User manual APPLE QMASTER 2

[. . . ] Apple Qmaster 2 User Manual K Apple Computer, Inc. © 2005 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Under the copyright laws, this manual may not be copied, in whole or in part, without the written consent of Apple. Your rights to the software are governed by the accompanying software license agreement. The Apple logo is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. , registered in the U. S. [. . . ] Â Use the Choose buttons to navigate to and choose the location of the Maya project and scene files for this job. Â In the Frames region, enter a Start and End frame for the job. The available settings correspond to commonly used Maya command options. You can also type additional command options in the Options field. See the Maya documentation for more information about all the Maya command settings. 3 Click OK when you have finished creating the full command. 4 To add more jobs to this batch, repeat steps 1 through 3. 12 5 As needed, set the following options for the batch in the Apple Qmaster window: Â Submit To: Choose a cluster to process this batch. Â Working Directory: If relevant, enter the working directory (from which you want the command to be executed) in the Working Directory column. Â Priority: Choose the priority level from the pop-up menu. The higher the priority, the sooner and faster this batch will be processed relative to other batches. 6 Click Submit to send the batch out for processing. Submitting Batches With the Generic Render Command You can use the Generic Render command in Apple Qmaster for the distributed processing of projects from other frame-based rendering applications (such as After Effects and LightWave). The plug-in dialog allows you to adjust parameters, and to add more command-line options to each job. To submit a batch of files for processing using the Generic Render command: 1 In the Apple Qmaster window, choose Generic Render from the pop-up menu, then click the Add ( + ) button to add a job. 2 In the dialog that appears, enter the relevant information in the required and optional fields. The full command is displayed here. 13 Some fields and settings in this dialog are optional, but the following are required: Â The Executable field requires the location of the frame-based rendering application--make sure it is correct. Â Use the Choose buttons to navigate to and choose the location of the project and scene files for this job. Â In the Frames region, enter a Start and End frame for the job. 3 In the Command Template section, do one of the following: Â Use the Default Template as is, or adjust it by adding additional command elements from the pop-up menu. Â Click the Add (+) button to create an additional template, and adjust it by adding additional command elements from the pop-up menu. Note: You can change the order of the command elements by dragging them left or right. 4 If necessary, add command-line instructions into the Options field. Any text entered here will be appended at the end of the command. [. . . ] Use to specify the working directory path (from which the command should be executed). The default working directory is /Applications/Shake. Use to specify the number of seconds before Apple Qmaster can quit when looking for a cluster. The default value is 0, which puts no limit on the timeout and allows Apple Qmaster to browse the network for as long as it needs to find the cluster. [. . . ]