Workflow
Note: First ensure that you have a Frame.io Project mounted with Frame.io Drive.
Open
Windows > Media Browser > Network Drives. Your mounted Project will appear here for you to navigate and view your media from Frame.io.Drag and drop any media file from the mounted Project to import into the After Effects timeline, or drag and drop your media directly from the Finder location into After Effects. (Note: This requires no downloading onto your desktop as it's from the mounted Project based in cloud storage.)
Continue to edit on your timeline with the cloud-based media within After Effects.
When finished with the edit, go to
File > Exportand save it in the mounted Project to upload automatically to Frame.io. The newly exported file will upload to Frame.io to that Project location. Make sure to monitor Upload Status in Frame.io Drive app to ensure file has completed it's uploaded.
Version Stacks
If the After Effects project is being saved to the Mounted Project, each save will create a new version on frame.io up to a max of 250 versions. Once max is reached, oldest versions will be moved to trash. Only the latest version is ever visible in Finder/File Explorer.
Requirements
Follow these steps to modify After Effect’s preferences for the best experience with Mounted Storage. Start by going to:
macOS -
After Effects > SettingsWindows -
Edit > Preferences
Set your Media & Disk Cache
Go to
Preferences > Media & Disk Cache.Ensure
Media CacheandCache Databaseare not set to a location on Frame.io Drive.
Increase RAM Allocation
In Preferences > Memory & Performance, let After Effects use more RAM.
If After Effects feels sluggish
Option to clean up old conformed media and database entries.
Preferences > Media & Disk Cache > Clean Database & Cache
Investigate the
Purgemenu (Edit > Purge):All Memory- Clears RAM previews and memory-resident frame dataAll Disk Cache- Deletes all rendered previews and frame data stored on diskAll 3D Cache- Clears temporary GPU and memory buffers used for rendering 3D layers and 3D interactions in compositionsImage Cache Memory- Clears the portion of RAM used to hold images/frames only
Note: During export, After Effects, Premiere Pro, or Media Encoder may generate temporary files, such as .m4v, .m4a, and files with _00_ in the filename. These are significantly larger than the final .mp4 file and are only created to be used to multiplex audio and video streams into the final .mp4
If your internet connection isn’t fast enough to quickly upload these large temporary files in the background, try exporting to a local directory first. Once the export is complete, you can upload that file to Frame.io Drive.