On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:24:36 -0700 (PDT), x_kelvin <x_kelvin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> thanks aen?firstly
> My question is not the means that your said, maybe my
>expression isn't right.
>I use the toon shader in my scene. generally, an attr of toon shaders
>be connnected automatically to rendering camera' message attr. Now my
>scene have 20 cameras to be render, and I can render all cameras in
>one time by useing a plug-ins. So I have to setup the connection
>automatically between toonshader'attr and camera' message in my mel
>proc when rendering different cameras, and then I put my mel proc in
>" Pre render MEL" on Render Options. I think , I must get the
>camera' name that being rendering, then make the connection in my mel
>proc.
Yeah... its really hard to tell how advanced people are in Maya from a
short
blurb, mentioning your customized plugin clears things up. Assuming this
plugin
creates a slicing (each frame is rendered from all selected cameras) , it
would
be a very complex plugin. Each frame/camera combo would have a identifier
inside
the API. If can get access to this API identifier in Mel, then your method
is
correct.
if (camera_ID == "myCamera4) {connectAttr .....; };
But it all depends on the plugin's construction.
As you say, shading networks SHOULD automatically be connected to the
rendering
camera. I would contact the creator the plugin, its functionality could
override
any Pre render Mel coding or simply ignore it. Not properly connecting
shaders
to the rendering camera is a flaw or limitation of the plugin, it requires
fixes
to the plugin or a do***ented work around to be included with the plugin.
luck aen...
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Without the plugin you could use the command line rendering, run as a
batch
file.
In a text editor create:
render -cam camera4 rd c:\yourSaveDirectory c:\mayas\...\scene\mytoon.ma
Copy and paste this 19 times, change the camera names for the other 19
lines.
Save the file as myrender.bat.
To run this, just double click on the file name in your windows browser
and a
DOS command window will open and run Maya Render for all 20 cameras.
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