From: Greg Ercolano <erco@(email surpressed)> Subject: Maya: rendering multiple layers with different frame ranges in a Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:10:34 -0700 |
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When dealing with scenes with multiple layers where each layer has its own frame range, or frame ranges that perhaps don't overlap, most folks have been submitting separate jobs for each layer. I have a version of submit-maya that lets you specify multiple layers with frame ranges for each, so that a /single/ job is constructed and that single job handles rendering the different layers and frame ranges, being sure not to render any layer beyond its specified frame range. EXAMPLE ------- So for instance, instead of submitting a job with a fixed frame range: Frames: 1-150 Batch Frames: 5 Maya Flags: -rl fg,bg,tail You can specify your layer names and frame ranges for each, eg: Frames: (leave blank) Batch Frames: 5 Layers And Frames: fg 20-80 bg 1-100 tail 100-150 When that job runs: o The 'fg' pass only renders during frames 20 thru 80 o The 'bg' pass only renders during frames 1 thru 100 o The 'tail' pass only renders during frames 100 thru 150 The frame ranges can overlap, or be far apart. The script will create a frame range that covers them all without spending time rendering layers that don't have frames to be done outside their range. Batching can be used as well DOWNLOAD -------- You can download and use this script if you're running 102.42a9c or higher. The download link is: http://www.seriss.com/rush/releases/beta/submit-maya-with-layers-and-frames--03-18-2011.zip Use your /beta testing/ download login/password. If you don't have a beta login, contact me directly from your business email account and I'll set you up with a free beta login. (You just have to be up to date on support) INSTALL ------- To install, just unzip it to an empty directory on your file server. I'd suggest copying in your own .common.pl file (to replace the one that's in the zip file), or modify the .common.pl file to taste (eg. the FixPath() function). One thing you should modify though (or at least check) is the environment variable settings at the top of the submit-maya.pl to make sure they're appropriate for the version of Maya you're running. What's new will be under the 'Maya' tab of the submit form; there is a new field called "Layers And Frames" where you can specify layer names and frame ranges. Click the "?" for that field to see how it works. |
From: Greg Ercolano <erco@(email surpressed)> Subject: Re: Maya: rendering multiple layers with different frame ranges in a single job Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:55:48 -0700 |
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Greg Ercolano wrote: > DOWNLOAD > -------- > You can download and use this script if you're running 102.42a9c or higher. > The download link is: > http://www.seriss.com/rush/releases/beta/submit-maya-with-layers-and-frames--03-18-2011.zip > Use your /beta testing/ download login/password. UPDATE: I just updated the above zip a few minutes ago (03/23/11,10:55am PDT). For certain versions of rush, the old zip contents would give this error: Undefined subroutine &main::RushSubmitEx called at //path/to/your/rushscripts/submit-maya.pl line xxx. The newer zip contents (same filename) fixes that. So if you were encountering that problem, just re-download the above zip and it should work. |