Export to Render Farm provides a alternative way to collect a c4d file with additional features.
The utility of this script is speed up and improve our collect workflow when we render with multiple machines with TR (local team render, server or client) or a render manager software. Unlike the original function from c4d, this script ask you if you want to open or not the collected file and it create a detailed log with the render information. You can use it to upload scenes to render farms services too and keep the log information for you.
Supported render engines for log:
-Arnold Renderer (C4DtoA).
-Redshift Renderer.
-Octane Renderer (half support).
-Physical Renderer.
-Standard Renderer.
Also, we called "Safety Checks" to our favorite feature. Sometimes we forgot enable some important options of our scenes and we render without it (i.e. sometimes we forgot to activate the multipass export). When we use Export to Render Farm the script enable some safety checks in case that we forgot to enable it.
You can view the release notes here.
You can view which parameters are in the log here.
You can view which parameters are safety checks here.
-Improve your collect workflow from your scenes.
-Smart render paths (set render paths in the same c4d file folder with c4d tokens).
-Choose if you want to open or not the collected file.
-Apply safety checks.
-Get a detailed render settings log from your collected file.
-Frames to render in the name file (you don't need to open the collected file to know what frame range need to render).
To install the script you need to copy the .py file and icon to c4d scripts folder:
WIN:
./C4D RXX root folder / library / scripts
OSX:
./C4D RXX root folder / library / scripts
Compatible with: R18, R17, R16 versions (not tested in older versions, maybe works fine).
Download the oficial release here: this script is still in development.
Download the development version here: link.
- Francisco "Pancho" Contreras.
- Terry Williams.
- Roberto Gonzalez.
Export to Render Farm - v0.9
For commercial and personal uses.
The Export to Render Farm v0.9 granted shall not be copied, distributed, or-sold, offered for resale, transferred in whole or in part except that you may make one copy for archive purposes only.
Export to Render Farm belongs to Dyne Tools (group of digital tools from dyne).
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