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Advanced Settin g s Dialog 199
won’tbefinisheduntiltheslowermachinerenders
itshalfofthefinalimage. ButifyousetNumber
Of Strips to 4, the faster machine can render three
of the strips while the slower machine renders one,
effectively halving the total render time.
This setting is interdependent with and inversely
propor tional to the Str ip Height sett ing; increase
one, and the software decreases the other.
Overlap—Settheamountbywhicheachstrip
overlaps the adjoining one(s). You can set this in
pixels or as a per cen tage of the final image height.
A cer tain amount of overlap is necessary to
compensate for image artifacts created by
antialiasing and render effects. If you notice
anomalies where the image slices meet, try
increasing the Overlap setting.
Pixels/Percentage—Determines whether the Str ip
Height and Overlap sett ings represent pixels or a
percentageofthefinalimageheight. Choosing
a different option automatically changes the two
val ues accordingly.
Delete Tempora r y I mages U pon
Co mpletion—
Deletes the “slice” images
after the final image is created. Default=off.
Advanced Setti ngs Dial og
Rendering menu > Render > Render Scene dial og >
Turn on Net Render (Render Output group). > Render >
Network Job Assignment dialog > Advanced
Rendering menu > Render To Texture > Render To Texture
dialog > Turn on N et Render (Render Settings group) >
Render > Network Job Assignment dialo g > Advanced
Renderingmenu>VideoPost>Setupasequencewith
an Image Output Event > Turn on Net Render (Output
group) > Render > Network Job Assignment dialog >
Advanced
The Advanced Settings dialog lets you set job
timeouts on a p er-job basis, assign the TCP port
number, specif y pre-render s c ripts and affect job
handling and archive settings.
Interfa ce
Per Job Timouts Group
Enable—Turns on the ability to set timeouts on a
per-jobbasis.Theremainingsettingsinthisgroup
become available only when Enable is turned on.
Wa it for M AX t o Lo ad —Specifies the amount of time
after a job is submitted that the Manager waits for
aservertoreportthatitreceivedtheframeand
is rendering. If this va lue is exceeded, an error
message is logged for a failed frame, and the f rame
is assigned to a different server.
Wa it for MA X t o Re nde r—Specifies the amount of
time the manager waits between when a server
reportsthatithasstartedandfinishedrendering
a frame. If a server exceeds the specified value, it
is flagged as "failed" by the manager, and no more
frames from that job are sent to it.