FAQ: What's the difference between Make...

Make Movie is a remnant from a time when After Effects didn't have a Render Queue at all (It was introduced in After Effects 3.0, in 1995!)

Because of this, one difference is that Make Movie prompts for an output name, whereas Add To Render Queue defaults to the composition's name as output name (which you can of course edit, or use different criteria, like composition name and dimensions, etc.).

Other than that, Add To Render Queue is much more versatile overall. It can add multiple selected compositions at once to the render queue, independently from which composition is open in the Composition panel. It can even do this if the Composition panel is closed. Make Movie can only send to the render queue the currently active composition, or a single one you choose in the Project panel.

Essentially, Add To Render Queue can do everything Make Movie does, and much more.

Also, note that you can select as many compositions as you want in the Project panel, and drag them directly to the Render Queue panel.

For more information, see ''Render and export a movie using the render queue''.

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