It took approximately 3 hours to re cache the ncloth spring geometry in my scene and after saving it and checking, double checking and triple checking my render info i clicked the dreaded batch render.
I did have a geometry reference object attached to my original spring which allowed the projected ramp shader i did want to use, to say projected correctly even when the spring moved, but due to Mayas endless attempts to get confused by the ncloth I'm trying to use Ive opted for a basic Lambert shader, the same as the arms. Its not what i wanted, but it fits and doesn't ruin anything, and to be honest id rather have a red spring than no spring at all. Poor old Jack!
The renders themselves have not yet started and I'm hoping that's because they're calculating not sleeping/dying....
I hope to set up a number of PCs this evening to get all of my rendering done by tomorrow. I will be using the PC room so ill need to be in at about 8.45/9am tomorrow to collect my renders, this allows me Friday for a problem to occur, and to set up some PCs to render over the weekend should i need to.
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Computers can be so mean
I'm worried to type these next two sentences without sounding as though I'm making it up but last night i managed to set together my premiere playblast files edited with the music and for some reason - unknown to me, there is no longer any sound and the clips were saved only halfway through what i had accomplished last night. I don't know how, i know i saved it :| but anyway i quickly finished off what i managed last night, tonight, but didn't worry about the sound for obvious reasons. (it still makes no sense with the opacity showing up like it did at uni as its not in any of my files at home, so once again, another mystery)
Its here to look at and comment on, at least thats better than nothing and it is a guide for me to follow once i have my rendered footage... and i will have my rendered footage, dammit!
HELP - rendering
I managed to set up one pc to start rendering however when it got a few frames down the line it stopped for no reason, also the other two pcs i set up to render from wont start, it says in the script editor... 'rendering with mental ray' but does nothing else.
It is also taking alot longer for each frame that i render, compared to the thirty seconds it was taking its now about 3 minutes.
Does anyone know why it would just stay at 'rendering with mental ray' and not progress any further? Is it something im doing wrong?
I wanted to render over night and now it looks like im not going to be able to today :(
Im trying not to PANIC
....thank you
It is also taking alot longer for each frame that i render, compared to the thirty seconds it was taking its now about 3 minutes.
Does anyone know why it would just stay at 'rendering with mental ray' and not progress any further? Is it something im doing wrong?
I wanted to render over night and now it looks like im not going to be able to today :(
Im trying not to PANIC
....thank you
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Almost there.
I have only just realised how long it has been since my last post - this is really bad. I had got a little sidetracked with maya - no excuse i know.
An update:
I have now finally finished animating my two characters, I'm just composing some sound effects to go with the opening sequence to the animation as at the moment i am still using temporary sounds as fillers so please disregard when looking at edited play blast below. The running order is all organised now and i have a render list for each camera.
The only problem i have had is that mental ray will not work on my home computer so i will start the final rendering when we start back on Monday. I hope to have all the sounds gathered by then anyway and by using my edited play blasts i will be able to just swap the rendered frames in. I have also thought about a CD disc cover which is below, and also given my animation a title - finally - its usually the first thing i do when it comes to a project but i just couldn't think. Ive decided to call it 'Boundaries' with the end credits re showing the title but including the text 'love holds no.. boundaries' (all shown below) The only problem that i have ( other than the mental ray) is that i have gone way over in time again. At present its too long although I'm not sure how to go about axing parts. This will be on the top of my list of questions when we start back, or feel free to comment now.
The ncltoh has been turned off in the entire play blast for obvious reasons and none of the objects have been smoothed so please excuse its appearance. Although the ncloth has already been cached throughout the whole animation. I have also included some quick renders as most of the scene is in darkness which obviously does not come across in a play blast. The two characters are in spotlight the majority of the time. Once again this is not a mental ray render :(
I am quite concerned as the snow seems to be staying for a while and i really really need to be able to render via uni as mental ray does not work for me here - is there any possiblity of coming in and setting up renders even if the uni is closed to students or does shut mean shut to everyone no matter what? im stressing. And since starting this blog post (2 days ago) i have tried to upload my playblast video and it wont have it - spends days saying uploading and nothing happens.The shadows are still not working as they are blocky and pixellated and i need to sort this our when on a pc that has mental ray. HELP
An update:
I have now finally finished animating my two characters, I'm just composing some sound effects to go with the opening sequence to the animation as at the moment i am still using temporary sounds as fillers so please disregard when looking at edited play blast below. The running order is all organised now and i have a render list for each camera.
The only problem i have had is that mental ray will not work on my home computer so i will start the final rendering when we start back on Monday. I hope to have all the sounds gathered by then anyway and by using my edited play blasts i will be able to just swap the rendered frames in. I have also thought about a CD disc cover which is below, and also given my animation a title - finally - its usually the first thing i do when it comes to a project but i just couldn't think. Ive decided to call it 'Boundaries' with the end credits re showing the title but including the text 'love holds no.. boundaries' (all shown below) The only problem that i have ( other than the mental ray) is that i have gone way over in time again. At present its too long although I'm not sure how to go about axing parts. This will be on the top of my list of questions when we start back, or feel free to comment now.
The ncltoh has been turned off in the entire play blast for obvious reasons and none of the objects have been smoothed so please excuse its appearance. Although the ncloth has already been cached throughout the whole animation. I have also included some quick renders as most of the scene is in darkness which obviously does not come across in a play blast. The two characters are in spotlight the majority of the time. Once again this is not a mental ray render :(
I am quite concerned as the snow seems to be staying for a while and i really really need to be able to render via uni as mental ray does not work for me here - is there any possiblity of coming in and setting up renders even if the uni is closed to students or does shut mean shut to everyone no matter what? im stressing. And since starting this blog post (2 days ago) i have tried to upload my playblast video and it wont have it - spends days saying uploading and nothing happens.The shadows are still not working as they are blocky and pixellated and i need to sort this our when on a pc that has mental ray. HELP
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