user4007: I'm using After Effects CS3 (yeah, I know it's old) and I'm rendering my composition out. When I Add to Render Queue I have to change the settings like Render Settings & Output Module every time. 
Is there a way to set these once and have AE use them every time you Add to Render Queue?

user1950: I'm pretty sure it hasn't changed since CS3 (in fact It's been the same for as long as I can remember): in Edit > Templates > Render Settings >. Another way of getting to this dialogue is from the Render Settings drop-down in the render queue. At the bottom of the list of templates in the drop-down is Make Template… 
Choosing that brings up the dialogue box pictured below. Up the top of the dialogue box you'll find Movie Default; set that to whatever template you want to be the default for renders. If you haven't got a template that has the settings you need then you can make one here - hit the New button, set all your settings and give it a name.  I find duplicating an existing one and modifying it a useful way to go.
Same goes for the output modules, which you get to from Edit > Templates > Output Modules, or from the Output Modules drop-down in the render queue.



4007: <p>I'm using After Effects CS3 (<em>yeah, I know it's old</em>) and I'm rendering my composition out. When I <strong>Add to Render Queue</strong> I have to change the settings like <strong>Render Settings &amp; Output Module</strong> every time. </p>

<p>Is there a way to set these once and have AE use them every time you <strong>Add to Render Queue</strong>?</p>
 1950: <p>I'm pretty sure it hasn't changed since CS3 (in fact It's been the same for as long as I can remember): in <code>Edit &gt; Templates &gt; Render Settings &gt;</code>. Another way of getting to this dialogue is from the <code>Render Settings</code> drop-down in the render queue. At the bottom of the list of templates in the drop-down is <code>Make Template…</code> </p>

<p>Choosing that brings up the dialogue box pictured below. Up the top of the dialogue box you'll find <code>Movie Default</code>; set that to whatever template you want to be the default for renders. If you haven't got a template that has the settings you need then you can make one here - hit the <code>New</code> button, set all your settings and give it a name.  I find duplicating an existing one and modifying it a useful way to go.</p>

<p>Same goes for the output modules, which you get to from <code>Edit &gt; Templates &gt; Output Modules</code>, or from the <code>Output Modules</code> drop-down in the render queue.</p>

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