Apple Shake 4 - Manual (Page 339)

Chapter 12 Rendering With the FileOut Node 339
The Render Menu
There are four options in the Render menu.
Support for Apple Qmaster
Apple Qmaster is a system of utilities that provides automated work distribution and
processing projects created with Shake and other software packages on Mac OS X.
Shake provides an optional interface, available as a subtree at the bottom of the
Render Parameters window, which lets you submit jobs to the Apple Qmaster system.
For more information on setting up and using Apple Qmaster, you are stongly
encouraged to see the Apple Qmaster User Manual.
You can enable support for rendering using Apple Qmaster by adding the following
global plug to a .h file in the startup directory:
sys.useRenderQueue = “Qmaster”;
This setting causes additional options to appear in the Render Parameters window
when you choose Render > FileOut Nodes. These options become visible when you
open the renderQueue disclosure control.
Menu Option Description
Render Flipbook Renders a Flipbook of the contents of the current Viewer. It first
launches the Flipbook Parameters Window that allows you to
override the Global parameters. To cancel the render, press Esc in
the Flipbook window. See “
Previewing Your Script Using the
Flipbook ” on page 90 for instructions on how to use the Flipbook.
Render Disk Flipbook Available on Mac OS X systems only, the Render Disk Flipbook
command launches a disk-based Flipbook into QuickTime. Disk
Flipbooks have several advantages over normal Flipbooks. For
example, the Disk Flipbook allows you to view very long clips and
to attach audio (loaded with the audio tab in the main interface).
Render FileOut Nodes Renders FileOut nodes in the Node View. Press F in the Node View
to frame all active nodes. You have the option to render only the
active FileOut nodes or all FileOut nodes.
Render Cache Nodes Immediately caches sections of the node tree where Cache nodes
have been inserted. This command lets you cache all Cache nodes
in the Node View over a specific duration. For more information on
using Cache nodes, see Chapter 13, “
Image Caching ,” on page 343.
Render Proxies Renders the proxy files for your FileIn nodes, leaving your FileOut
nodes untouched. For more information on proxies, see Chapter 4,
“
Using Proxies ,” on page 137.