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    Maxwell Specific Parameters

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    maxwell path
    Tooltip - The explicit path to Maxwell v2 executable . browse or enter manually the location of Maxwell.exe on the workersWorkers.

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    Enable coOp CoOp Renders
    Tooltip - Perform a cooperative render. Setting this to co-op will create a secondary MXIMerge job that combines the finished MXI's upon completion. Make sure you set the "Instances" parameter to more than 1, in the "Qube Job Basics" section above. Setting this to co-op will create a secondary MXIMerge job that combines the finished MXI's upon completion

    Coop Total SL
    Tooltip - (Cooperative Rendering only) - Final quality If CoOp rendering is selected above, this sets the sampling level for the coop final render, when the MXIs are all merged. Set to 0 for to have all instances to respect the value set in the "Sampling Level" box below'. If Co-op rendering is selected you can choose the Sampling level for the final render.

    Sampling Level
    Tooltip - Quality level for Override the render , overrides Sampling value saved in MXS. Provide a numeric value for the Sampling override.quality level set in the MXS.

    Render Time Limit
    Tooltip - Time (in minutes) that the renderer is allowed to run (per-frame), overrides the Time value saved in MXS. Provide a numeric value for time in minutes that the render is allowed to run.

    Resume Rendering
    Tooltip - automatically Automatically resume the render if the MXI file exists. Tick box to resume render when previous MXI files exist

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    MXS scene file
    Tooltip - The MXS scene to render. Browse or enter manually the location of the scene file to be rendered. This is a required field for submission. Important: Best practise is to ensure the scene file and all of its dependant files such as textures are on network storage accessible by the workersMake sure that the Workers have access to this file path.

    outputImage
    Tooltip - This will override the full path and name of the image file .

    Browse or manually enter the location of the output image file you wish to generate

    Important: Best practise is to ensure outputs are written to network storage accessible by the workersspecified in the MXS scene. Important: Make sure that the Workers have access to this file path.

    MXI output file
    Tooltip - The MXI output file containing information about the rendering process.  It   This allows for resuming a previously rendered image.  If not specified, the MSI will use the same name and path as the MXS scene.

    Browse or manually enter the location of the output MXI file you wish to generate

    Important: Best practise is to ensure outputs are written to network storage accessible by the workers.

    script

    Tooltip - Load and run a given script.

    Browse or manually enter the required scripts

    Important: Best Practise is to ensure scripts are on network storage accessible by the workers

    prescript

    Tooltip - Load and run a given script.

    Browse or manually enter the required prescripts

    Important: Best Practise is to ensure scripts are on network storage accessible by the workers

    postscript

    Tooltip - Load and run a given script.

    Browse or manually enter the required postscripts

    Important: Best Practise is to ensure scripts are on network storage accessible by the workers

    bitmaps

    Tooltip - script
    Names a script to load and run on the Worker(s).

    prescript
    Names a prescript to load and run on the Worker(s).

    postscript
    Names a postscript to load and run on the Worker(s).

    bitmaps
    Set an alternative folder path for the location of the bitmaps location. If set to "0", then it will discard all the bitmaps.

    Browse or manually enter the location of the bitmaps file you wish to generate

    Important: Best practise is to ensure bitmaps are written to network storage accessible by the workers

    overridemat
    Tooltip - Override all the materials in the scen scene using the material indicated in the path.

    Browse or manually enter the location of the textures you wish to replace

    Important: Best practise is to ensure textures are written to network storage accessible by the workers

    curdir

    Tooltip - materials found at the given path. Make sure that path is visible to all the Workers.

    curdir
    Set the current directory of during the OS.  This could be useful for using relative paths for render. This is useful where relative paths are used to locate textures and other dependencies. Browse or manually enter the location of the current directory

    dependencies
    Tooltip - Set an alternative folder path for the dependencies location. Browse or manually enter the location of the required dependencies.

    resume
    Tooltip - Continue a render from a previously saved MXI file. To resume a previously rendered images This resumes a previously rendered image and update the MXI file, this flag must be added. Browse or manually enter the location of the MXI file to be resumed

    renameoutput
    Tooltip - When this flag is used, Maxwell Render does not write the MXI file directly in to the given output path; instead, it will write to a temporary file and when the writing process finishes it renames it then rename/move the result to the final path. Tick box to rename MXI file upon completion.

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    res
    Tooltip - resolution override (WxH) Used for overriding the scenes resolution. IE: Overrides the scene resolution defined in the file. Format is WxH, e.g., 800x600

    region
    Tooltip - type,x1,y1,x2,y2 : Specify if you want to render the full frame, a region, or blowup a region, specifying also the corrdinates of the rectangular marquee.  Type is Describes a region type to render, along with its coordinates. The format is "type,x1,y,x2,y2" where "type" is one of "full", "region" , or "blowup" . Used for specifying a specific region or section of the frame and "x1,y1,x2,y2" are the coordinates of the rectangular region to render or enlarge.

    depth
    Tooltip - Overrides the image depth Used to override scenes current image depth settingssettings in the scene file.

    channels
    Tooltip - specify Overrides the channels layers that Maxwell will export (, as defined in the scene file. Possible channels are r, a, ao, s, m, i, z<min/max>) Click choices to override the export of channels layerszmin, zmax.

    channel
    Tooltip - Overrides each exported channels export status and format. The format is [channel_name],[on|off],[depth(8,16,32)],[format] : Different channels that can export and their format. All the parameters are optional except for the first one. Examples: channel:alpha,on,32,tif... channel:material... channel:object,off Used to override different channels that can export and their format. see tooltip for examples.

    zmin
    Tooltip - Overrides the zmin value values of the zbuffer channel Used to override the zmin values.

    zmax
    Tooltip - Overrides the zmax value values of the zbuffer channel Used to override the zmax values.

    alphaopaque
    Tooltip - Enable the opaque mode in the alpha channel Tick box to enable.

    alphaembedded
    Tooltip - Enable alpha embed Tick box to enableEnables embedded alpha.

    embedded
    Tooltip - Embeds the selected channel when the output format allows it Tick box to enable.

    channelsembedded
    Tooltip - Enable/disable embedding all the channels as images layers if the format supports it Tick box to enable.

    color
    Tooltip - set a Overrides the color space Click choices to override the color space requiredsetting in the scene file.

    camera
    Tooltip - Specifies a camera to render (otherwise defauls to active camera) Used to override the chosen camera if multiple are available

    defaultmat

    Tooltip - Indicate . If not specified, will default to the active camera.

    defaultmat
    Overrides the path to the default material

    Used to override the path to the default materials

    Important: Best practise is to ensure materials are on network storage accessible by the workers

    burn

    Tooltip - set the burn value Enter a number to override the burn value

    gamma

    Tooltip - Set the gamma value Enter a number to override the gamma valuematerials.

    burn
    Overrides the burn value set in the scene file.

    gamma
    Overrides the gamma value set in the scene file.

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    pass
    Tooltip - Set Overrides the render pass Choose the pass from the drop down box to override scene defaultsthat is set in the scene file.

    multilight
    Tooltip - Enable multilight function Enables the multi-light function for storing an MSI file with separate information about the emitters Choose the required setting from the drop down box to override scene defaults.

    extractlights
    Tooltip - Save If this is enabled, each light will be saved in a separate file if Multilight is enabled Tick box to enable.

    devignetting

    Tooltip - devignetting value Set numeric value to override scene defaults

    scattering

    Tooltip - scattering value Set numeric value to override scene defaults

    displacement

    Tooltip - Enable/disable Overrides the scene file's setting (or default) for the devignetting value.

    scattering
    Overrides the scene file's setting (or default) for the scattering value.

    displacement
    Enables the displacement calculations for the whole scene Tick box to enable and override scene defaults. Not necessary if not already set in the scene file.

    dispersion
    Tooltip - Enable/disable Enables the dispersion calculations for the whole scene Tick box to enable and override scene defaultsscene. Not necessary if not already set in the scene file.

    motionblur
    Tooltip - Enable/disable the Enables motion blur calculations for the whole scene Tick box to enable and override scene defaults

    dodevignetting

    Tooltip - Tick box to enable and override scene defaults

    doscattering

    Tooltip - Enable the lens scattering for the renderer Tick box to enable and override scene defaultsscene. Not necessary if not already enabled in the scene file.

    dodevignetting
    Enables devignetting for the whole scene. Not necessary if not already enabled in the scene file.

    doscattering
    Enables lens scattering. Not necessary if not already enabled in the scene file.

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    Tick Box to force Maxwell not to create MXI files while rendering

    , and not the MXI file.

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    threads
    Tooltip - The number of threads to render with (0 means use the maximum numberavailable)

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    verbose
    Tooltip - Verbosity level

    Info
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    Enter a numeric value for the amount of threads to be spawned on the workers while processing this job

    priority

    Tooltip - .

    priority
    The Maxwell Renderer process priority

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    Choose the required CPU priority for the job on the worker

    slupdate

    Tooltip - [seconds] Force the engine to refresh the sampling level info at the given ratio instead of doing it automatically.

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    Enter a numeric value in seconds for refresh of sampling info

    mintime

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    slupdate
    The number of seconds between sampling refreshes. If not set, the engine will choose an interval automatically.

    mintime
    Set the time to impose a minimum time for saving MXI files to disk, like the new . This is the equivalent of the preference "Min.Time"

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    Enter a numeric value in minutes for automatic saving of MXI files to disk

    nomxi
    Tooltip - Force Macwell Maxwell Render not to save an MXI file but just only the output image

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    Internal(Range)
    Tooltip - (internally set from range value) Frames to animate\nSequence Sequence of frames to render [format: A,B-C,D-E(frames)] enter a comma separated list of frames to internally set the range value, overriding the scene settings. The format is comma-separated frames and frame ranges. For example, 12,21-30,99-102 would render frame 12, frames 21-30, and frames 99-102.