I’d always been under the impression that mental ray kept it all
in memory, although there’s something nagging in the back of my mind telling me
someone put me right on that one a while back. Still, I think the easiest way
is to use imf_disp.exe and save. That also allows you to monitor the progress
of the render.
From:
owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Morten
Bartholdy
Sent: 02 February 2007 11:04
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: Where does the currently rendering image hide?
Well
the render was pretty hung up on glossy reflections and large arealights, which
is why I wanted to abort and fix that part separately. I actually made
screengrabs of rgb and alpha and stitched it together in Photoshop. I just seem
to remember someone mentioning where MR keeps the temp framebuffer, but maybe
this is held in memory and can not be accessed like that.
Morten
Bartholdy
3D & VFX Artist
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Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, February 02,
2007 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: Where does the
currently rendering image hide?
Yes sorry, I mean imf_disp. You
can normally save an unfinished picture during rendering with this tool. I
don't know why it doesn't work for you :-/
On 2/2/07, Morten Bartholdy
<xsi(at)colorshopvfx.dk> wrote:
Guillaume,
don't you mean imf_disp.exe? I can see the image alright, but that is only from
choosing the 128kb temp file, and imf_disp goes unresponsive when I try and
save from there to a different filename. I was looking for the place where MR
actually writes the data while rendering, so I could coopy that file so the
render isn't lost if i stop it before it has finished.
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Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, February 02,
2007 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: Where does the
currently rendering image hide?
in
C:\Softimage\XSI_6.0\Application\bin, open "imf_diff.exe", then open
your image by the path you set in the render option.
Cheers
--
Guillaume Laforge
freelance TD | cg Artist
On 2/2/07, Morten Bartholdy
<xsi(at)colorshopvfx.dk>
wrote:
I
have a quick question - I have a large render going on, and need to stop it but
keep what's there already. Where is it now MR keeps this temporary file while
rendering?
Morten
Bartholdy
3D & VFX Artist
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Guillaume Laforge
freelance TD | cg Artist
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