From: matx <matx@(email surpressed)>
Subject: Toxic 2009
   Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:49:35 -0500

Any support currently for Toxic 2009?

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Mat X

matx wrote:
> Any support currently for Toxic 2009?

	Autodesk "Toxik", the compositor?

	I've never tried it. No one's really asked much about it.
	I think I've had one previous inquiry just seeing if people
	were using it.

	Shouldn't be a problem to have a submit script for it, though.
	At very least, you can run it through submit-generic, eg:


        Shell: DOS-Batch
    Job Title: TOXIK_TEST
       Frames: 1-100
        Batch: 5
Log Directory: //yourserver/some/empty/dir
      Command: txrender –d DB_MYDATABASE –u User1 –p Project1 –c CompA –r “CompA_06-06-29_174526” –f “CompA-<FrameNo>” –D “\\yourserver\renders” -s %BATCH_START% –e %BATCH_END% –i EXR
         Cpus: +any=5

	Their docs on the command line are pretty thin (their PDF docs
	refer to a screenshot of someone running the command line help)

	Is this a serious contender to Nuke/AfterEffects/etc?

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Greg Ercolano wrote:
> matx wrote:
>> Any support currently for Toxic 2009?
> 
> 	Autodesk "Toxik", the compositor?

	BTW, if you're seriously starting to use it, I'll make a submit
	script for it, and I'll work with you to test it out.

	But if it's just an inquiry, I won't write a script for it.
	Someone has to be willing to test it.

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On 2009-01-14 14:39:08 -0800, Greg Ercolano <erco@(email surpressed)> said:

	Shouldn't be a problem to have a submit script for it, though.
	At very least, you can run it through submit-generic, eg:

$ txrender

A project path must be given

Usage:

	-p,-project <param>:  Project path.
	-c,-composition <param>:  Composition path.
	-v,-version <param>:  Version name.
	-o,-outputs <param>:  List of output names ('/' separated).

Is this a serious contender to Nuke/AfterEffects/etc?

Some people are looking at it seriously, as it integrates well with Maya.


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Mat X

matx wrote:
> [posted to rush.general]
> 
> On 2009-01-14 14:39:08 -0800, Greg Ercolano <erco@(email surpressed)> said:
>> 	Shouldn't be a problem to have a submit script for it, though.
>> 	At very least, you can run it through submit-generic, eg:
> 
> I haven't tried rendering with it in Terminal, but it does indeed 
> appear to be possible. I'll try the submit generic script.

	What I would do first is try to get it to work from the command line.

	If you can get it to work in the terminal, then toss the command
	into submit-generic, replacing the 'startframe' and 'endframe'
	values with the following, depending on your OS:

	UNIX
	----
	If you're using unix/osx, then in submit-generic, set "Shell: sh",
	and in place of the startframe and endframe, use:

		$BATCH_SFRM		<-- use this in place of the start frame
		$BATCH_EFRM		<-- use this in place of the end frame

	eg:

		source /opt/Autodesk/Autodesk_Toxik-2009/bin/toxik-env.sh
		txrender .. -s $BATCH_SFRM -e $BATCH_EFRM ..

	(Note the 'source' command is recommended by Toxik's docs)

	WINDOWS
	-------
	If you using Windows, then in submit-generic set the "Shell: DOS-Batch",
	and in place of the startframe and endframe, use:

		%BATCH_SFRM%            <-- use this in place of the start frame
		%BATCH_EFRM%            <-- use this in place of the end frame

	eg:

		txrender .. -s %BATCH_SFRM% -e %BATCH_EFRM% ..

	If you have any trouble, email me privately, and when we iron out
	the specifics, I'll follow up here.


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