Segmenting movies and sequences

You can also specify a size for your output so that After Effects renders files in segments even when overflow isn't necessary. You may want to segment files if you work with applications that restrict the size of imported files. In addition, if After Effects reaches a disk space limit and overflows across volumes, your output is distributed to files of a predetermined size.

To specify segment settings:

1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Output (Windows) or After Effects > Preferences > Output (Mac OS).
2. Specify a segment size for your output by doing one of the following:
• Select Segment Sequence, enter a number for the maximum number of files each folder should contain, and then click OK.
• Select Segment Movie, enter a number for the maximum size in kilobytes for each movie segment, and then click OK.