Apple Shake 4 New Features - Manual (Page 45)

Chapter 2 Major Features and New Nodes 45
Parameters in the Cache Render Parameters Window
The Cache Render Parameters window has the following parameters:
renderCacheNodes
If you have multiple Cache nodes in the node tree, you can select one or more of these
and render them simultaneously by setting renderCacheNodes to Selected in the
Cache Render Parameters window. Or you can render all Cache nodes in the node tree
by setting renderCacheNodes to All.
timeRange
If necessary, you can change the timeRange to cache a different frame duration.
useProxy
Images are cached using your script’s current proxy setting. You can manually override
the proxy setting in the Cache Render Parameters window, but those cache files won’t
actually be used by Shake until you change the script’s proxy setting to match. This
gives you the option to render multiple sets of cache images to match each proxy
setting you plan on using.
sequential
Turning sequential on causes each Cache node to process the tree above it for each
frame before allowing the next Cache node to process. When sequential is turned off, all
Cache nodes are rendered simultaneously. This is more efficient in cases where Cache
nodes share upstream nodes/trees. However, if there are too many processes running
at the same time they will compete for CPU and memory resources, which may cause
the overall processing time to increase.
Parameters in the Cache Node
The Cache node has the following parameters: