Introduction

BatchRender is an Adobe After Effects extension for data-driven batch rendering. You prepare one After Effects project as a template, connect a data source with one row per version, and BatchRender renders every row: injecting text, swapping footage, and queuing the comp for each version automatically.

How it works

1. Prepare your project. Name your text layers and footage items after the columns in your data. That is the entire mapping. No tags, no scripting.
2. Connect a data source. A local CSV, TSV or JSON file, a Google Sheet, or an Airtable view.
3. Render. Either render a fixed row range in one go (Batch Render), or turn on Agent Mode and let the panel watch your sheet for new rows marked ready.

For each row, BatchRender:

• finds every text layer whose name matches a column and replaces its text
• finds every footage item whose name matches a column and replaces its source file
• optionally opens a different project file, applies render setting and output module templates, and sets the output filename
• adds the comp to the render queue and renders it

Typical use cases

• Localized versions of one ad in 30 languages
• Personalized videos generated from CRM data
• Sports or event graphics where scores and names change every week
• Any pipeline where non-artists should be able to queue renders by editing a spreadsheet

Requirements

• Adobe After Effects 2022 (22.0) or newer
• Windows or macOS
• A BatchRender license or trial from aescripts + aeplugins
• For Google Sheets or Airtable sources: an account with the respective service and a browser for sign-in