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After setting any other rendering parameters,
turn on Render Output group > Net Render
and click Render.
The Network Job Assignment dialog appears.
If you use Video Post, set the fi le location
w ith an Add Image Output Event. After you
click Execute Sequence, be sure to turn on Net
Render before you click Render.
To s ubmit a net work r ender ing job:
1.
Start the Backburner Manager and Backburner
Server.
2. IntheNetworkJobAssignmentdialog,make
sure the Automatic Search option is on, and
then click Connect.
In most cases, the software detects the Manager
machine and displays its attached Servers in
the Server list. If auto-detect fails, tur n off
AutomaticSearchandmanuallyenterthename
or IP address of the network machine acting as
the Manager, and then click Connect.
All rendering Servers running under the
network Manager should be listed with green
dots next to them. Even if a server is running
an interactive session of the software, it will still
render an assigned job by launching a second
copy of the software.
3. Bydefault,thejobwilluseallavailableServers.
To use only specific S ervers, tur n off Use All
Servers and choose the machines you want to
use from the Server list.
4. Click Submit.
The job is submitted to the Manager, which then
distr ibutes the job to the machines assigned in
the Network Job Assignment dialog. Network
rendering begins.
When network rendering begins on a rendering
Server, the Rendering dialog appears on
machines running serverapp.exe.Ifamachineis
running the service version, no dialog appears.
Trou bles hooting G uide
This is a guide to solving common problems
associated with network rendering. Solutions
to these problems vary, depending on whether
you are using the network rendering programs
as installed Windows S ervices, or running them
in Desktop mode. Also see T
roubleshooting
Backburner.
PR OBLEM : When I tr y to assign a j ob in
the Networ k J ob A ssi gnment dia log,
some of the servers displ ay a gray or
yellow icon.
SUGGESTION
Regardless of their state in the Network Job
Assignment dialog, servers can always b e assigned
new jobs.