Install Adobe After Effects with Red Giant on Deadline Cloud Windows workers
The
aftereffects_redgiant
Important
This script can add about 15-20 minutes to worker launch time
because of the software installation. The duration decreases as you
vertically scale your instance size up. For example, a
g6.xlarge with 4 vCPUs and 16 GiB of memory adds about 20
minutes, while a g6.4xlarge with 16 vCPUs and 64 GiB of
memory adds about 15 minutes. To reduce the impact, keep a warm worker
alive during peak usage hours, or use one fleet for After Effects
renders through conda and a separate fleet for After Effects with Red
Giant through this host configuration script.
The script uses a persistent volume automatically when your fleet has
one configured. The first worker installs the software once to the
persistent volume; subsequent worker boots restore it in seconds instead
of reinstalling. If no persistent volume is attached, the script performs
a normal install. No separate script or flag is required. Configure a
persistent volume if your fleets scale up and down frequently. For more
information about how the script uses persistent volumes, see Persistent Volumes (Automatic)aftereffects_redgiant README on the GitHub website. For more information
about configuring persistent volumes on a fleet, see
Persistent storage for service-managed fleets.
To use this script, you need:
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An enterprise Adobe account with Admin access to download the After Effects 2025 installer package from the Adobe Admin Console.
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A Maxon account to download the Red Giant and Universe installers.
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An Amazon S3 bucket where you upload the installers, and IAM permissions for the fleet to read them.
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A Windows GPU service-managed fleet with the latest GPU driver.
For an After Effects job bundle that uses this fleet configuration, see Render Adobe After Effects projects on Deadline Cloud.
