A
complex nested composition can take a long time to preview and render.
If you have a nested composition that you do not expect to work
on further, you can save time during each previewing and rendering
operation by pre-rendering the nested composition into a movie and
replacing the composition with the rendered movie. You can still
make changes to the original nested composition, because it remains
in the project list. If you make a significant change to the original
nested composition, just render it again.
Pre-rendering a
nested composition is particularly beneficial when you will use
it multiple times in a project. Using a pre-rendered movie in place
of a nested composition also saves time and memory when you render
the final version of the main composition.
Note: Apply your final
output settings when you pre-render the nested composition.
Select the composition in the Project or Composition
panel.
Choose Composition > Pre-render.
The Pre-render command adds the composition to the
render queue and sets the Import & Replace Usage post-render
action to replace the composition with the rendered movie.
In the Render Queue panel, adjust settings as necessary,
and click the Render button to render the composition.
Note: An alternative to replacing the composition with
the movie is to use the rendered movie as a proxy for the nested
composition.
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