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Can you preset rendering times?
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:00 am
by buzzkill
Is it possible to set your renderings to automatically stop after X amount of time? There are many times where I am rendering an object a few different times (each model varying slightly from the other). I might have 3 models that need rendering and say I only have time in the day to do the first 2 at say 5 hours each. I would like to have the 3rd model render over-night...just not all night long. I would like to set the rendering time to 5 hours to match the quality of the other 2. This may not be possible yet but seems like it would be an easy addition to future releases.
Re: Can you preset rendering times?
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:06 am
by Zom-B
yes, it is possible. In indigo called halt parameters.
You can define a target SPP value or a value in seconds.
Per default both settings are set to -1,
No idea where they are hidden in Skindigo.
The manual knows for sure
Re: Can you preset rendering times?
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:18 am
by buzzkill
Zom-B wrote:yes, it is possible. In indigo called halt parameters.
You can define a target SPP value or a value in seconds.
Per default both settings are set to -1,
No idea where they are hidden in Skindigo.
The manual knows for sure
I see where in "render settings" it says halt (value -1) and you can select seconds or SPP. Can you help me understand these terms a little better? The manual is kind of vague. If I change the halt value is that considered the number of seconds if seconds are selected rather than SPP?
Re: Can you preset rendering times?
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:23 am
by buzzkill
buzzkill wrote:Zom-B wrote:yes, it is possible. In indigo called halt parameters.
You can define a target SPP value or a value in seconds.
Per default both settings are set to -1,
No idea where they are hidden in Skindigo.
The manual knows for sure
I see where in "render settings" it says halt (value -1) and you can select seconds or SPP. Can you help me understand these terms a little better? The manual is kind of vague. If I change the halt value is that considered the number of seconds if seconds are selected rather than SPP?
Actually I just answered my own question. I set halt to 59 and it stopped after 59 seconds. So in my original question i will just change the halt to 18,000 and after 5 hours I will have a perfect rendering.
Thank you for your help.