Deadline Combustion Network Rendering Guide

• 1 Deadline Combustion Network Rendering Guide
  • 1.1 Submitting Combustion render jobs to Deadline
    • 1.1.1 Step 1: Configure your Combustion Workspace Settings
    • 1.1.2 Step 2: Open the Submission Dialog
    • 1.1.3 Step 3: Set Your Submission Options
    • 1.1.4 Step 4: Submit Your Job

Submitting Combustion render jobs to Deadline

Combustion jobs can be submitted from the Deadline Monitor.

Step 1: Configure your Combustion Workspace Settings

• In Combustion, when you are ready to submit your workspace, open the Render Queue by selecting File -> Render... (CTRL+R).

• Select which items you want to render in the box on the left.

• Configure your output settings under the tab Output Settings.

• Under the tab Global Settings, specify an Input Folder (a shared folder where all the footage for you workspace can be found) and an Output Folder (a shared folder where the output will be dumped). Note that Combustion will search any subfolders in you Input Folder for footage as well.

• Close the Render Queue and save your workspace.

Step 2: Open the Submission Dialog

In the Deadline Monitor, open the Combustion Submission Dialog from the Submit menu.

Step 3: Set Your Submission Options

The general Deadline options are:

• Name: The name of your job (if left blank, it will default to "Untitled").
• Comment: A simple description of your job (can be left blank).
• Department: Your department (can be left blank).
• Pool: The pool that your job is submitted to.
• Group: The group that your job is submitted to.
• Priority: Your job's priority (0 = lowest, 100 = highest).
• Machine Limit: The maximum number of machines that can render your job at one time (specify 0 for no limit).
• Task Timeout: The number of minutes a slave has to render a task for this job before it requeues it (specify 0 for no limit).
• Limit Groups: The limit groups that your job requires.
• Job Dependencies: Jobs that your job is dependent on.
• Submit As Suspended: Submit your job in the suspended state.
• Delete When Complete: You job is automatically deleted after it completes.

The Combustion specific options are:

• Workspace File: The Combustion workspace file to be rendered.
• Combustion Version: Select the version of Combustion to render with.
• Frame List: The list of frames to render.
• Task Group Size: The number of frames per task.
• Version: The version of Combustion to render with.
• Submit Workspace File: If the workspace file should be submitted with the job.
• Skip Existing Frames: Skip over existing frames during rendering (version 4 only).
• Use Only One CPU To Render: Limit rendering to one CPU (version 4 only).

Step 4: Submit Your Job

Click the Submit button to submit the job to Deadline.