Collect to folder
Collects the project into a new folder of your choice. The project file keeps its original name, and the footage, fonts, and render folders are created inside. With this off, you instead choose a name and location for the collected project file itself, and the folders are created alongside it. This is useful when collecting several projects into one shared location, usually together with Prefix project file name to folders.Add suffix
Appends a suffix to the default destination name suggested in the save dialog: to the folder name when Collect to folder is on (default_folder), or to the file name when it’s off (default _collected).
Collect fonts
Copies every font file used in the collected comps into a fonts folder (default name(Fonts), editable). This includes fonts synced from Adobe Fonts.
Obey proxy settings
If an item has a proxy set up and enabled, only the proxy file is collected instead of both the original and the proxy. With this off, both files are collected.Consolidate all footage
Merges duplicate footage items that point at the same source file into one item in the collected project, the same way File > Consolidate All Footage does.Rename footage folder to
Changes the name of the collected footage folder from the default(Footage) to whatever you choose.
Change render output to
Repoints every eligible item in the Render Queue to a folder (default(Renders)) inside the collected location, so the collected project renders into itself, ready to hand to a render machine. Items already rendering, stopped, or done are left alone.
Enable ‘watch folder’ render
Writes a Render Control File (.rcf) alongside the collected project, which lets After Effects’ watch folder feature render it across the network. Set the maximum machines number (1–99) to cap how many render machines can work on it at once.
The summary at the bottom of the dialog shows how many queued items are multiple-machine capable (those with Skip Existing Files enabled) versus single-machine.
Prefix project file name to folders
Prefixes the footage, fonts, and render folder names with the project file’s name, e.g.(MyProject_Footage), so multiple projects can be collected into the same location without their folders colliding. Only available when Collect to folder is off (a dedicated folder already keeps projects separate).