I am rendering images for print, so the final resolution is very large. Whenever I go to render something that doesn't fit on the screen, the render never seems to finish... just says "rendering sequence..." forever! I've left it over night and come back in the morning and a scene that takes maybe half an hour at 800 x 500 resolution never finishes at 1000 x 625, just a smidge larger! Any suggestions? Deadline is looming!
Jesse
Did You try to render it from the shell?
Sanostol
No... I'm a relatively new user and I haven't quite figured out how to do that yet.
Incidently, it seems that the renders are finishing, it's just that XSI locks up or something and never wakes up from the "rendering sequence..." dialogue.
Hmm...
Anyway thanks for the tip.
Jesse
Hi dude! I just want to drop a little something I think might be useful. If you are new to console rendering, as I like to call it, don't worry it's very simple. Here's what I suggest : Open a SI Command Prompt. There, type this :
xsi -r -scene "full:path/to/scene.scn" -pass "name-of-pass" (optional, dont put it if you only have 1 pass) -verbose 3 (this option might cost you a few cpu cycles, but it's crutial for the kind of weirdness you're encountering; it will inform you of what's going on, from pre-processing to each segment rendering!)
So there you go, I hope this helps you. Type this before you go to bed, and check the logged verbose when you get back, it should inform you properly. I hope this helped!
Sincerly,
Hey thanks a lot man. I'll try that later on today. I appreciate your help.
Jesse