max limit ?!? plizzz help...

[pascal_blanche]

....sounds like a max limitation..

[Reality3D]

Render in various passes with BLOWUP mode and join them in photoshop.

[Marcel]

I had this problem with a resolution as low as 2500 pixels (on a computer with 1 gb ram). Really annoying, but the only workaround is rendering blowups like said before.

But maybe the question is, do you really need such a big image? 4000x3000 is big enough for any billboard resolution image.

Good luck!

[Taoizm]

MAX5 (4 had it too apparently) has fixed this problem!!!! found this out when I rendered an image at 9000x9000. (did it in one pass, and didn't have to resort to rendering regions)

Here's the link to Discreets FAQ:

http://www.discreet.com/support/max/faq/answer.php3?prod=dddstudio&id=1152

[visualboo]

I just want it known that I got threatened by taoizm to not post any help about this....

He wanted all the thunder ;)





why oh why can mods edit other peoples posts! ;)

***because we're EVIL*** ;-)

[baby]

I'm going to check this feature !!! thxx Taozim !!!

reality 3D, thx that's what I was going to do...but not very easy with this size !! :((


Marcel...yup I really need this size...it's for a big print on a wall for a big game exhibition... :hmm:

[SuperMax]

I'm trying to render a picture under max5

=> widht 9000 height 8000


Are you planing on making your own IMAX movie or something with that size?

:cool:

[Equinoxx]

could it be that you don't have enough free space on c:/ ??
when max renders without an output path, it renders a tempfile to your c:/ disc, might be worth checking that . . .

[baby]

no it's for print... 6*5 meters...

and I have 6free Go on my c: it really seems to be a limit that's why they have this option in the rendering menu

it seems it's going to work with Taozim help...

[Chico]

when max renders without an output path, it renders a tempfile to your c:/ disc, might be worth checking that . . .

This is often the problem. I had the same problem once only to find that I had this mysterious file on my c:/ that was well over a gig. I think it stores it in your /autobak/ dir. I forget, but its usually the offender.

It may also be a limit of the format you are using. I think its TGAs (or something else) has a limit around 7k. Try using a BMP or sommin else.

Good luck

[slice]

somtimes i find if i send the render as a network render, even to the same machine, it can solve this problem.

[McMaster]

Networkrender -> rendering to stripes solved the prob for me once, and it is less affort than the thing with the blowup.

[andrewjohn81]

I agree with the free hard drive space. I noticed that when I was rendering it was placing these huge files, over 6 gigs for one large file. I have no idea why they would be so large, but I was having the same problem using max7.5

We ended up doing the blowup method for our 12k render. It's not very precise though. I used the exact same region, just moving it, and some areas were too small/too large and had to be scaled. Figure something else out if you can. Although, I don't know if anyone would notice a couple pixels being out of place in a render that large.

Also look into the print wizard built into max that many people aren't aware of. That worked for us once for a huge render.

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