Tech

So, in my quest to get scripted tasks working on the render farm I’ve been directed to the thought that using the command line to submit render tasks is much more effective and useful than using maxscript and the backburner interface. So: I’ve started getting things to chew correctly on a local basis, hell I’ve [...]

If you change your current renderer to VRAY these are a list of parameters which you can adjust with MaxScript: vr = renderers.current –this changes your renderer to vray V_Ray_DEMO_1_50_SP2:V_Ray_DEMO_1_50_SP2 –This it the result showProperties vr  –this will provide the following list of properties to change: .imageSampler_type : integer .filter_on : boolean .filter_kernel : maxObject [...]

Some useful scalar values for maxscript: x^x Raise the first number to the power given by the second number. If the first number is an integer, the result is a rounded integer. -x unary minus abs x Returns the absolute value of the number. The result is the same type as the argument. mod x Modulo arithmetic, [...]

I don’t know why this is so hard to find normally or so difficult to do but to open multiple AE windows simply add “-m” to the end of the target shortcut. Boom! Enjoy.

To remove default transparency from Windows please follow the directions below: Right click anywhere on your windows desktop. On the menu that pops up select This will open up a window for “Appearance and Personalization”. You may see icons representing different things than shown in the example but not to worry. You should see something [...]

Over the last few months we’ve had issues here at work with our technology in the 3D Department. With little experience running and or troubleshooting a render farm before Windows Vista I had to essentially teach myself. The scouring of the web offered little assistance in this effort as for one most of our render [...]