Download of AERender 1.0 for Mac was on the developer's website when we last checked. We cannot confirm if there is a free download of this app available. The software lies within Design & Photo Tools, more precisely Viewers & Editors.
According to the results of the Google Safe Browsing check, the developer's site is safe. Despite this, we recommend checking the downloaded files with any free antivirus software. The AERender installer is commonly called aerendercs5_v1.zip. This free Mac app was originally produced by Andrew Hake. The most popular version among the application users is 1.0.
From the developer:
AERender is just like the MayaRender app, but for After Effects. It provides quick and easy way to launch AE renders without using the resources necessary to load up the After Effects UI and load each preview frame into memory. Plus this gives you the ability to launch multiple renders at once if you so choose.
Essentially it is just another way to render in the background (inspired by Lloyd Alvarez’s great BG Render script on aescripts.
You may want to check out more software for Mac, such as Smith Chart for Mac, Movie2Shot or TVPaint Animation, which might be related to AERender.