Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 1198

To start a network rendering job: 1 Start the Backburner Manager and Backburner Server. 2 Start the software on a machine with an authorized copy of the program. 3 Open the scene you want to render. 4 Choose Rendering menu > Render Setup to display the Render Setup dialog. You can also render from the Execute Video Post dialog or the Render To Texture dialog. 5 In the Render Output group, click the ellipsis button to display the Render Output File dialog. 6 In the File Name field, enter the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) on page 8160 name of the output directory, followed by the name of the output file. For example: \\machine1\project1\images\output.tga As an alternative to entering the UNC name from the keyboard, you can go to Save In > My Network Places and navigate to the machine and shared directory where you want the servers to write the rendered frames. After selecting the machine and shared directory in the Map Network Drive dialog, enter the output file name (for example, output.tga), and then click OK. The software automatically converts the shared directory to the UNC format. If the output directory is mounted, enter the name and extension of the output file and choose the drive mounted for the output directory from the Save In list. 7 Click OK to display the Setup Options dialog for the file format type you have selected. 8 Make the desired settings and click OK. 9 Click OK again to return to the Render Setup dialog. Save File is turned on once you assign an output file. 10 After setting any other rendering parameters, turn on Render Output group > Net Render and click Render. The Network Job Assignment dialog appears. Starting Network Rendering | 6453