#1 2016-01-10 18:35:22

Mickey

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Registered: 2016-01-07

Posts: 29

Preparing a scene for rendering

When rendering it is normal that something could go wrong, but if you follow these simple rules you increase your odds of avoiding issues by quite a margin.

• Scene files - should be saved in .lws format - version from 11.6.3  to newest one

• Project folder - should be used. All needed assets should be in correct place (.lwo files in \Objects\, textures in \Images\ etc) - Please always use relative paths (Objects\MyObject.lwo) instead of absolute paths (like C: Project1\Objects\MyObjetc.lwo).

• Spaces signs in objects, scenes, assets name should be changed to "_" as Lightwave is making a lot of troubles with network rendering & spaces

• Saving animation switch -  should be OFF -  we are rendering to frames, not animations

• If there are dynamics/particle systems used in the scene, cache file should be created for them. Otherwise, we will calculate caches on our side, and add extra $ for it to final billing

• Radiosity / GI setup - should be prepared for multi - machines rendering in both render engines - LightWave & Kray

• If the scene needs radiosity / GI caching before rendering - please calculate .radiosity files and connect them to the scene before sending the project to farm

• Plugins - we are supporting a lot of Lightwave plugins & add-ons, however, if you are using some extra add-ons - please send info to us. We will check for plugin availability

• Additional outputs - we are supporting all kind of external Lightwave outputs - main output, compositive buffer output, PSD Manager output, EXR Trader output. Also, Kray buffers are supported

• Kray - we are supporting Kray renderer for Lightwave. All Kray features are supported

Remember that we are here to help you so if you are not sure about something just ask us

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Last edited by Mike (2017-02-14 13:37:17)