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Strips Setup D ialog 197
Inter face
Categories group
Notify P rogress—Triggers a notification to indicate
rendering progress. A notification is triggered
every t ime the number of f r ames specified in Every
Nth Frame has completed rendering. Default=off.
Every Nth Fra me—The number of f rames used by
Notif y Progress. Default=1.
Notify Failures—Sends an email notification only if
something occurs to prevent the completion of a
rendering. Default=on.
Notify Completion—Sends an email notification
when a rendering job is complete. Default=on.
Email Options group
Send Email—Notifies via email.
Include Summar y —Includes a summary of the
network rendering progress with the notification
email. Available only when Send Email is turned
on.
Fr o m—Enter the email address of the person who
initiates the rendering job.
To—Enter the email address of the person w ho
needs to know the rendering status.
SMTP Ser ver—Enter the numeric IP address of the
system you use as a mail server.
See also
Configuring Backburner Log Files
Strips Setup Dialog
Rendering menu > Render > Render Scene dialog >
Common tab > Turn on Net Rend er (Render Output
group) > Render > Net wor k J ob Assignment dialog >
Optionsgroup>TurnonSplitScanLines.>Define
The Strips Setup dialog lets you specify how to split
up the rendering of a single, large image among
several different servers on the network. The
software automatically subdivides the rendering
based on settings you provide, and then fits the
pieces together into the final image.
Note: A version of this feature was k nown as Region
Net Render in previous versions of t he software.
Procedure
To render a large image with a networked render
farm:
1.
Set up a scene to render.
2. Set up your system for network render ing (page
3–173).
3. From the Rendering menu, choose Render.
The Render Scene dialog appears, with the
Common tab active.
4. IntheOutputSizegroup,specifythesizeto
render.
5. In the Render Output g roup, specify an output
file name and location, and turn on Net Render.
6. Click the Render button.
The Network Job Assignment dialog appears.