Can't control Arnold Archive frame padding amount

[Francois Kruger]

Hi,

I'm battling to control the frame padding amount of digits for the Arnold-Archive renders. No matter what I do, it keeps reverting to the digits of the frame (so 1.exr or 521.exr etc). This is a problem for my post scripts, I need it to be 4 digits, so like 0001.exr.

I am submitting the job through XML. I looked at the file: render_apps\_config\A80__Arnold_StdA.cfg and it seems the output path is being built by: -o "<ImageDir><ImageFilename><FNimgPadded><ImageExtension>"

As such, I am using these settings:

• <ImageExtension>\\up\to\folder\example</ImageExtension>
• <ImageFilename>img</ImageFilename>
• <ImageExtension>.exr</ImageExtension>

Now for the frame padding I have tried adding all of these in separate jobs:

• <FNimgPadded>True</FNimgPadded>
• <FNimgPadded>4</FNimgPadded>
• <FNimgPadded>####</FNimgPadded>
• <FN4>True</FN4>
• <ImageFilename>img.####</ImageFilename>
• (not adding anything)

But no matter what I do, RR keeps changing the path to "img.#.exr".

Any idea how I can fix this? I feel like I'm just doing something wrong, as always haha.

Thanks for the help!

Triggerfish Animation Studios

Francois Kruger

[RR, Schoenberger]

Hi

Please use

<ImageFramePadding>  4 </ImageFramePadding>

OR

Completely remove all <ImageDir> and <ImageExtension> and use
<ImageFilename>     \\bilbo\renderfarm\3D\Render_Pictures\&lt;SceneFile&gt;--Default_Pass1\Default_Pass1_Render.###.exr     </ImageFilename>
only. Then the rrSumitter splits it.

 

 

Note:

You can verify the frame padding if you load your .xml file into the rrSubmitter UI.
It should show the right frame padding right under the field for the image filename.

 

 

> I have tried adding all of these in separate jobs

If you are unsure about a settings name, then you can either take a look at this example:

http://www.royalrender.de/help/ExamplerrJob_submitFilewithoptio.html

OR
select a job in rrControl, right click and run „Export as Submission xml“

(preferably a job that you have submitted via an RR plugin)

 

 

regards,
Holger Schönberger

 

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or our support system for new questions.

[RR, Schoenberger]

PS:

<FN>, <FNimgPadded>, <FN4> in the render config file are not the padding itself, they are the frame number.

[Francois Kruger]

Awesome thanks! Exactly the info I needed! 

<ImageFramePadding>  4 </ImageFramePadding> worked perfectly.

Have a great day!