I'll try the checkbox on the frame buffer with the farm and see what happens. It would be useful to have a boolean per pass sort of like Maya does so you could still hit render all but ignore certain passes.
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Stephen Davidson <[email protected]>wrote: > Upon experimentation, disabling the main frame-buffer (un-checking > it) seems to be > the best solution. It produces an error, but does continue to render the > rest of the passes. > > I know this seems like it is something that you wouldn't use, but when you > have a dozen > passes created, all with render flags turned off for certain objects , > along with > specific materials assigned to certain partitions, with a few overrides > set, and all of a sudden > your client want to make changes to the model and/or materials ... > > ... having a pass that has everything visible and select-able, but doesn't > render, can be REALLY useful. > > > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Eric Thivierge <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Set the pass to render with a camera that is hidden? >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> Eric Thivierge >> http://www.ethivierge.com >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Gene Crucean < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Delete it? >>> >>> :D >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Byron Nash <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > I am using REBUS render farm and it seems to be pretty quick and >>> economical. >>> > It only seems to render the whole scene however. Is there an easy way >>> to >>> > make passes not render when you hit render all? I assume that's sort >>> of what >>> > this farm is doing. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Gene Crucean - Emmy winning - Oscar nominated VFX Supervisor / iOS-OSX >>> Developer / Filmmaker / Photographer >>> ** Freelance for hire ** >>> www.genecrucean.com >>> >>> ~~ Please use my website's contact form on www.genecrucean.com for any >>> personal emails. Thanks. I may not get them at this address. ~~ >>> >> >> > > > -- > > Best Regards, > * Stephen P. Davidson** > **(954) 552-7956 > * [email protected] > > > > <http://www.3danimationmagic.com> > My Website is *GREEN*, Is yours? > > [image: affiliate_link]<http://www.fatcow.com/join/index.bml?AffID=626478> > >
