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Basic Procedures for Network Rendering 177
9.
ClicktheServernametohighlightitinthelist
window, and then click the Submit button.
The Manager submits the job to the Server,
both running only on this system, and the
Server begins rendering each still frame or the
animation.
10. To render additional jobs, load each into
3ds Max, and then repeat steps 6-9.
You c an submit as many jobs as you like. The
software will queue the jobs up and render
them in the order that you submitted them.
Basic Procedure 2: Network Rendering
fr om S er v er (not M a nager )
When rendering across a network, you first assign
one machine to be Manager, and then any number
of others as Servers. In this procedure, you won’t
use the Manager as a rendering Server.
1. Go to Start menu > Programs >
Autodesk > Backburner and choose the
Manager menu item.
This starts Manager and creates the
backburner.xml file in the Backburner\Network
folder .
When you run Manager for the first time,
you will see the Backburner Manager General
Properties dialog, shown below; this is normal.
Backburner Manager General Properties dialog.
2. Click OK to accept the default settings.
The Backburner Manager dialog displays.
3. Move to a Server system.
4. Go to Start menu > Programs >
Autodesk > Backburner and choose the Server
menu item.
This star ts Server and creates the ser ver data
that is stored in the backburner.xml fi le.
You w i l l see the Backburner Server General
Properties dialog box, shown below , when you
run Server for the first time.
Backburner Server Ge neral Properties dialog.