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GAVINO

11-21-2007, 03:40 AM

Greetings all..I'm very new to MEL Scripting, so excuse my ignorance....
I'm trying to do a batch render and I've typed out the following...

Render -r mr -s500 -e 600 -rt 4 -v 5 -rd D:\Univision_Work\El_Show\Maya\images\Shadow -proj D:\Univision_Work\El_Show\Maya\scenes MyVersion_B.mb -rl Shadow

It doesn't render! and the Cprompt black box goes away to quick for me to read any errors....

What am I doing wrong? and is there a way for me to be able to keep the Cprompt Black box up longer, so that I can read the error I'm getting?

thanks in advance...

GiantG

11-21-2007, 07:04 AM

You have to open the cmd box first and then type you batch file name in there and the window will not close. (press "windows+r" and type "cmd")
It will only close if you execute it directly with a doubleclick/enterkey. (This is a feature!)

Think of a pipeline with hundreds of batchfiles that would left open hundreds of windows...

GAVINO

11-21-2007, 04:28 PM

Thanks Guido..It worked now...:thumbsup:
But I was wondering if when your writing a rendering script, does it matter the order that you write things?

In other words for example do I have to specify the project to render first, then the frames I would like to render, then the format, etc etc..? Or it doesn't matter?
Also could you point me towards or know of any tutorials for batch rendering scripts, somewhere I could educate myself more on this new subject to me?

Thanks again G!:)

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