Rendering same K3 scene on multiple PCs
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 11:49 am
Hi!
I usually render my archviz still images with kray2 on multiple pc as a sequence.
I start the whole sequence on each computer, eg frames 0-9. The output directory is the same network directory.
Each pc starts rendering, and each pc creates a *.sem file for the current frame. Pc1 creates for example render_00000.sem file right after the start of the rendering, that way Pc2 knows, that frame 0 is in progress, so it starts rendering frame 1 and creates the render_00001.sem temporary file. When Pc1 finishes with frame 0, starts rendering frame 2, becouse frame 1 is in progress on Pc2 (it sees the render_00001.sem file!!) , and so on....
Rendering with K3 does not create any *.sem file, so I have to slice the sequence, and render different regions on each computer. Frames are very different, some needs 20min rendering time, some needs 2 hours. It's very uncomfortable to guess the rendering times and try to lsice the sequence wisely.
I would like the same *.sem temp files for K3 to be able rendering same sequence on multiple computer, just like kray2, no more...
I usually render my archviz still images with kray2 on multiple pc as a sequence.
I start the whole sequence on each computer, eg frames 0-9. The output directory is the same network directory.
Each pc starts rendering, and each pc creates a *.sem file for the current frame. Pc1 creates for example render_00000.sem file right after the start of the rendering, that way Pc2 knows, that frame 0 is in progress, so it starts rendering frame 1 and creates the render_00001.sem temporary file. When Pc1 finishes with frame 0, starts rendering frame 2, becouse frame 1 is in progress on Pc2 (it sees the render_00001.sem file!!) , and so on....
Rendering with K3 does not create any *.sem file, so I have to slice the sequence, and render different regions on each computer. Frames are very different, some needs 20min rendering time, some needs 2 hours. It's very uncomfortable to guess the rendering times and try to lsice the sequence wisely.
I would like the same *.sem temp files for K3 to be able rendering same sequence on multiple computer, just like kray2, no more...