We are using 3ds max and vray to submit to deadline, also using a custom script to do the submission that uses the SubmitMaxToDeadline_Functions.ms
I am wondering if there is a way to submit a job with an extra rgb output that is not in the render dialogue, so have it inserted via a script. Basically I want to render exrs as the final file and generate low quality jpegs for a quick preview. When I look at the job I see that there are other paths specified and listed from 0 to n but not sure how deadline knows how those paths are connected to max.
This sounds like a Bobo/Mike question 
I’ll see what I can find out for you. They’re really busy prepping us for sweet NAB demo goodness, but we’ll see what they can do.
Hi Ilya,
The paths seen in the Monitor for the Job are collected from the various outputs of Max and VRay just for navigation purposes (so you can explore or view the files).
For your case, you probably have two possible ways to go:
-Use a Draft dependent job to produce the JPEGs after the Max job finishes the EXRs
-Use a PostRender Script to convert the EXRs to JPGs using MAXScript commands.
Please let me know if you are interested in details about one of these approaches (or both)
Thanks for answering my question, didn’t receive the notification email until now.
At this point I am already using a post render callback script to convert exr to jpg.
I also tried specifying another output in the max native rendSaveFile as the low quality jpg as well as using vfb output for the exr.
The problem with that was that the jpeg using that methods came out with the wrong gamma.
If you have the post render script handy I would like to have a look at it, I’m sure my solution is not as clean as yours, and I am always looking to improve.