Maya 7 render layer problem : per-layer image name

[zhenyang]

Create a render setting override for each layer and change its image file name prefix should do the trick.

[yohan]

yep, just right click the File Name Prefix in your layers render global settings.

[SirRender]

Unfortuntantely, the layer prefix name override doesn't seem to work when batch rendering with Mental Ray. Software renderer works fine.

Check out my thread:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=305786&highlight=render+layers

[zhenyang]

This is weird. It worked and is still working fine for me :shrug:

[SirRender]

Are you batch rendering a set of render layers using Mental Ray, each with its own name prefix override and it works for you?

[zhenyang]

Yes. It works just fine for me, batch render using mental ray.

Maybe you could try to make a simple scene with a cube and a sphere, each on a different layer, render the scene to confirm your problem.

EDIT: Ahh, I encounter your problem now. So the filename override really doesn't work when batch rendering from within Maya. I always do my rendering using command line so I don't get that problem.

[SirRender]

Yes, I've done the simple scene test. Just did it last week, but it did not take. I'm going to try it again because I really want it to work.

Hey, if you get a chance, would you mind posting a simple scene yourself that you know works for sure, that I can just open up and batch render. Just in case its something I'm doing wrong.

Thanks!

Okay, just read you edit. It does not work when batch rendering from Maya. I was hoping it was my bad.

[zhenyang]

Try doing your batch render from the command line using render.exe, the overrides work :)

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