Saving multiple partitions file

Deprecated Krakatoa 1.0 Beta Discussion
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Hi!

I have a particle simulation that I want to partition to increase the number of particles once Krakatoa renders it. I tought Krakatoa could save multiple partitions with different seed by the click of one button once you tell it the number of partitions you want? It doesn't see to work that way, I have to manually change the name of the partition, click the "manually increase seed" button and then load all the partitions by hand to render them out. I must be missing something here? (I'm not using Deadline at the moment.)

Thanks.

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We fixed this for the next build.

*In addition to the deadline option, we have

*Automatic partition creation on your workstation - you specify the number of partitions and the base output file, it automatically updates the file names and saves each parition sequence to disk (even has a progress bar inside the Krakatoa rollout to show you how it is going)

*Manual partition creation - you specify the partitions count and the base output filename, then press a button and the name gets updated to, say _part1of6.prt and all the seeds get updated too. Then you hit the "SAVE PARTICLES" button (which is the name shown on the QUICK RENDER when in saving mode) and you wait. Then you press the "Manually increment seeds" button again and the name and seeds get incremented. You press SAVE... again and wait... repeat.

The latter case is useful if you want to add or update one partition out of many. In the general case, you would use the Automatic Local Parition mode and go drink coffee, or install Deadline in either Free mode or commercial and use it. (Krakatoa will inform you about the Free 2 Nodes option of Deadline if it cannot find a Deadline installation ;o)

New Build 0.9.5 is coming SOON!

 

Cheers,

Borislav "Bobo" Petrov
Technical Director 3D VFX
Frantic Films Winnipeg

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Ahha! Excellent! thanks for the quick answer! This will greatly facilitate the task.

MAC

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Another small detail - we added a button to remove the partition siffix from the output file name if you want to revert back to what it was before the manual creation :)

And another button to open Deadline Monitor directly from Krakatoa after a Partition Submission...

 

Cheers,

Borislav "Bobo" Petrov
Technical Director 3D VFX
Frantic Films Winnipeg

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Seems like I have asked the right question! ;) All this info about the next beta makes me quite happy! :)

Thanks

MAC

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We are as excited to give you a better build ASAP.

In the mean time, be sure to check out this CGTalk Thread which also contains some details about 0.9.5:

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=445722

 

Cheers,

Borislav "Bobo" Petrov
Technical Director 3D VFX
Frantic Films Winnipeg