With a bit of testing and a tiny bit of additional code I was able to build a basic queueing system into my render droplet apps. Instead of having each version open up a new Terminal window and start a separate simultaneous render, the “Q” versions of the apps will send everything to one Terminal window and render them one after the other. Not only does this make the apps easier to use, it should actually make rendering with all of them much more efficient, especially when you need to render multiple project files, scenes, or scripts. Now you can get them all set to render with the “Q” droplets and go to sleep, go drink some coffee, or better yet, go work on something else.
Demo:
QuickTime Version 1440×900 (46MB)
iPhone Version
Download: AEaeCS5 (165KB .zip)
Log:
-2010.5.1: Updated for After Effects CS5
-2010.5.6: added “Q” version
Download: MayaRender (6.7MB .zip)
Includes MayaRender2009-2011.
Log:
-2009-12-1: added 2010 versions plus V-Ray, and 3delight droplets.
-2010-3-10: fixed Maya 2010 versions to work with the changes that were made to the location of the “render” binary.
-2010-3-20: fixed typos in latest Mental Ray versions (2009 & 2010) and removed “mail_cmd” in MayaRender2010 (universal version), top secret feature coming soon. . .
-2010-4-10: Updated for Maya 2011
-2010-5-06: Added “Q” versions
Download: NukeRender (725KB .zip)
Includes NukeRender6.0v5, for instructions on older versions go to NukeRender page.
Log:
-2009-5-01: Updated for Nuke6.0v5
-2010-5-06: Added “Q” versions
Enjoy! If there are any issues or concerns please contact: andoruLABS.support. Also, this app is free but feel free to donate like a maniac.
[andoru.labs]
AEae. . .
. . . and AERender have both been updated for After Effects CS5. I worked night and day to make this happen, changing the 4 to a 5 took a good 2 mins out of my life. Once again more time was spent on the new icons. But I must. . .
Download: AEaeCS5 (165KB .zip)
Log:
-2010.5.1: basic functionality
Download: AERenderCS5 (748KB .zip)
Log:
-2010.5.1: basic functionality
I have tested both with no problems but as usual, if there are any issues or concerns please contact: andoruLABS.support. Also, these apps are free but feel free to donate if you have the means.
COMING SOON:
“Q” versions of all the render droplet apps! With a slight adjustment to the scripts, I have found a way to allow a simple but effective queuing system to all the droplets. Will be available soon. . .
And for the record, RotoBrush is cool and all, but the addition of the FreeForm plugin is HUGE for anyone doing Matte Paintings, nearly all of the bicubic cards (3D point manipulation) functionality of Nuke and the camera controls from Maya equal a 3D workspace that is finally enjoyable to use. Bravo CS5, Bravo. And don’t even get me started about photoshop.
[andoru.labs]
Updated both MayaMaya and MayaRender for 2010 & 2011 versions. Maya 2011 is a must have upgrade if you are working on OS X, loads of new features, lots of bug fixes (although I am sure some others will pop up) and just an all around better version of Maya for the Mac. Oh, and 64bit! Who doesn’t want to have multiple iterations of that sexy UI?
Just download from the same location as before using the links above. Both apps are tested and should be working just fine with the new versions, please let me know if you have any issues.
Side Note: You may have seen the little orange plus signs recently added below each post, those are there to let you easily share and link to these posts on other sites, so feel free to do so.
[andoru.labs]
Updated version of the original post to show off what is possible with projector_v2!
Quite possibly the laziest of all the lazy apps. projector is a simple workflow droplet app that allows you to easily create and change project folders and icons to keep your film/animation projects nicely organized at a glance. So you can easily go from this:
To this:
In no time at all.
Demo:
QuickTime Version 1440×900 (160MB)
iPhone Version
Download: projector download page. . .
The icons included are modified versions of the default OS X 10.6 icons or icons included with the specific apps, and a few 2001: A Space Odyssey icons made by Mischa Mclachlan.
If you have any requests for icons to include in the release let me know in the comments! It will be easy to keep track of that way and stay attached to this post.
Enjoy! If there are any issues or concerns please contact: andoruLABS.support. Also, this app is free but feel free to donate like a maniac.
[andoru.labs] | [mischa.mclachlan]
Quite possibly the laziest of all the lazy apps. projector is a simple workflow droplet app that allows you to easily change project folder icons to keep your film/animation projects nicely organized at a glance. So you can easily go from this:
To this:
In no time at all.
Demo:
QuickTime Version 1280×800 (39MB)
iPhone Version
Download: projector download page. . .
I have also included a .pdf User Guide so check it out if you have any problems.
The icons included are modified versions of the default OS X 10.6 icons or icons included with the specific apps, and a few 2001: A Space Odyssey icons made by Mischa Mclachlan.
If you have any requests for icons to include in the release let me know in the comments! It will be easy to keep track of that way and stay attached to this post.
Enjoy! If there are any issues or concerns please contact: andoruLABS.support.
[andoru.labs] | [mischa.mclachlan]
Like my other 2 render droplets for AE and Maya, this one starts Nuke script renders in Terminal on OS X.
You just need to go through the normal steps of setting up your render in Nuke with the proper Write nodes and instead of pressing the Render button in Nuke you can quit the app, drag your .nk script onto this droplet, and your render will begin in Terminal
It is worth noting that if you have a machine with many cores (4-8 core machine), it is well worth your time to look into how to setup your Nuke renders with Qmaster as demonstrated by Hugo Guerra. This allows for full multi-threaded use of your multi-core machine and as he demos, this can really speed up render times.
Download: NukeRender (725KB .zip)
Note: This version is for Nuke6.0v5. If you would like to keep this up to date for use with the latest, or an older version of Nuke, all you need to do is open up the app in “AppleScript Editor”, an app included on every Mac, and update the Nuke executable path accordingly:
Included in the package is a version called “NukeRenderFlags” that will ask if you would like to use any additional flags for your render.
If you have issues, questions, or concerns please contact: andoruLABS.support. Enjoy.
[andoru.LABS] | [hugo.guerra]
