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- Select Rendering from the menu bar, then Render Setup.
- Under the Common tab, in the Common Parameters and Time Output section choose the option for rendering a time, frame, or range.
- To render your entire animation, select Active Time Segment.
- Or to render a certain range of frames, select Range and enter the beginning and end frame numbers.
- In the Output Size section:
- In the drop-down box click the down arrow.
- Select NTSC DV (video) from the list.
- Click the 360x240 button for your video size. (Note: If rendering for your final output, select 720x480, 1280x720, 1920x1080, 4096x2340, or something more. Your instructor may provide you with the Output Size requirements depending upon your assignment.)
- In the Render Output section:
- NOTE!! Be sure to specify the render output path and all maps with a “fully qualified UNC path”. Using a mapped drive letter path will cause an error. Such as: (R:\lar381r\name\Import-Export)
- UNC file path examples: ( always begins with two back slashes )
- \\arch-data.austin.utexas.edu\Student-Work\EID\ifl
- \\arch-data.austin.utexas.edu\Student-Work\EID\Animations
- Click the Files... button and select the folder provided for you, by your instructor, on the Render drive (i.e. \\arch-data.austin.utexas.edu\Student-Work\EID\ifl ). Be sure you are inside the folder, not just highlighting it!
- Enter a file name for your frames (i.e. image01.bmp, frame01, etc).
- Select BMP Image File (.bmp)* under the Save as type: drop-down box.
- Click the Save... button.
- A BMP Configuration window will appear.Be sure that RGB 24 bit (16.7 Million Colors) is selected and click OK. This will return you to the Render Scene dialog box.
- NOTE!! for the example above, we used .bmp as the output file type. .exr, .png, .jpg are also acceptable file formats for output.
- Assign renderer (i.e: Scanline, Vray, Redshift, Arnold, etc).
- Close out of dialogue box.
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Define the Render Output for the Scene.
- Download the rrSubmitter tool for Rhino if you haven't already.
- Set the current render plugin to "Rhino Render".
- Select the view you wish to render to make it active.
- Enter "EditPythonScript" at the command line to initiate scripting. (this will reset scripting).
- Enter "rrSubmitRhino" at the command line.
- Save Scene. YES
- The rrSubmitter app should appear.
- Follow the rrSubmitter steps here to submit your file to the Render Farm.
Royal Render Submitter
- Under the Royal Render menu (RRender in the menu bar), select "Submit Scene". A new window (rrSubmitter) will open.
- Expand the sub-category "Scene Settings" at the top of the RRender window.
- Under "Sequence" set the range of frames to render (SOA IT staff recommends testing small batches before submitting entire file for rendering).
- Verify the Image Dir to be mapped to \\arch-data.austin.utexas.edu\Student-Work\EID as created above.
- Verify and/or modify the FileName as desired.
- Verify the file type extension as Bitmap (.bmp) or OpenEXR (.exr) and that the box for "Single ouput file" is UNCHECKED.
- Under the sub-category "Clients", assign your job to clients (workstations) as desired. The job will be dispersed among the clients to maximize render time.
- If you do not select specific client(s) to submit to, your render job will be submitted to the entire farm by default.
- If you do not select specific client(s) to submit to, your render job will be submitted to the entire farm by default.
- If you wish to delay the start of the job, you can select the start time under "Wait" or specify to wait for another job to complete before submitting.
- Leave all other settings as default.
- Submit Job! (button is located in the bottom left-hand corner of window)
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Once all image files are complete, open the Virtual Dub software to combine files into single animation.
Virtual Dub Post Process
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