anime studio render farm

Deadline
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Hi
I want to use deadline with Anime Studio. I tried to write the codes that is provided by anime studio on the “submit command script job to deadline panel” But İt did not work. Here is the command line codes that is provided by Anime Studio for rendering

"To use Anime Studio for command-line rendering, all you need to do is type a simple command:

Anime\ Studio\ Pro -r infile.anme

This is the simplest way to invoke Anime Studio from the command-line. The command tells Anime Studio to render the file “infile.anme” and to produce a rendered output file (more on that below). It can be used directly from a command prompt, or can be integrated into whatever scripting environment you choose.

(Each platform - Windows, Mac OS, and Linux has some specific quirks when using Anime Studio this way. Be sure to read the posts below to learn about your particular platform.)

The following options are available:

-r filename.anme This is the only required command. It tells Anime Studio to render the given file and then quit. No GUI will be launched.

-v Runs the rendering job in “verbose” mode. In this mode, Anime Studio will print out messages about its status, including an estimate of the time remaining in the rendering job.

-f format This tells Anime Studio what format to render the output as. Valid formats are QT (QuickTime - Windows and Mac only), JPEG, TGA, BMP, PNG, or SWF (Flash). The QT and SWF formats generate a single output file, while the other formats created numbered sequences of still images. If you don’t specify a format, on Windows and Mac the default format is QT, on Linux the default is JPEG.

-o outfile Specifies an output file. If you skip this option, the output file will have the same name as the input file, but with an extension matching the format you choose.

-start frame Specifies the starting frame to render. If omitted, Anime Studio will start rendering at the document’s start frame (usually 1).

-end frame Specifies the last frame to render. If omitted, Anime Studio will render up through the last frame of the document.

The following options control rendering options, just like you see in the Export Animation dialog in Anime Studio, and can be turned on or off with a value of yes or no. The default value is marked with an asterisk.

-aa yes*/no Antialiased edges
-shapefx yes*/no Render shape effects
-layerfx yes*/no Render layer effects
-halfsize yes/no* Render at half size
-halffps yes/no* Render at half frame rate
-fewparticles yes/no* Use reduced particles
-extrasmooth yes/no* Extra-smooth images
-ntscsafe yes/no* NTSC safe colors
-premultiply yes*/no Premultiply alpha
-variablewidths yes/no* Variable line widths (only applies to SWF format)

Here are some examples:

Anime\ Studio\ Pro -r file.anme -o /movie/scene01/shot03/preview.mov -f QT -start 12 -aa no -halfsize yes

Reading the options left-to-right, the command above will render the file “file.anme”, creating the result “/movie/scene01/shot03/preview.mov”, in QuickTime format, starting at frame 12 (and continuing to the document’s end frame), with no antialiasing and at half the file’s normal pixel dimensions.

Anime\ Studio\ Pro -r lenny.anme -start 124 -end 124 -f PNG

The command above renders a single frame of the file “file.anme”, frame 124 (the start and end frames are the same. The result is in PNG format. Since no output file is specified, the output file will be same as the input file, but with an appropriate extension for the format chosen - in this case the output file would be automatically named “lenny0124.png”.

Anime\ Studio\ Pro -r file.anme

And of course, the most simple example. This command would produce the file “file.mov” in QuickTime format on Windows and Mac, or a sequence of JPEG still images on Linux.

Regarding QuickTime: When rendering from the command line, Anime Studio will use the codec and codec settings that you last used in Moho’s GUI mode. So, to change the QuickTime settings used by the command line mode, you need to render a QuickTime movie (even a short, tiny one) in GUI mode, entering the settings you wish to use."

How can I setup a render farm with Deadline for Anime Studio using these codes?

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You should be able to submit a generic command line job to Deadline to do this:
thinkboxsoftware.com/deadlin … o_Deadline

This example shows how to render frames 1 to 100 in lenny.anme:

Note that the path to lenny.anme must be a network path that is accessible by all render nodes, and the path to the Anime Studio render executable needs to be the same on all render nodes.

We should be able to write a custom Anime Studio plugin for Deadline that we can ship out of the box, but for now, the command line submitter should get you by.

Cheers,

  • Ryan
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Thanks for your reply. I guess I have manage to render an anme file using your code. But I can not find the rendered file. Where is the output folder for renders. Thanks again

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It sounds like you need to include these options in the command line you are passing to Deadline. For example, to render to a jpeg sequence, try this:

deadlinecommand.exe -SubmitCommandLineJob -executable "c:\...\anime studio pro.exe" -arguments "-r <QUOTE>\\network\path\to\lenny.anme<QUOTE> -start <STARTFRAME> -end <ENDFRAME> -o <QUOTE>\\network\path\to\output<QUOTE> -f JPEG" -frames "1-100" -name "Test Anime Job"

Cheers,

  • Ryan