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  • Render Queue multiple camera

    Posted by Andrew Wagstaff on June 13, 2012 at 12:08 am

    When i come to set a scene to render for each camera position i have to save a new file so a scene with 10 camera would need me t save the file ten times setting the frames and camera and destination for each shot

    what i would like to know is there a way i can avoid having to save a file for each shot and have the scene be rendered as a for example

    if shot 1 is frame 0 – 200 and shot 2 200 – 400 the file would render camera one 0- 200 then it would activate camera 2 and render frames 200 – 400

    would this be possible

    Any help would be greatly appreciated

    Andrew

    David Coiffier replied 11 years, 1 month ago 5 Members · 6 Replies
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  • David Alex

    June 13, 2012 at 9:03 am

    There actually is a way!
    First, you could use a Stage object and keyframe the “Camera” section, but that would render out only one file. In order to render multiple files from different cameras in a single scene::

    STEP 1:
    Under “Render Settings”, in the bottom-left is a button labelled “Render Settings…”. Click once and select “New”. Alternatively, you could click and drag down the “Render Settings” item already in the list to duplicate it.

    STEP 2:
    Make copies for each camera and change the “Save” and “Output” sections as required. Recommend double-clicking to rename them to match what Camera they correspond to, important for the next step.

    STEP 3:
    Add the project to the Render Queue. In the Render Queue window, you’ll find at the bottom (below the progress bar) two side-by-side dropdowns that read “Render Settings” and “Camera”. Simply duplicate the Render job at the top and change the Render Settings and Camera for each.

    STEP 4:
    RENDER AWAY!

    Step 3 can get tiring, so don’t rush through it. Be sure to double-check that everything matches up before rendering. I do wish I could script, coz then I’d make one that does that for you.

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  • Andrew Wagstaff

    June 13, 2012 at 2:08 pm

    Thanks so much for explaining it to me you have saved me so much time

  • Alessio Libralon

    February 16, 2014 at 10:27 pm

    Thanks! that was really useful for me too!

  • David Coiffier

    February 25, 2015 at 1:16 pm

    No one ever mentioned the Stage Object ? I guess it just has been created for this exact purpose…

  • James Woods

    March 26, 2015 at 4:46 pm

    david did.

  • David Coiffier

    March 26, 2015 at 5:59 pm

    My eyes skipped this part, sorry

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