AEQueue (tk-aftereffects-queue)

An After Effects render queue for ShotGrid Toolkit.

Developed at Brand New School.

• Render multiple comps to locations defined by templates in your Toolkit config.
• Compress full-res renders as MP4 and GIF using ffmpeg.
• Copy compressed renders to a review folder.
• Upload renders to ShotGrid for review.
• Send reports when errors occur during rendering.

When an error occurs during rendering, users can view a report, and when configured, they can send a report directly to the people who need to know!

To install AEQueue make the changes in the example_config directory to your own toolkit config. This includes the following:

1. Modify env/app_locations.yml to include tk-aftereffects-queue.
2. Add env/includes/settings/tk-aftereffects-queue.yml to configure AEQueue. (See info.yml for details on configuration values.)
3. Modify env/includes/settings/tk-aftereffects.yml to include AEQueue in your asset_step and shot_step sections for the tk-aftereffects engine.

1. You can enable sending reports by customizing the send_report_hook. Implement your own or configure the builtin TicketSendReportHook. See hooks/ticket_send_report_hook.py for more details.