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Run aerender in non-royalty bearing mode

When using AfterEffects CC, some special handling is required when setting up worker nodes to render AfterEffects projects. Please refer to the Adobe post here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/ca/after-effects/using/automated-rendering-network-rendering.html

From the URL:

After Effects CS5.5 had to be serialized on render-only machines due to licensing issues. In After Effects CS6 and later, you can now run aerender or use Watch Folder in a non-royalty bearing mode, so serialization not required.

To ensure that After Effects is running in non-royalty bearing mode, place a blank file named ae_render_only_node.txt into the following location:

  1. Install After Effects on the render-only machine.

    • Mac locations:

      /Users/[username]/Documents/

      /Users/Shared/Adobe/

    • Windows locations:

      C:\Users[username]\Documents

      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Adobe