BG Renderer Max

BG Renderer Max Version History


1.0.25 (Current version) - Mar 14, 2022

  • Fixed a number of minor bugs

1.0.24 - April 13, 2021

  • Support for AE 18.1 and 18.2 new aerender version

1.0.23 - March 12, 2021

  • Improved support for AE 17.7, 18.0 and new public beta
  • Increased audio quality to 320kbps aac

1.0.22 – January 15, 2021

What's new:
  • Added H.264 High Quality (40-60 Mbps) and ProRes422 LT presets
Bug fixes:
  • Fixed incorrect file name template handling ([dateYear], [dateMonth] etc. )
  • Bug fixes for some non-unicode languages

1.0.21 – September 29, 2020

  • After Effects 17.1.4 compatibility update

1.0.20 – September 09, 2020

  • Fix for a rare case when render process was not released and was consuming resources

1.0.19 – June 27, 2020

  • Various bug fixes and engine tweaks

1.0.18 – June 2, 2020

What's new:
  • Render pause feature added
  • Render sound added
  • Resizable columns in the render queue UI
  • Folder icon now opens the resulting file location, click on the path opens the sequence location
Bug fixes:
  • Fixed compile video issues
  • Fixed engine process hanging indefinitely
  • Various fixes and improvements
Important notice:
  • Slack native integration removed due to Slack discontinuing legacy tokens. Use Zapier / IFTTT / Microsoft Power Automate instead.

Click to see the full features overview video.

1.0.17 – April 21, 2020

Bug fixes:
  • Fixed After Effects CC2018 compatibility issue


1.0.16 – April 19, 2020

Bug fixes:
  • Fixed partial audio compilation bug


1.0.15 – April 15, 2020

What's new:Bug fixes:
  • Fixed system-restricted symbols handling
  • Windows dll issue fixed
  • Minor bug fixes and stability updates

Click to see the full features overview video.

1.0.14 – March 24, 2020

Bug fixes:
  • Fixed CPU Limiter for multiple threads issue
  • Fix for render progress on Japanese After Effects version


1.0.13 – March 18, 2020

Bug fixes:
  • Add Item bug fixed
  • Compile video hanging on some Windows machines fixed
  • Fix for CPU Limiter processes not exiting
  • Render queue duplicates naming issue fixed


1.0.12 – March 8, 2020

What's new:Bug fixes:
  • Fix for Custom Folder behavior
  • Save Sequence versions infinite folder nesting fixed
  • Remove Sequence for network disks fixed

Click to see the full features overview video.https://youtu.be/UGYjPE1J2pU

1.0.11 – February 8, 2020

What's new:
  • Updated H.264 presets
  • "Remove sequence" checkbox moved to the main settings panel
New for Core Engine Beta:
  • Core Engine Beta speed and stability updates
  • Remote Monitoring Beta added
  • Add/Remove compositions to the BGR Render Queue for the Core Engine Beta
Bug fixes:
  • Fixed improper path for "As Project" render location
  • Fixed render stop button for AE 2020

1.0.10 – January 8, 2020

What's new:

1.0.9 – November 29, 2019

  • Performance improvements and minor bug fixes

1.0.8 – November 12, 2019

What's new:
  • ProRes LT preset changed for 4444 + alpha
  • Engine performance improvements
  • Now you can directly access logs with new Open logs folder option
  • Improvements to the sequence integrity check
Bug fixes:
  • Email bugs fixed
  • Jumping status fixed
  • EEXIST fix for edge cases
  • Path with "%" and other symbols are properly supported now
  • Fix for optimal threads count

1.0.7 – September 19, 2019

Bug fixes:
  • ENOENT issue on Windows fixed
  • Non-multiprocessing output module mismatch fixed

1.0.6 – September 10, 2019

What's new:Bug fixes:
  • Fixed EEXIST issue
  • Render Queue issues fixed
  • Support for TGA added

1.0.5 – July 22, 2019

What's new:
  • Added sequence removal and custom video output option
  • Better logging
  • App load speed improved by 30-40%
  • Added Post-render actions indicator
Bug fixes:
  • Fixed action removal issues
  • Fixed render queue freezes
  • Different compositions render to the same folder issues fixed
  • Post-render actions freeze when reopening the app fixed

1.0.4 – June 26, 2019

    What's new:
  • You can now remove emails from Email action
  • Various minor code updated
Bug fixes:
  • Email action bugs fixed
  • Message Composer properly supports line breaks
  • EEXIST error fixed for macOS

1.0.3 – June 20, 2019

What's new:
  • Render Status progressbar updated
  • "Save multiprocessing versions" logic changed. Unchecked – renders to the same folder (use for multi-machine render). Checked – creates version folder for each render.
Bug fixes:
  • Rendering from and to network location on Windows bug fixed
  • Incorrect Render Queue resize fixed

1.0.2 – June 17, 2019

What's new:
  • Render time column added to the render queue
  • EXR and DPX support (use your own Output Module Templates and "As in render queue" sequence format)
  • Custom folder now won't create subfolders and disables versioning. Use this feature for network rendering
Bug fixes:
  • Fixed Post-render bug
  • Fixed ### mismatch issue
  • Fixed "line 303" bug
  • Render queue dynamic resize added
  • Some minor bugs fixed as well

1.0.1 – June 11, 2019

  • Minor release bugs fixed

1.0.0 – June 10, 2019

  • Release!

0.9.6 – May 25, 2019

  • Massive UI overhaul
  • Added "Save sequence versions" option
  • Custm Render Queue view

0.9.5 – May 5, 2019

  • Added IFTTT integration
  • Fixed Windows bugs introduced in 0.9.4
  • Render Queue window won't open or close automatically

0.9.4 – April 30, 2019

  • Added Zapier integration
  • Updated multiprocessing handling

0.9.3 – April 24, 2019

  • Fixed Custom Folder behavior on Windows
  • Fixed Compile Video naming to a proper one
  • Render Queue design update

0.9.2 – April 16, 2019

  • BGR works with Windows logical drives properly
  • BGR works correctly with external drives like USB flash drives
  • BGR works on network disks (needs more testing in different work environments)
  • BGR supports with any language in the project path or name
  • Updated Error system (not ideal yet)
  • Updated logs
  • Fixed Compile Video issue for compositions starting with any other frame than 0
  • Engine fixes and multiprocessing speed improvements
  • Render Time and FPS display fixes (for Zapier and other integrations)
  • bgrenderer processes are now killed correctly (needs a bit more testing)
  • Updated versioning behavior
  • Fixed issue with missing folder
  • Minor fixes here and there
  • Updated notification for 2017 and older versions

0.9.1 – April 10, 2019

  • Support for Japanese and Russian languages
  • Render projects with non-unicode file paths
  • RenderDuration tag for Zapier action and Flow action
  • Message composer added to Email and Pushover actions
  • Post-render sequence integrity check

0.9 – April 3, 2019

  • Support for German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese languages
  • Added support for TIFF and JPG sequences
  • More integrity and overall checks
  • Better Render Queue handling, added "Open Folder" option
  • Better Error handling
  • Design updates
  • More descriptions added
  • Log generation added

0.8 – March 20, 2019

  • Closed beta release

0.0.1 – October 14, 2018

  • Development started


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