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Set Rendering and Ambient Occlusion Options (page 484), as necessary.3
Select objects (page 486) to output.4
Render your outputs from Action (using the options in the Render button and dropdown list).5
To access the Output menu, click the Output button.
Render Layers List Settings
Use the Outputs List to organize the outputs you want to render from Action. You must have at least one
output in the Outputs List. By default, a Comp output exists, which is set to render the entire comp and
result camera.
NOTE If you accessed Action from the timeline, you are limited to a single Render Layer with Comp and Matte
enabled, and certain settings in the Outputs List are unavailable.
When you save an Action setup, your outputs are also saved.
Render Layers List Lists all of the existing render layers. Use the buttons below to populate the list with
the render layers you want. To deselect an render layer from rendering (but keep it in the list), click the
yellow arrow beside the output.
Add button Adds a new render layer to the list. Use the Rename button to change the name to something
more meaningful.
TIP Use the Output Naming settings in the Action Setup Preferences (page 473) menu to set default naming
conventions for your outputs.
Copy button Creates a copy of a selected render layer.
Delete button Deletes the selected output from the list.
Rename button Opens the onscreen keyboard to rename the selected render layer in the list. Renaming a
Render Layer automatically renames all output sockets enabled from that Render Layer.
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