type Exporter Selector: 9 Error code: -1609629695

[@ShiveringCactus]

Do you want to drop me a line at shiveringc at gmail and send me a copy of your project and I can take a quick look

[@mhdamir399]

Bro I have this same problem and I dont know what to do. I cant export my edit. It keeps failing at a exact spot. But when I exported In a lower resolution, It worked. Can u tell me a solution.

[@svltches4477]

everytime I render its a gamble theres always something that just f***** my entire render up

[@ShiveringCactus]

Have any of my tips helped?

[@3dmodelingandtexturing647]

My encoder is showing "Encode failed because the file E:\after effect\fun3.mp4 can't be overwritten." what do i do sir

[@ShiveringCactus]

Might want to try deleting the mp4 called fun3 or changing the file name you’re saving to

[@3dmodelingandtexturing647]

@@ShiveringCactus My resolution was not correct but i fixed it today And also you are doing great work man keep making usefull stuff

[@weirdogy7984]

My video always stuck in 29%😭 plz help me.........

[@ShiveringCactus]

Have you been able to render anything as an image sequence?

[@weirdogy7984]

@@ShiveringCactus no... Because this is very disturbing 😣

[@ShiveringCactus]

Depending on your comp, there might be a lot going on and AE is filling up your cache, or your graphics card can't handle it. Try rendering out an image sequence from AE's render queue. If nothing else, you should be able to assemble a full sequence out of rendering separate parts of the timeline.

[@weirdogy7984]

Thank you,, ❤️ it helps🥺

[@Idsse]

When I try render it will start fine however when it gets to a certain frame it will give me the error “this frame cannot be processed,” by chance is there anything that can help?

[@ShiveringCactus]

Sounds like the media at that frame is corrupt. Try replacing it, even just rendering out that frame on its own might help

[@Idsse]

@@ShiveringCactus ty

[@doodguys685]

I’m confused on how you change to software render only

[@ShiveringCactus]

I show where to change this in AME at this timecode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGjbmXpnl7OFjLc

[@melbendigo]

But what if you need to use the Cinema4D extrude function?

[@ShiveringCactus]

If your render still fails, then use the render queue and render out a PNG sequence.

[@YouWantPizzazz]

Thanks so much!

[@ShiveringCactus]

You’re welcome

[@gavrill00]

None of these options worked... I just don't understand why

[@ShiveringCactus]

Hmm. That’s odd. Is there anything in the error logs? Drop me a line on my website if you like and I can try to help. Shiveringcactus.net

[@isha5064]

How do you render in HD quality in adobe media encoder using 576x1028 format?

[@ShiveringCactus]

If you click on the rendering preset from the main screen, a pop up opens. From here you can alter the resolution to match HD, including how the video fills the space.

[@isha5064]

@@ShiveringCactus thanks!

[@Multiae]

My videos arent playing once i export like when i try opening them or using them it says video isnt there, please help mr :(

[@ShiveringCactus]

That sounds like you're rendering to a format your media player can't play. Are you rendering to ProRes? Windows doesn't have a native ProRes player (I think). Try rendering to H.264 instead

[@Multiae]

@@ShiveringCactus no, MOV im relly new to after effects so idrk what that is.

[@ShiveringCactus]

@@Multiae MOV files won't play directly on Windows (Apple and Microsoft had an "security" argument about it a while back). Take a look at this video I made a while back, it should take you through the steps needed to export a video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jV7YpIWaociCfrM

[@Multiae]

@@ShiveringCactus ok ty

[@gauravyadav1618]

Sir, in my it is showing that sapphire plugin abort and then it's not rendering do u have any solution for this

[@ShiveringCactus]

Sapphire does seem to be having a lot of problems with Adobe Media Encoder. Try rendering out an image sequence via AE’s render queue first, then use that to make a video with AME.

[@gauravyadav1618]

@@ShiveringCactus sir I can't solve the problem 😭

[@ShiveringCactus]

@@gauravyadav1618 oh no. I don't have Sapphire myself, have you contacted their tech support?

[@devdarsh6231]

Bro when I render it it renders and after some time it said render failed. It fails exactly when an effect (twitch plugin) comes. What do I need to do to fix it

[@ShiveringCactus]

Try render out just the layer and time with twitch on it (solo the twitch layer). You might even need to render that out as an image sequence using AE’s render queue. If that works, add the rendered version back into the comp and turn off the twitch layer.

[@devdarsh6231]

@shiveringcactus:vfxtutorials Thanks for the help bro it worked 😁

[@25Dark]

@@devdarsh6231 what did u do to solve it?

[@Ayushx77]

@@25Dark help

[@rorisgarcia3586]

this is 1 year ago and I cannot do it, did it change?

[@ShiveringCactus]

Nope, all the solutions I talked about should still work. Since the video Adobe have now added h.264 into the render queue, but I still mainly use Media Encoder

[@kernst.hillaire4252]

Thank you

[@ShiveringCactus]

You’re welcome. Hope that’s the end of your rendering issues

[@gamernimish2364]

Bro mine was not solving i use adobe animate but i export it shows error code 3

[@ShiveringCactus]

In preferences for AME, try disabling h.264 Hardware Accelerated decoding

[@gamernimish2364]

@@ShiveringCactus it is turned off😩

[@ShiveringCactus]

Hmm, apparently Error 3 is more about AME with Animator or Premiere Pro does have some issues, take a look at this link about Premiere Pro: www.thewindowsclub.com/error-code-3-error-compiling-movie-export-error-on-premiere-pro

[@wtfashokjr]

is keeping quater retain high quality like full??

[@ShiveringCactus]

When you render, it should always render out at best quality automatically

[@wtfashokjr]

@@ShiveringCactus thanks man..

[@tyrellesmith7030]

Omg thank you so much

[@ShiveringCactus]

You're welcome! I've just learned today that MP4 export is coming back to AE, so that might reduce a lot of the issues too

[@tyrneffect]

Helpful 👍

[@ShiveringCactus]

I try

[@lvnaseraph]

My rendering doesn’t fail, it doesn’t even start when I click render

[@ShiveringCactus]

That’s rough. When that’s happened to me in the past, it’s been the graphic card, try which to software render only and see if that works.

[@lvnaseraph]

@@ShiveringCactus I solved it! It was just with that video I was trying to render bc with the others it did work. With the video I was trying to render I kept getting an error saying “*nameofthevideo*.mov cannot be overwritten as it will be used for rendering” I re-did the video (the only thing I did with AE was a caption with text effects) converting the video in MP4 and it worked

[@ShiveringCactus]

@@lvnaseraph ah, that explains it. Well done for spotting the issue and correcting it.

[@lvnaseraph]

@@ShiveringCactus everything is fine now, thanks! 💕

[@HypeRatt]

nothing is working!!!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Nothing is? It’s really difficult to diagnose issues here on KZbin. I post regularly on CreativeCow.net. Head over to their forums and post as much info as you can, screenshots, things you’ve tried, plug-ins you’re using etc… And you’ve definitely tried disabling GPU acceleration?

[@udede.szm_]

tysm beo u saved me from edit more 7 hours

[@demoxae]

Helpful

[@ShiveringCactus]

I try

[@blaxy.8]

how to fix code 9988 render?

[@ShiveringCactus]

Not heard of that one, but try this page: www.errorvault.com/en/troubleshooting/runtime-errors/adobe-systems-inc/adobe-after-effects/error-998_after-effects-error-998

[@miketeam230]

Great, thanks for this video.

[@ShiveringCactus]

You’re welcome

[@ShhheilaASMR]

my failed at 1 second in. :cries:

[@ShiveringCactus]

Try render queue to make a png sequence. Worst comes to the worst you render one second at a time.

[@ShhheilaASMR]

@@ShiveringCactus only thing is its a 30m video! haha, clearing the cache and closing Ae seems to have helped tho!!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Ah right, that will be an issue as AE uses your computer’s RAM in rendering and will fill up. As your render fails on the first frame, it’s probably the effect you’re trying to use. Particle effects can be particularly bad. Try to render out just that layer on its own as a png with alpha sequence, (the solo button helps here), then bring that back into AE and turn off the original layer.

[@ShhheilaASMR]

@@ShiveringCactus it is rendering rn i managed to render the whole thing after clearing cache, you saying it's "an effect i used" i usually have about 10 on top of each other and 100+ layers on top of each other. it's insane haha that would be a right mess to try to sort out! haha!

[@MinhLong2012]

It still failed

[@ShiveringCactus]

Can you render out a single frame? Is it possible to use render queue? Or is if that Adobe Media Encoder will not open?

[@metron-ariston]

anyone find i cant render like 2 mothns i lost so much money pls anyone !!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Post on Adobe’s forum, you can include error logs and screenshots there and I’m one of a bunch of experts who can help

[@heatherdeep8367]

My solution was the lack of disk space lol

[@kasper7203]

Think this is outdated or something

[@ShiveringCactus]

All of it? GPU rendering is still an issue and while you can now render MP4s in After Effects, you can still hit issues which this video covers.

[@kasper7203]

@@ShiveringCactus haha sorry no not all of it but perhaps just in my case. I couldn't find the log files despite after effects insisting they existed which I assume must have something to do with my particular set-up.. Or ae 2023 has changed

[@ShiveringCactus]

@@kasper7203 ah Adobe… moving stuff. If you’re just in AE and your render failed, then the link to the error log is in the render queue (I think)

[@kasper7203]

@@ShiveringCactus yes that is what I am use to as well. However today it just was not there.. And so I believed I had gone crazy.. But now I think it is just a new "feature" that I don't understand yet and will have to figure out at a later date. Normally it works fine though.. I don't know what I did "wrong" this time. PS I hate After Effects.. It took me 3 hours to render a sequence that would have taken 1 hour in blender.. I don't know why I thought it was a good idea to work with After Effects..

[@user-vn9hp5xh9m]

tyy

[@ShiveringCactus]

You’re welcome

[@mohamedkeblawe4407]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@hunterxyt8350]

Its not working

[@ShiveringCactus]

What isn’t working? The image sequence option?

[@hunterxyt8350]

@@ShiveringCactus not sequence it happens with composition

[@ShiveringCactus]

Have you tried my suggestions in the video? To render out an image sequence first? If AME will not open, you can try the render queue option inside AE

[@hunterxyt8350]

@@ShiveringCactus render queue is also not working . its render half of composition then automatically freez

[@ShiveringCactus]

OK, so that's where the image sequence comes in. When you render using that, AE may still freeze, but you'll not need to re-render the first half of the comp. Instead, once you've got AE unfrozen, with a cleared cache, you can render from the next frame that AE failed at. This way long, render-heavy comps can be still outputted. Once you have the whole comp as an image sequence, you can bring this back into AE (if you have audio) or straight into AME and turn it into an MP4