Setting render output paths in Maya

[Tim Crowson]

So lemme get this straight... Maya's equivalent of XSI's 'Scene Output' path is actually stored at the project level? If I set this path using 'Change Primary Image Directory' and setting the Images output path, does this not get passed on to other scenes in the same project? Or is it changed strictly for the scene I'm in?

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[Laurence Cymet]

Hi Tim,

Yes - changes to the project image output path apply at the project level (wherever the workspace.mel is). Not ideal for breaking out shots from a project, but you can do the following:

-Use the <Scene> token with backslashes in the render settings to create sub-folders (eg. <Scene>\<Scene>_<Render_Layer>_<Camera>)

-Use the -rd flag on render.exe to force a render to any folder

More details here: http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/maya2013/en_us/index.html?url=files/Vari_Subfolders_and_names_of_rendered_images.htm,topicNumber=d30e612208


Hope that helps,


Laurence Cymet


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Subject: Setting render output paths in Maya

So lemme get this straight... Maya's equivalent of XSI's 'Scene Output' path is actually stored at the project level? If I set this path using 'Change Primary Image Directory' and setting the Images output path, does this not get passed on to other scenes in the same project? Or is it changed strictly for the scene I'm in?


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Tim Crowson
Lead CG Artist

Magnetic Dreams, Inc.
2525 Lebanon Pike, Bldg C, Suite 101, Nashville, TN 37214

Ph 615.885.6801 | Fax 615.889.4768 | www.magneticdreams.com<http://www.magneticdreams.com>
tim.c...@magneticdreams.com<mailto:tim.c...@magneticdreams.com>