Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 1196

When you've set up the Manager and Server network services, you're ready to submit an animation to the network rendering queue. There are two stages to starting network rendering: ■ On the Render dialog, set all desired rendering parameters, including resolution and rendered output file type, and render the scene. In 3ds Max, you can render from the Render Setup dialog on page 6067, or the Render To Texture dialog on page 6397. ■ In the Render dialog, set all desired rendering parameters, including resolution and rendered output file type, and render the scene. ■ Turn on Net Render, found in the Render Output, Render Settings or Output groups, and then click Render to open the Network Job Assignment dialog on page 6481, which lets you make final decisions about the job and submit your animation to the rendering servers. Next Step Network Rendering Manager on page 6509 Network Rendering Server on page 6516 Procedures These procedures explain how to start and submit a network rendering job in 3ds Max. This procedure explains how to render a job over the network, once the Backburner Manager and Server are running. (See the Autodesk Backburner Installation Guide for information on setting up the Backburner Manager and Server.) To start the Manager program: 1 Run the Manager program from the Start menu > Programs > Autodesk > Backburner folder. The first time you run the Manager after installation or after deleting the backburner.xml file, the Manager Properties dialog appears. In most cases, you can accept the default settings and click OK to continue. Thereafter, when you start the Manager, its window appears and the "Starting Network Manager" message is displayed in the window. The machine is now running the Manager in Desktop mode. You can leave this window open to see messages relating to what the Manager and Servers are doing as they appear, or you can minimize it, whereupon it Starting Network Rendering | 6451