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Fr ame End —
The last frame to be rendered for the
highlighted task. Its default state also matches
the Time Output group settings on the Common
panel of the Render Scene dialog.
The default Frame Star t and Frame End parameters
correspond to the Render Scene dialog parameters
as follows:
Render S cene dialog
>Time Ou tput
Batch Render dialog Frame
Start/End
Single Defaults to the frame set by
thetimeslider.
Active Time Segment
Defaults to 0 (zero) and the
last frame of the animation as
set in the Time Configuration
dialog (page 3–725).
Range
Defaults to the range of
frames specified, such as 0
(zero) To 14 or 6 To 11.
The Frame Start and End settings also conform to
the current time configuration format; i.e. Frames,
SMPTE, Frame:Ticks, or MM:SS:Ticks.
Width—Allows you to specif y a new image width
setting if Override Preset is on. If Override Preset
is off, this value matches the width set on the
Render Scene dia log.
Height—Allows you to specify a new image height
setting if the Override Preset is on. If Override
Preset is off, this value m atches the height set on
the Render Scene dialog.
Pixel Aspect—Sets the aspect ratio of the pixels for
display on another device. The image might look
squashed on your display but will display correctly
on the device with differently shaped pixels. By
default, this mimics the value set on the Render
Scene dialog .
Name—Lets you change the default nam e of the
highlighted task. The default naming s tructure for
cameratasksuses“View”plusanincremented
view number, such as View01 or View02.Ifyou
want, you can change the task’s name to something
more descript ive.
Note: After chang ing the name, you must press
Enter for the change to register.
Note: If you ’re rendering elements (page 3–130) as
part of the batch, the task name is appended to
each rendered element’s specified file name. For
example, if the task name is View01 and the render
elementoutputfilenameisTe st_ D iff u s e.tga,then
the batch-rendered element output becomes
Test_Diffuse_View01.tga.
If you’re rendering an element without specifying
afilenamefortheelement,thebatchrenderer
appends the element t ype to the batch output file
name. For example, if the batch output file name is
MyBatch.png, and you’re rendering an A tmosphere
element, then the element output name becomes
MyBatch_Atmosphere.png.
Output Path—The ellipsis (...) button opens the
Render Output File dialog (page 3–9) where you can
specify the output path, file name and file format
for the rendered image of t he selec ted camera ta sk.
Once set, the output path and file name appears in
the output path field and the file name appears in
the Output Path column of the task queue.
X[ClearOutputPath]—Removes the output path
and file name from the Output Path field and task
queue.
Came ra—This drop-down list shows any cameras
in the scene.
By default, a task is set to render the active
viewport, as indicated by the “Viewport” entry in
the Camera column of the task queue. You can use
this list choose a camera from any in the scene for
the highlighted task. The new camera is shown in
the Camera column of the ta sk queue.
To set the highlighted task to render the
active viewport, choose the dashed line