rendering sub regions with mr

[EdHarriss]

It is possible, but it might not be possible with the EXP

[Atyss]

First, to render with command line, you have to use ray3.exe, not ray.exe

Second, to be able to render with ray3, you need one of two types of licenses: Batch Universal or mental ray standalone.


Cheers
Bernard

[liviaphil]

so,is one of them available( ray3)
from standard commercial, XSI 3??
or do i need to buy another license??

By the way don,t you mean:
command prompt, not command line?




Well, my real problem is: i,m used to Maya



1 : to render sub windows,i type the following IN SCRIPT EDITOR

} get_RenderRegions( 6000, 6000, 3, 3, "pane", "C:\\temp\\balls.mb" );


2: Then, script editor gives me ,the 9 following command:




Render -x 6000 -y 6000 -xl 0 -xr 1999 -yl 0 -yh 1999 -im pane_0 C:\temp\balls.mb
Render -x 6000 -y 6000 -xl 0 -xr 1999 -yl 2000 -yh 3999 -im pane_1 C:\temp\balls.mb
Render -x 6000 -y 6000 -xl 0 -xr 1999 -yl 4000 -yh 5999 -im pane_2 C:\temp\balls.mb
Render -x 6000 -y 6000 -xl 2000 -xr 3999 -yl 0 -yh 1999 -im pane_3 C:\temp\balls.mb
Render -x 6000 -y 6000 -xl 2000 -xr 3999 -yl 2000 -yh 3999 -im pane_4 C:\temp\balls.mb
Render -x 6000 -y 6000 -xl 2000 -xr 3999 -yl 4000 -yh 5999 -im pane_5 C:\temp\balls.mb
Render -x 6000 -y 6000 -xl 4000 -xr 5999 -yl 0 -yh 1999 -im pane_6 C:\temp\balls.mb
Render -x 6000 -y 6000 -xl 4000 -xr 5999 -yl 2000 -yh 3999 -im pane_7 C:\temp\balls.mb
Render -x 6000 -y 6000 -xl 4000 -xr 5999 -yl 4000 -yh 5999 -im pane_8 C:\temp\balls.mb

3: so i type each line in A DOS prompt(after having closed maya)


4: I,ve got in the right directory \maya\images; all of the 9 images that ,i can fix after in phsp ,with high res.(that,s my main problem)




THIS process in maya ,works as long as, MEntal Ray ,is not concerned; so,if i have saved a file withMR renderer (with caustics,Gi,....)

I can,t do that!!!!

so, this my question !
if i call ray 3 from XSI 3 (is that possible in standard,), could i type
window xl,yl,xh,yh???? with files included caustics?GI......???

Could i make ,from the same scene ,as many subregions that ,i want???
hope my english is no too bad

[Atyss]

so,is one of them available( ray3)
from standard commercial, XSI 3??
or do i need to buy another license??That's right, you need an additional license for that (one of the two I mentioned). You can't do it using the "standard" XSI license.


By the way don,t you mean:
command prompt, not command line?Well, the command prompt allows you to do a lot of stuff. For example, you can launch batch rendering, wich is different from command line rendering. Rendering done with ray3.exe commands is called command line rendering, so use this term when you refer to ray3 rendering.


I should add that I'm not familiar with the Maya version of mental ray. What I told you is for XSI. However, the commands for command line rendering are for mental ray, not the host application, therefore they should work on any version of mental ray (Maya or XSI) you use. You may contact your reseller or A|W for help on the problem. I'm even surprised that you have to ask the question here, given the large Maya userbase.


Cheeres
Bernard

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