Help Center - Rendering 9

I get watermarks or general oddness when rendering.

Reset the After Effects preferences file to eliminate problems that damaged OpenGL preferences might cause.

The example below uses After Effects CS4 (9.0). If you are using After Effects CS5, replace the "9.0" with "10.0" and so forth.

To reset the After Effects preferences file on Mac OS:
1. Quit After Effects.
2. Drag the Adobe After Effects 9.0 Prefs file from the Users//Library/Preferences/Adobe/After Effects/9.0 folder to the Trash.
3. Restart After Effects.

To reset the After Effects preferences file on Windows XP:
1. Quit After Effects.
2. Rename the Adobe After Effects 9.0 Prefs.txt file (for example, to Adobe After Effects 9.0 Prefs.old) in the C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Adobe\After Effects\9.0 folder.
3. Start After Effects. After Effects creates a new preferences file.

To reset the After Effects preferences file on Windows Vista or Windows 7:
1. Quit After Effects.
2. Rename the Adobe After Effects 9.0 Prefs.txt (for example, to Adobe After Effects 9.0 Prefs.old) in the C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\After Effects\9.0 folder.
3. Start After Effects. After Effects creates a new preferences file.