[Aaron Cross]

Hi Alan,

Thanks- I got there in the wee small hours- just a space needed before the -out part of each line. Something a programmer in this environment would probably spot straight away. Feels like a miracle!
rendering away 10 hours after starting as I type. Thanks for your patience.

'/Applications/particleIllusion 3.0/pIllusionRender.app/Contents/MacOS/pIllusionRender' -in "/Applications/particleIllusion 3.0/particleIllusion.app/Contents/MacOS/Etheral Aura V3.ip3" -loadcompressorsettings "/Users/aaroncross/Movies/VFX_720P/TestSettings.ip3" -out "/Users/aaroncross/Movies/VFX_720P/Etheral Aura V3.mov"
'/Applications/particleIllusion 3.0/pIllusionRender.app/Contents/MacOS/pIllusionRender' -in "/Applications/particleIllusion 3.0/particleIllusion.app/Contents/MacOS/Etheral Aura V4.ip3" -loadcompressorsettings "/Users/aaroncross/Movies/VFX_720P/TestSettings.ip3" -out "/Users/aaroncross/Movies/VFX_720P/Etheral Aura V4.mov"

Valid code^

For other readers, make an entirely seperate file & render it in PI with your globally desired settings and identify that file in the -loadcompressorsettings part above. It’s your reference file

[Aaron Cross]

Fast>> Forward>>

Final situation…

have the entire thing working finally…except…Still have to click the render button each time…

Any ideas how to bypass this one?

[Aaron Cross]

You’ve also got the option of saving .ps3 files from the renderer- but loading these up fails also.

unravel the mysteries Alan!

[Aaron Cross]

So this one loads into batch renderer UI

‘/Applications/particleIllusion 3.0/pIllusionRender.app/Contents/MacOS/pIllusionRender’ -in “/Applications/particleIllusion 3.0/particleIllusion.app/Contents/MacOS/TestSettings.ip3” -out “/Users/aaroncross/Documents/VFX_720P/_test.mov” -loadcompressorsettings “/Users/aaroncross/Movies/VFX_720P/TestSettings.ip3”

As does this one

‘/Applications/particleIllusion 3.0/pIllusionRender.app/Contents/MacOS/pIllusionRender’ -in “/Applications/particleIllusion 3.0/particleIllusion.app/Contents/MacOS/TestSettings.ip3” -out “/Users/aaroncross/Documents/VFX_720P/_test.mov” -savecompressorsettings “/Users/aaroncross/Movies/VFX_720P/TestSettings.ip3”

and this one

‘/Applications/particleIllusion 3.0/pIllusionRender.app/Contents/MacOS/pIllusionRender’ -in “/Applications/particleIllusion 3.0/particleIllusion.app/Contents/MacOS/TestSettings.ip3” -out “/Users/aaroncross/Documents/VFX_720P/_test.mov” -loadcompressorsettings “/Users/aaroncross/Movies/VFX_720P/TestSettings.ip3” -savecompressorsettings “/Users/aaroncross/Movies/VFX_720P/TestSettings.ip3”

All of them load the renderer for a split second and then it closes again.

Why am I having such trouble with what should be extremely simple?

[Aaron Cross]

Sorry Alan. really fed up now. Deadline in 36 hours will probably ditch using PI FX at our danceparty on Saturday.
After spending hours making 150 ip3 files

Why don’t you provide better information in the docs? The convoluted process you described is impractical at best.

So I made a file, rendered it in PI, saved it, tried to load it’s compressor settings

#! /bin/sh
‘/Applications/particleIllusion 3.0/pIllusionRender.app/Contents/MacOS/pIllusionRender’ -in “/Applications/particleIllusion 3.0/particleIllusion.app/Contents/MacOS/AbsBigShimmer.ip3” -out “/Users/aaroncross/Documents/VFX_720P/_test.mov” -loadcompressorsettings “/Users/aaroncross/Movies/VFX_720P/TestSettings.ip3”

DOESNT WORK

Batch rendering should be : Load a bunch of files, press a &* button. These help files are simply inadequate and copying and pasting them doesn’t help any.

[Aaron Cross]

So this bit

-loadcompressorsettings FILENAME load the compressor settings from the specified filename (full path required)

Is the FILENAME the ip3 file I am trying to render (or a reference .ip3-see below) or is the FILENAME the filename of the Compressor? I don’t know where the codecs are located so sorting out the path will be tricky.

Or is the idea that I load an .ip3 file, render it a bit- and then the render settings are embedded back into this ip3?

If that understanding is right, do I need savecompressorsettings in that .irb?

This is probably quite a workable path but confusing.

Is it two steps- do you manually – using PIbatch and PIrender – Do one file as a reference and savecompressorsettings in the irb, (to store the codec settings) and then load up others- referring to the reference file for settings by using loadCompressorSettings and point it towards the reference file?

-Needs a “Batchrenderthisfolder” button 😉

[Aaron Cross]

Sorry but really you’d need to make a video if anyone else is to properly understand this.

[Aaron Cross]

Great to find this, Still a great lover of PI and hoping that the emitter libraries keep on coming, and that at least maintenance releases are planned for future.

Would definitely like to see your movie discussing your thoughts on developing these.

Cheers
Aaron

[Aaron Cross]

PI file: No luck with above mentioned 2 apps

https://f1.creativecow.net/2845/pi-file

.mov file

https://f1.creativecow.net/2847/renderedmov-file

Thanks for any advice.
AC

[Aaron Cross]

Hi folks, I too am stuck with this, sorry but the first persons suggestion was no good. You cannot specify size other than PAL, NTSC, or 1080’s The smallest you can access this way is 720 px wide. I need to work with a clip smaller, and I have the dreaded black frame syndrome.

How can we set the size of the sequence viewport/window manually? Is this just not an option in final cut express?
Thanks