nexrender

Features

• data-driven, dynamic, personalized video rendering
• automated video management, processing, and delivery
• network-oriented project structure, render farm
• highly modular nature, extensive plugin support
• works only in cli mode, never launches After Effects GUI application
• does not require licenses for Adobe After Effects on any worker machine
• free to use and open source

How it works

• rendering: It uses Adobe After Effects' aerender command-line interface application.
• compositing: It creates a temporary folder, copies project and replaces assets with provided ones.
• personalization: It uses AE's expressions, scripting, and compositing (noted above).
• scheduling: It stores projects in a local database, managed from anywhere using HTTP API.
• network: It renders project per machine, and can be used to render several projects simultaneously.
• farm: Can be used to render a single project on several machines via Multi-Machine Sequence

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