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    Maxwell Specific Parameters

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    res

    Tooltip - resolution override (WxH)

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    Used for overriding the scenes resolution. IE: 800x600

    region

    Tooltip - type,x1,y1,x2,y2 : Specify if you want to render the full frame, a region, or blowup a region, specifying also the corrdinates of the rectangular marquee.  Type is "full", "region", or "blowup".

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    Used for specifying a specific region or section of the frame
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    maxwell path
    The explicit path to Maxwell v2 executable on the Workers.

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    Enable CoOp Renders
    Perform a cooperative render. Setting this to co-op will create a secondary MXIMerge job that combines the finished MXI's upon completion. Make sure you set the "Instances" parameter to more than 1, in the "Qube Job Basics" section above.

    Coop Total SL
    If CoOp rendering is selected above, this sets the sampling level for the final render, when the MXIs are all merged. Set to 0 to have all instances respect the value set in the "Sampling Level" box below.

    Sampling Level
    Override the render quality level set in the MXS.

    Render Time Limit
    Time (in minutes) that the renderer is allowed to run (per-frame), overrides the Time value saved in MXS.

    Resume Rendering
    Automatically resume the render if the MXI file exists.

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    MXS scene file
    The MXS scene to render. This is a required field for submission. Important: Make sure that the Workers have access to this file path.

    outputImage
    This will override the full path and name of the image file specified in the MXS scene. Important: Make sure that the Workers have access to this file path.

    MXI output file
    The MXI output file containing information about the rendering process.  This allows for resuming a previously rendered image.  If not specified, the MSI will use the same name and path as the MXS scene.

    script
    Names a script to load and run on the Worker(s).

    prescript
    Names a prescript to load and run on the Worker(s).

    postscript
    Names a postscript to load and run on the Worker(s).

    bitmaps
    Set an alternative folder path for the location of the bitmaps. If set to "0", it will discard all the bitmaps.

    overridemat
    Override all the materials in the scene using the materials found at the given path. Make sure that path is visible to all the Workers.

    curdir
    Set the current directory during the render. This is useful where relative paths are used to locate textures and other dependencies.

    dependencies
    Set an alternative folder path for the dependencies location.

    resume
    This resumes a previously rendered image and update the MXI file.

    renameoutput
    When this flag is used, Maxwell Render does not write the MXI file directly to the given output path; instead, it will write to a temporary file and then rename/move the result to the final path.

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    res
    Overrides the scene resolution defined in the file. Format is WxH, e.g., 800x600

    region
    Describes a region type to render, along with its coordinates. The format is "type,x1,y,x2,y2" where "type" is one of "full", "region" or "blowup" and "x1,y1,x2,y2" are the coordinates of the rectangular region to render or enlarge.

    depth

    Tooltip -

    Overrides the image depth

    Info
    Used to override scenes current image depth settings

    settings in the scene file.

    channels

    Tooltip - specify

    Overrides the channels

    layers

    that Maxwell will export

    (

    , as defined in the scene file. Possible channels are r, a, ao, s, m, i,

    z<min/max>)
    Info

    Click choices to override the export of channels layers.

    channel

    Tooltip -

    zmin, zmax.

    channel
    Overrides each exported channels export status and format. The format is [channel_name],[on|off],[depth(8,16,32)],[format]

    : Different channels that can export and their format

    . All the parameters are optional except for the first one. Examples: channel:alpha,on,32,tif... channel:material... channel:object,off

    Info

    Used to override different channels that can export and their format. see tooltip for examples.

    zmin

    Tooltip - zmin value info

    zmin
    Overrides the zmin values of the zbuffer channel.

    zmax

    Used to override

    Overrides the

    zmin values

    zmax

    Tooltip - zmax value

    zmax values of the zbuffer channel

    Info

    Used to override the zmax values

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    alphaopaque

    Tooltip -

    Enable

    the

    opaque mode in the alpha channel.

    Info

    Tick box to enable

    alphaembedded

    Tooltip - Enable alpha embed

    Info

    Tick box to enable

    embedded

    Tooltip -

    Enables embedded alpha.

    embedded
    Embeds the selected channel when the output format allows it.

    Info

    Tick box to enable

    channelsembedded

    Tooltip -

    Enable/disable embedding all the channels as images layers if the format supports it.

    Info

    Tick box to enable

    color

    Tooltip - set a color space

    Info

    Click choices to override the color space required

    camera

    Tooltip - camera to render (otherwise defauls to active camera)

    Info

    Used to override the chosen camera if multiple are available

    defaultmat

    Tooltip - Indicate

    Overrides the color space setting in the scene file.

    camera
    Specifies a camera to render. If not specified, will default to the active camera.

    defaultmat
    Overrides the path to the default

    material
    Info

    Used to override the path to the default materials

    Important: Best practise is to ensure materials are on network storage accessible by the workers

    burn

    Tooltip - set the burn value

    Info

    Enter a number to override the burn value

    gamma

    Tooltip - Set the gamma value

    Info

    Enter a number to override the gamma value

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    pass

    Tooltip - Set the render pass

    Info

    Choose the pass from the drop down box to override scene defaults

    multilight

    Tooltip - Enable multilight function

    materials.

    burn
    Overrides the burn value set in the scene file.

    gamma
    Overrides the gamma value set in the scene file.

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    pass
    Overrides the render pass that is set in the scene file.

    multilight
    Enables the multi-light function for storing an MSI file with separate information about the emitters

    Info

    Choose the required setting from the drop down box to override scene defaults

    extractlights

    Tooltip - Save each light

    .

    extractlights
    If this is enabled, each light will be saved in a separate file

    if Multilight is enabled
    Info

    Tick box to enable

    devignetting

    Tooltip - devignetting value

    Info

    Set numeric value to override scene defaults

    scattering

    Tooltip - scattering value

    Info

    Set numeric value to override scene defaults

    displacement

    Tooltip - Enable/disable

    .

    devignetting
    Overrides the scene file's setting (or default) for the devignetting value.

    scattering
    Overrides the scene file's setting (or default) for the scattering value.

    displacement
    Enables the displacement calculations for the whole scene

    Info

    Tick box to enable and override scene defaults

    dispersion

    Tooltip - Enable/disable

    . Not necessary if not already set in the scene file.

    dispersion
    Enables the dispersion calculations for the whole scene

    Info

    Tick box to enable and override scene defaults

    motionblur

    Tooltip - Enable/disable the

    . Not necessary if not already set in the scene file.

    motionblur
    Enables motion blur calculations for the whole scene

    Info

    Tick box to enable and override scene defaults

    dodevignetting

    Tooltip -
    Info

    Tick box to enable and override scene defaults

    doscattering

    Tooltip - Enable the lens scattering for the renderer

    Info

    Tick box to enable and override scene defaults

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    verbose

    Tooltip - Verbosity level

    Info
    Choose from

    . Not necessary if not already enabled in the scene file.

    dodevignetting
    Enables devignetting for the whole scene. Not necessary if not already enabled in the scene file.

    doscattering
    Enables lens scattering. Not necessary if not already enabled in the scene file.

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    verbose
    Verbosity level. Choose the level of detail you would like the logs to provide.

    threads

    Tooltip -

    The number of threads to render with (0 means use the maximum

    number

    available)

    Info

    Enter a numeric value for the amount of threads to be spawned on the workers while processing this job

    priority

    Tooltip -

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    priority
    The Maxwell Renderer process priority

    Info

    Choose the required CPU priority for the job on the worker

    slupdate

    Tooltip - [seconds] Force the engine to refresh the sampling level info at the given ratio instead of doing it automatically.

    Info

    Enter a numeric value in seconds for refresh of sampling info

    mintime

    Tooltip -

    .

    slupdate
    The number of seconds between sampling refreshes. If not set, the engine will choose an interval automatically.

    mintime
    Set the time to impose a minimum time for saving MXI files to disk

    , like the new

    . This is the equivalent of the preference "Min.Time"

    Info

    Enter a numeric value in minutes for automatic saving of MXI files to disk

    nomxi

    Tooltip -

    Force

    Macwell

    Maxwell Render

    not

    to save

    an MXI file but just

    only the output image

    Info

    Tick Box to force Maxwell not to create MXI files while rendering

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    Internal(Range)

    Tooltip - (internally set from range value) Frames to animate\nSequence of frames to render [format: A

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    B-C,D-E(frames)]
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    enter a comma separated list of frames to internally set the range value

     

     

     

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    maxwell path

    Tooltip - explicit path to Maxwell v2 executable.

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    browse or enter manually the location of Maxwell.exe on the workers

     

     

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    Enable coOp Renders

    Tooltip - Perform a cooperative render. Make sure you set the "Instances" parameter to more than 1, in the "Qube Job Basics" section above

    Info

    Setting this to co-op will create a secondary MXIMerge job that combines the finished MXI's upon completion

    Coop Total SL

    Tooltip - (Cooperative Rendering only) - Final quality level for the coop render, when the MXIs are all merged. Set to 0 for all instances to respect the value set in the "Sampling Level" box below'

    Info

    If Co-op rendering is selected you can choose the Sampling level for the final render

    Sampling Level

    Tooltip - Quality level for the render, overrides Sampling value saved in MXS.

    Info

    Provide a numeric value for the Sampling override

    Render Time Limit

    Tooltip - Time (in minutes) that the renderer is allowed to run (per-frame), overrides Time value saved in MXS.

    Info

    Provide a numeric value for time in minutes that the render is allowed to commense

    Resume Rendering

    Tooltip - automatically resume the render if the MXI file exists

    Info

    Tick box to resume render when previous MXI files exist

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    MXS scene file

    Tooltip - MXS scene to render

    Info

    Browse or enter manually the location of the scene file to be rendered. This is a required field for submission

    Important: Best practise is to ensure the scene file and all of its dependant files such as textures are on network storage accessible by the workers.

    outputImage

    Tooltip - full path and name of the image file.

    Info

    Browse or manually enter the location of the output image file you wish to generate

    Important: Best practise is to ensure outputs are written to network storage accessible by the workers

    MXI output file

    Tooltip - MXI output file containing information about the rendering process.  It allows for resuming previously rendered image.  If not specified, the MSI will use the same name and path as the MXS scene

    Info

    Browse or manually enter the location of the output MXI file you wish to generate

    Important: Best practise is to ensure outputs are written to network storage accessible by the workers

    script

    Tooltip - Load and run a given script

    Info

    Browse or manually enter the required scripts

    Important: Best Practise is to ensure scripts are on network storage accessible by the workers

    prescript

    Tooltip - Load and run a given script

    Info

    Browse or manually enter the required prescripts

    Important: Best Practise is to ensure scripts are on network storage accessible by the workers

    postscript

    Tooltip - Load and run a given script

    Info

    Browse or manually enter the required postscripts

    Important: Best Practise is to ensure scripts are on network storage accessible by the workers

    bitmaps

    Tooltip - Set an alternative folder path for the bitmaps location. If "0", then will discard all the bitmaps

    Info

    Browse or manually enter the location of the bitmaps file you wish to generate

    Important: Best practise is to ensure bitmaps are written to network storage accessible by the workers

    overridemat

    Tooltip - Override all materials in the scen using the material indicated in the path

    Info

    Browse or manually enter the location of the textures you wish to replace

    Important: Best practise is to ensure textures are written to network storage accessible by the workers

    curdir

    Tooltip - Set the current directory of the OS.  This could be useful for using relative paths for textures and other dependencies.

    Info

    Browse or manually enter the location of the current directory

    dependencies

    Tooltip - Set an alternative folder path for the dependencies location.

    Info

    Browse or manually enter the location of the required dependancies

    resume

    Tooltip - Continue a render from a previously saved MXI file. To resume a previously rendered images and update the MXI file, this flag must be added.

    Info

    Browse or manually enter the location of the MXI file to be resumed

    renameoutput

    Tooltip - When this flag is used, Maxwell Render does not write the MXI file directly in the given output path; it write a temporary file and when the writing process finishes it renames it to the final path.

    Info

    Tick box to rename MXI file upon completion

    Internal(Range)
    Sequence of frames to render, overriding the scene settings. The format is comma-separated frames and frame ranges. For example, 12,21-30,99-102 would render frame 12, frames 21-30, and frames 99-102.