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Table Of Contents
- Apple Qmaster 4 User Manual
- Contents
- Welcome to Apple Qmaster
- Using Apple Qmaster
- The Apple Qmaster Distributed Processing System
- The Apple Qmaster Interface
- Installing Apple Qmaster, Shake, and Other Applications
- Setting Up Rendering Services and Shared Storage
- Submitting Batches for Apple Qmaster Processing
- Using Nodes Without Apple Qmaster Installed
- Setting Environment Variables in Apple Qmaster
• Command pop-up menu: Use this pop-up menu to create commands.
You can choose one of the following types of jobs.
• Generic Render: For more information, see Submitting Batches with the Generic
Render Command.
• Maya: For more information, see Submitting Maya Batches.
• Shake: For more information, see Submitting Shake Batches.
• Shell: For more information, see Using Apple Qmaster to Submit UNIX Commands.
• Add button: Use the Add (+) button to enter a job (with the selected job type) in the
Batch table.
Add button
• Remove button: Use the Remove (–) button to delete the selected job from the Batch
table.
Remove button
• Duplicate button: Use the Duplicate 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. For example, if you have a Shake script that requires the output
of a Maya script, you can ensure that the Shake script does not execute until the Maya
script is completed.
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