Multi Pass without the Beauty/RGBA

[tcastudios]

Uncheck the regular "Save" box.

Cheers
Lennart

[cyclad]

that doesnt work. I am having the same prob.

[tcastudios]

Definition of the problem is:
In MultiPass settings,
Uncheck Regular Image->"Save" and
Check Multi-Pass Image ->"Save"(and the pass(es) wanted)
only render the multipass(es) to file(s).

How ever, Cinema still always do a "full" internal render
(shown in Picture Viewer).
In other words, you can't make Cinema render faster than
the current RGBA picture by only set a multipass by itself.

Cheers
Lennart

[xenomanic]

Yeah, unchecking the save box under regular image was my first instinct. I put in a feature request for this here:
http://www.maxon.net/en/support/get-in-touch/suggestions.html
Let me know if anyone knows the secret, if it exists.
Thanks!

[cyclad]

yeh I tried that also. But I keep getting the message that c4d is overwriting my previous rgba pass. When I check the files c4d really does overwrite. The only other way is to turn off the automatic save button and then manually saving out after render. It doesnt save out a rgba this way.

[tcastudios]

Then you must miss something.
That does not happen here.
There is no problem rendering an extra multipass,
no rgba is over written.

Cheers
Lennart

[cyclad]

Lennart are you using R11.5? or R11? cause this happens in R11.5

[xenomanic]

Hmmm, 11.5 for me, and I have the problem of the extra pass.

[tcastudios]

R11.5 on OSX 10.6.2

Cheers
Lennart

[xenomanic]

Definition of the problem is:
In MultiPass settings,
Uncheck Regular Image->"Save" and
Check Multi-Pass Image ->"Save"(and the pass(es) wanted)
only render the multipass(es) to file(s).

How ever, Cinema still always do a "full" internal render
(shown in Picture Viewer).
In other words, you can't make Cinema render faster than
the current RGBA picture by only set a multipass by itself.

Cheers
Lennart

That makes sense. I find it frustrating when all I need is a single pass of the image, ie the object buffer or alpha. Thanks for your comments!

[tcastudios]

Yup, but this is known.
For a quicker separate buffer pass,
remove all materials, lights, and other effects.

Cheers
Lennart

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