Re: pass order

[Dan Yargici <dan(at)imajonline.com>]

Hi Halfdan,

I'm also with Kris on this one.  But it's not that much of a biggy for 
me....

The big one for me is that there seems to be no way to order the way 
passes will be rendered (i.e. I absolutley *have* to get this occlusion 
pass rendered, but if the shadow pass renders it's just a bonus)... If I 
want to prioritize my passes on the farm I have to use the -pass "blah, 
blah" route, which can sometimes be a right pain if you have ten or so 
passes.  Perhaps if this is hard to add, just adding a -nopass switch to 
XSIBatch would at least ease the pain so I only have to write the names 
of passes I *don't* want to render instead of the 9 out of 10 that I do....

Just a thought.

Cheers,

DAN

Halfdan Ingvarsson wrote:

> In the explorer: View -> General Sort -> None (creation). 
> Followed by: View -> Reorder Tool
>
> Re-order objects to your liking. 
>
> We generally list things now in alphabetical order in menus because an overwhelming majority of users complained that they couldn't find their passes (and clips etc) in a reasonable time when they were arranged in a seemingly random fashion. Looks like Kris is the odd one out.
>
> - ½
>
>  
>
> > Would like to see this for every aspect of the explorer not 
> > just passes.
> > Was setting up a scene the other day and wanted certian 
> > objects arranged
> > close to eachother for easy access. Admittedly I could group them
> > together but that doesnt completely solve the problem and I'm not sure
> > how wise that is just to be able have a selection group when 
> > all I want
> > is three or four objects close together in the explorer. Further you
> > can't group passes so that doesnt address that issue either. 
> > Basically I
> > want to put whatever object wherever I want it in the 
> > explorer, whatever
> > mode. However, would love to have this as a preference 
> > option, as there
> > are cases when the alpha-numeric ordering comes in handy.
> >
> > Patiently waiting for Christmas.... 
> >
> >
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