Render as image files?

[nswedlund]

I need to render out image files, ideally PNG, but I’m not seeing this as an option in Templater. I see AIFF for audio, and a variety of Video file formats.

How can I export my batch project as PNGs?

[ariestav]

Hi @nswedlund — you can accomplish this with spot checking. Essentially, you setup named markers on your target composition timeline, and then use “Spot Check” to output still images. By default, Templater renders with the Photoshop output module that ships with AE. If you need PNG images, you will need to load the PNG sequence module in Templater’s Spot Checking preferences tab.

There is more technical, step-by-step information at Templater’s documentation, but you can see a short demo of it in this video (at 5:09 into playback):

Templater by Arie Stavchansky | Plugin Demo | Adobe Creative Cloud

You don’t have to use Spot Checking, though. You can set Templater’s output module to PNG Sequence, make your target composition a single frame duration, and then have render a single frame. In this case, your data would need to have an output property value padded with hashtag symbols. So, your output names would need to looks something line myVideoA_#####, myVideoB_####, … , myVideoZ_####

Please let us know if this helps.

Thanks!