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Specifies the type of output to be produced when rendering a given Render Pass. The available options are:
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| Render_________________ | Render the images as specified by the Displays group of attributes. |
| Export RIB File Only | Instead of rendering the images, the renderer will export everything to a RIB file suitable for later rendering the images at a later time. If the Animation attributes is set to 'on' (see the Frame Range group of attributes) and the RIB Filename remains the same for a series of frame, the data of the current frame will be concatenated to the existing file (the RIB Filename attribute in this group offers control over that behaviour). |
| Export RIB Archive Only | The scene will be exported to a RIB archive that can be read later by a RIB Archive Node in this scene or another one. If the Animation toggle is set to 'on' (see the Frame Range group of attributes) and the RIB file name remains the same for a series of frame, the data of the current frame will be concatenated to the existing file. Advanced options for RIB archives are available in the RIB Archives section. (See also RIB Archives Guidelines page 110 for examples on how to use this option). See also Section 5.5.4 [File Path Expressions], page 124 for details on how it is possible to construct relative paths and / or paths containing dynamically expanded tokens. |
Export RIB File and Render* *Option offered as part of the | This mode will export everything to a RIB file and then invoke the standalone ‘renderdl’ program to render it in a background process. This means that once the RIB file is saved, the rendering is done using a completely separate and independent process than from Maya. The log output of the renderer is saved into a log file named after the RIB file with a ‘.log’ extension. The images outputted by ‘renderdl’ are the same as if selecting Render for the Render Mode (i.e. the images are outputted as specified by the Displays group of attributes). Note that in this mode those images can not be outputted to the Maya Render View. |
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When exporting a RIB File, if the Animation attributes is set to 'on' (see the Frame Range group of attributes) and the RIB Filename remains the same for a series of frames, the RIB file will contain the data for every frame in the frame range (the RIB Filename attribute in this group offers control over that behaviour). |
Render Engine
Specifies the rendering engine (i.e. algorithm) to use for rendering. The available options are:
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The following attributes are only available when Render Mode is set to Export RIB file and Render (as they only apply when the rendering is done through the standalone rendering program 'renderdl').
Use one or more remote computers*
Turning this toggle on enables distributed rendering (i.e. to use one or more remote computers to render a single image). Each computer listed in Remote Computer List will be rendering a part of the image. This toggle is off by default.
*Option offered as part of the 3Delight Studio Pro package.
Remote Computer List
Specify the list of computers (list of their names separated by a space), that should be used for distributed rendering. Each computers computer will need to be configured to allow remote execution of a program using SSH or RSH (i.e. password-less SSH or RSH). This control only applies when Use one or more remote computers is selected.
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Specifies the file to receive the various messages outputted during the execution of the standalone rendering program 'renderdl'. Clicking on the view button will open the log file using the application designated in the 3Delight Preferences dialog.
RIB File Options
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The following attributes are only available when Render Mode is set to Export RIB File, Export RIB Archive or Export RIB File and Render.
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