Using Cinema4D R11 and RR

freshNfunky · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:46 pm Post subject: Using Cinema4D R11 and RR

well it works somehow - so far.

the renderfarm renders the Images properly in most of my setting variations.

yet i RR has problems linkting the results of the renderings with RR, which means when using the flipbook
funktion (i used fcheck to check the result).

fcheck didn't find the pictures due to a deviant frame naming (has to do with the cinema intern frame padding)
unless RR cannot read render settings of a C4D scene it's unable to recognize Name Padding.
Further it's not possible to edit Framepaddings for C4D to syncronize it with RR (at least i didn't found a config file to modify 'em).

So renderings are there but i couldn't administrate or check them du to this problem.
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schoenberger · Site Admin Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1671

RR 5.x has no setting for frame padding.
So it has to be a different problem with the output name.
Is the extension right?
Is there a difference in the file name?
Is there any character (point or underline) before or after the frame number, which is not set in the output name?
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freshNfunky · Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:48 am Post subject:

yet so far RR wants to offer me a two digit padding.
But the Options in Cinema are either:
Name0000.ext
Name0000
Name.0000
Name000.Ext
Name000
Name.000
Name.0000.Ext

When entering in RR: Name.
and have selected Name.0000.Ext in C4D
RR completes the Image Name to Name.00.Ext
But the Render result is: Name..0000.Ext

When having selected Tiff (with PSD) C4D also creates a PSD file (which i didn't remember it did with the C4D NET Render...)

is there possibly a template which i can modify to adapt the render settings?

...will try further solutions.
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schoenberger · Site Admin Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1671

With "no setting for frame padding" I did not ment that you cannot change it.
There is simply nothing which tells RRender the framepadding.
It always displays a fixed number of ##. This has no influence on the render.

About the double point:

Edit the file
[RRender]\render_settings\render_app_config\Cinema4d.cfg.
Change both parameter
"%RD%%RN%%RE%"
into
"%RD%%RN%%EL.%%RE%"

This removed the double point.

At last send a "reload render config" command to the clients via the rrControl menu.

Then about the extension.
If you check the render log, look for the commandline which starts Cinema4d.
If RR sets the image format, then there is a -oformat XXX at the end of the commandline.

This allowes you to change the extension in the batch submitter.
If you do not require it, you can delete
%FormatAv%[ ?-oformat %RF%]
from the render config file.
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freshNfunky · Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:44 am Post subject:

hmmm... well it works so far Smile

the irritating point is no longer and the frames are shown up in the job window. Very Happy

now i have to check the thing with the extra PSD files... but this should be a cinema problem i guess.
i am keeping up reporting. Idea

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freshNfunky · Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:07 pm Post subject: additional PSD File Generation

Hmmm... it seems it has to do with the multipass feature...
i'll try to skip this option mabe it works.

maybe i can toggle this feature with a %PASSB%[ ?- ] Question

i'll see how it's made in the maya cfg file.
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freshNfunky · Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:16 am Post subject: PSD Problem

OK,

Found the solution.
It's the multipass feature. When adding this option cinema automatically generates a second PSD image.
is there maybe a way to ONLY activate it when adding a second Layer in the submitter?

%PASS%[ ?- is not working...

i will see if i can write a Cinema Submit Plugin which is then deciding what to do...
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schoenberger · Site Admin Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1671

%PASS%[ ? -xxx]
should be working if you do not enter a name for the first pass.
So that it is "Current (Scene default)".
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freshNfunky · Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:42 am Post subject: PASS

hmmm... OK i try it again, maybe it was last tome PASSB instead of PASS.

because when leaving Current deselected Submit is blating about not having a pass selected...

i'll report Wink

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freshNfunky · Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:31 pm Post subject: now it seems to work.

allright,

so far the job looks like it don't uses the multipass feature any more...
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