RenderManager

RenderManager listboxes

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RenderManager listboxes

source listbox

The source listbox consists of a total source path and three lists.

The total source path is displayed at the top. Parts that are not visible can be scrolled with the scrollbar beneath.

The first list contains the names of the still and animations that might be selected with a left mouse button click. The info box in the middle will be updated after a selection.

The second list shows the size of the still or animation in bytes.

The third list shows the time and day the still was last updated. The format is hh:mm mm/dd/yy, where hh, is hour mm is minute, mm is month, dd is day, and yy is year.

source listbox select
The default info box is updated with values that have been stored in GIG. Reading in this information might take a while for large jobs.

info box

The dynamic info part of the Client interface shows additional information about the currently selected items after a selection in the source listbox, in the schedule listbox, or selection of an agent in the agents listbox.

source info box

save selected as
This is the name which will be the output name of the rendered images. For an animation, 4 digits will be added to this name. The output name may be changed after a selection in the source listbox but before the add selected button is pressed.

size
The size in pixels (horizontal/vertical) of the image as defined by the page size of the still or animation. This size can be adjusted in the RenderClient.

sub
The sub should be a smaller size in pixels (horizontal/vertical) than the full size of the image. This is the subwindow that will be rendered. The position of the subwindow from the lower left corner is determined by pos.

pos
The offset in pixels of the subwindow from the lower left corner of the image.

frames
For animations these entry boxes determine the start and end frame of the animation job. An image is rendered for each framestep. If framestep is 0 or 1 then all frames are rendered. Otherwise every x frame is rendered.

render quality databox
The quality is indicated by a red box in the blue triangle. Also, the anti-aliasing and rays tracing per pixel can be changed. See the render quality databox in the render menu for more information.

job info box

The info box for scheduled render jobs is the same as the default info box except the save selected as entry box has been replaced by render job name box. This name cannot be changed.

agents info box

The agent info box has entry fields for the render agent name, the render job name, and the part number. The size, sub, and pos entry boxes are the same as in the default info box. Only if a still is rendered then these boxes show the partsize of the (sub) job which the selected RenderAgent is rendering. The "From frame" and "To frame" info boxes display the frames which the selected RenderAgent is rendering. The framestep box in the frames area is replaced by an info box showing the frame currently being rendered.

schedule listbox

The middle part of the Client interface gives a schedule of the jobs which have been given to the manager. The schedule listbox consists of six parts: the job number (the order number in which the jobs are offered to the manager); the name of the job; the type, whether it is a still or an animation; the status, whether the job is being queued, busy, ready, suspended, or had an error during the rendering; the percentage of what is already rendered of the image; and the time that has been used for rendering the job.

schedule listbox select
The info box is updated with values that have been stored after a still or animation selection. The name will be the output name of the rendered image, the quality and the size, subsize and offsets. With each update of a frame of an animation, the current frame will also be updated.

agents listbox

The lower part of the Client interface shows which RenderAgents are running, and what the agent is doing at the moment. The agents listbox consists of six parts: the name of the machine on which the rendering of the image is performed; the status of the rendering process (whether it is idle or busy); the percentage of what is rendered of the part of the job; the time that is used for rendering of this part of the job; the part number of the job that is being rendered; and the jobname that is being rendered.

agents listbox select
After an agent is selected in the agent listbox, the info box is updated with the following agent's information: the name of the agent the rendering is on; the name of the current image that is being rendered by the agent; the part of the image of the current image that is being rendered by the agent; and the sizes of the part of the image of the current image that is being rendered by the agent. This is the total size of the sub image that is shown when the job name is selected in the schedule listbox. The subsize denotes the splitsize of the parts of each job and the offset denotes the part of the job that is being rendered.

destination listbox

The destination listbox consists of a total destination path and three lists:
The total destination path is displayed on top. Parts that are not visible can be scrolled with the scrollbar beneath.
  1. The first list contains the names of the still and animations that might be selected with a left mouse button click. Such a file might be shown with the show button.
  2. The second list shows the size of the rendered image in bytes.
  3. The third list shows the time and day the still was last updated. The format is hh:mm mm/dd/yy, where hh is hour, mm is minute, mm is month, dd is day, and yy is year.

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