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Switch Effect
-nthFrame
<integer>
Sets the Every Nth Frame
value.
-frames
<string>
Lets you specify a frame list;
for example, (1,3,5-12) or all.
-stillFrame or -sf Indicates that this is a
still-frame render; no frame
suffix will be added.
-imageSequenceFile:
<0/1/2>
Image-sequen ce file creation :
0=none; 1=
.imsq
;2=
.ifl
-gammaCorrection:
<1/0>
Toggles g amma correction.
“1”=On, “0”=Off.
-gammaValueIn:
<number>
Sets the Input Gamma value.
-gammaValueOut:
<number>
Sets the Output Gamma value.
-continueOnError
If an error is encountered, the
software attempts to continue
rendering.
-videopostJob:
<1/0>
Turns
Video Post (page 3–307)
on or off for the job.
Render Flags
Switch Effect
-showRFW:
<1/0>
or
-rfw:
<1/0>
Toggles the Rendered Frame
Window. “1”=On, “0”=Off.
-skipRenderedFrames:
<1/
0>
Toggles Skip Existing Images.
“1”=On, “0”=Off.
-videoColorCheck:
<1/0>
Toggles Video Color Check.
“1”=On, “0”=Off.
-force2Sided:
<1/0>
Toggles Force 2-Sided.
“1”=On, “0”=Off.
-renderHidden:
<1/0>
Toggles Render Hidden.
“1”=On, “0”=Off.
-atmospherics:
<1/0>
Toggles Atmospherics.
“1”=On, “0”=Off.
-superBlack:
<1/0>
Toggles Super Black. “1” =O n,
“0”=Off.
Switch Effect
-renderFields:
<1/0>
Toggle s Ren der Fields.
“1”=On, “0”=Off.
-fieldOrder:
even or odd
Toggles Field Order.
Default=”Odd”.
-displacements:
<1/0>
Toggles Displacement
Mapping. “1”=On, “0”=Off.
-effects:
<1/0>
Toggles Render Effects.
“1”=On, “0”=Off.
-useAreaLights:
<1/0>
Toggles area lights/shadows.
“1”=On, “0”=Off.
-useAdvLight:
<1/0>
Toggles use advanced
lighting. “1”= O n , “0”=Off.
-computeAdvLight:
<1/0>
Toggles compute advanced
lighting. “1”= O n , “0”=Off.
-ditherPaletted:
<1/0>
Toggles Output Dithering
(paletted). “1”=On, “0 ”=Off.
-ditherTrueColor:
<1/0>
Toggles Output Dithering
(true-color). “1”=On, “0”=Off.
-renderElements:
<1/0>
Toggles render elements
(true-color). “1”=On, “0”=Off.
Backburner Job Submission
These sw itches concern submitting a rendering job
for network rendering. For f urther information,
see
Introduction to Network Rendering (page
3–169)
. Also, for a different method of network
rendering via the command line, see
Backburner
Command Line Control (page 3–212)
.
Switch Effect
-submit[:manager_
name] or
-s[:manager_name]
Submits the scene,
<filename>
to a specific manager system for
network rendering.
Note:
This is the only switch that requires
a colon separator.
-port:
<integer>
Specifies a manager port number.
-netmask:
<string>
Lets you specify a network mask
other than 255.255.255.0.
-jobName:
<string>
Lets you specify a job name to
render.