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You can choose one of the following types of jobs.
Generic Render: For more information, see Submit a batch of les using the Generic Render
command in Apple Qmaster on page 242.
Maya: For more information, see Submit a batch of Maya les using Apple Qmaster on page 240.
Shake: For more information, see Submit a batch of Shake les using Apple Qmaster on page 238.
Shell: For more information, see Use Apple Qmaster to submit UNIX commands on page 247.
Add (+) button: Click this button to add a job (with the selected job type) to the Batch table.
This is especially useful if you want to submit similar jobs. You can add copies of the same job
and then edit values in Apple Qmaster as needed.
Add button
Remove (–) button: Click this button to delete the selected job from the Batch table.
Remove button
Duplicate button: Click this button to duplicate the selected job in the Batch table.
Duplicate button
Serialize Jobs: Select this checkbox to execute jobs in exactly the order in which they appear in
the batch list.
Priority: Use this pop-up menu to set the priority (urgency) for a batch, relative to other
batches. The default is Medium. High-priority batches get processed before medium-priority
and low-priority batches.