Rendering After effects compositions using Media Encoder

Drag Comps to Adobe Media Encoder
One way you can save time is to allow Adobe Media Encoder to do your rendering for one comp while you continue to work on another back inside AE. With a recent version of AE (CS5.5+) you can simply grab a composition from the Project panel and drag it over into the AME window

How to run multiple copies of After Effects:
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CS6\Adobe After Effects CS6.lnk" -m

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Hold down Ctrl+Shift+Alt and go to Help-About in After Effects CS6 ;)

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