Re: 6.x rendermanager

Date : Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:03:50 +0200
To : <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
From : "Morten Bartholdy" <xsi(at)colorshopvfx.dk>
Subject : Re: 6.x rendermanager
This is nice, but I often want to use a premade folder structure for output in to specific folders, and I also often want to browse to existing images to select their filenames and change version number or append pass specific labels. I can't see how to do that in the Render Manager.
 
- MB
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: kim aldis
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 5:52 PM
Subject: RE: 6.x rendermanager

One of the beauties of the new front end is that you don?t need to  create folders. Just set the outputs and the folders are created for you.

 

From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of David Auner
Sent: 22 August 2007 16:18
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: 6.x rendermanager

 

At 17:08 22.08.2007, you wrote:

Actually Kim, I am frantically searching through all three PPG's and the Render Manager to try and make sure all passes render with the setings I want and wind up in each their output folder - the latter seems the most difficult now. This is of course because it is the first time I really use these PPG's i 6.x and I am in a big hurry because of looming deadlines. I am sure Kris is right I will get the hang of it and eventually appreciate the improved functionality but I still think there is some merit in having PPG's for stuff like this that I can grasp the second time I look at them, and in this implementation that is not the case.


Hi Morten ,

will you need to create these folders? If so try this piece of script:

dim scn, vers
scn = "scenename" 'Scene Name
vers = "1a"  'Scene/Render Version

Dim FSO
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
FSO.CreateFolder("M:\finals\"&scn)
FSO.CreateFolder("M:\finals\"&scn&"\shadows")
FSO.CreateFolder("M:\finals\"&scn&"\reflections")
FSO.CreateFolder("M:\finals\"&scn&"\reflection_matte")

Adjust the path names to your needs...

And then use this piece set them filenames and paths all at once:

SetValue "Passes.Default_Pass.Main.Filename", "finals\"&scn&"\"&scn&"_beauty_f"&vers&".####.tif"
SetValue "Passes.Shadow.Main.Filename", "finals\"&scn&"\shadows\"&scn&"_shadow_f"&vers&".####.tif"
SetValue "Passes.Reflection.Main.Filename", "finals\"&scn&"\reflections\"&scn&"_reflection_f"&vers&".####.tif"
SetValue "Passes.Reflection_Matte.Main.Filename", "finals\"&scn&"\reflection_matte\"&scn&"_reflection_matte_f"&vers&".####.tif"

Cheers, Dave

David Auner

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