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176 Chapter 17: Rendering
To s tart a network render ing job:
1.
Start the Backburner Manager and Backburner
Ser ver. See S
etting Up Backburner Manager
for the Rendering Network and Setting Up
Backburner Server forthe Rendering Network
2. Start the software on a machine with an
authorized copy of the program.
3. Open the scene you want to render.
4. Choose Rendering menu > Render to display
the Render Scene dialog .
Yo u c a n a l s o r e n d e r f r o m t h e E x e c u t e Vi d e o
Po st dialog or the Render To Texture dia log.
5. In the Render Output group, click the
ellipsis button to display the Render Output
File dialog.
6. IntheFileNamefield,enterthe UNC (page
3–1122)
name of the output directory, followed
by the name of the output file. For example:
\\machine1\project1\images\out put.tga
As an alternative to entering the UNC name
from the keyboard, you can go to Save In > My
Network Places and navigate to the machine
andshareddirectorywhereyouwantthe
servers to write the rendered frames. After
selecting the machine and shared directory in
the Map Network Drive dialog, enter the output
file name (for example,
output.tga ), and then
clickOK.Thesoftwareautomaticallyconverts
the shared directory to the UNC format.
If the output directory is mounted, enter the
name and extension of the output file and
choosethedrivemountedfortheoutput
directory from the Save In list.
7. Click OK to display the S etup Options d ialog
for the file format type you have selected.
8. Make the desired settings and click OK.
9. Click OK again to return to the Render Scene
dialog.
Save File is turned on once you assign an output
file.
10. Af ter setting any other rendering parameters,
turn on Render Output g roup > Net Render
and click Render.
The Network Job Assignment dialog appears.
If you use Video Post, set the fi le location
w ith an Ad d Image Output Event. After you
click Execute Sequence, be sure to turn on Net
Render before you click Render.
To submit a network rendering job:
1.
Start the Backburner Manager and Backburner
Ser ver. See S
etting Up Backburner Manager
for the Rendering Network and Settin g Up
Backburner Server forthe Rendering Network
2. In the Network Job Assign ment dialog, make
sure the A utomatic Search option is on, and
then click Connect.
In most cases, the software detects the Manager
machine and displays its attached Servers in
the Server list. If auto-detect fails, turn off
AutomaticSearchandmanuallyenterthename
or IP address of the network machine acting as
the Manager, and then click Connect.
All renderi ng Servers running under the
network Manager should be listed w ith green
dots next to them. Even if a server is running
an interactive session of the software, it will still
render an assigned job by launching a second
copy of the software.
3. Bydefault,thejobwilluseallavailableServers.
To use only specific Servers, turn off Use A l l
Servers and choose the machines you want to
use from the Server list.
4. Click Submit.
The job is submitted to the Manager, which then
distributes the job to the machines assigned in
the Network Job Assignment dia log . Network
rendering begins.