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Thursday, 27 November 2008

Houdini IFD render ( sequence and individual frames )

Here is a little Linux bash script to render IFD files locally ( I'm still working on the padding )

#######################
## ##
## MANTRA IFD RENDER ##
## ##
#######################
#
# by : Julien Depredurand (2009)
#
#################################################################
## 1 - Render an IFD file sequence ( no padding )
#################################################################

# >>> parameters
# ------------------------------------------
filename="my_ifd_file_name"
startframe=366
endframe=501
# ------------------------------------------

i=$startframe
clear
echo ""
echo "-------------------------------"
while [ $i -lt $endframe ]; do
echo mantra -f ${filename}.$i.ifd
#mantra -f ${filename}.$i.ifd
let i++
done
echo "-------------------------------"
echo " JOB DONE ! "
echo ""

#################################################################
## 2 -Render individual IFD files ( no padding )
#################################################################

# >>> parameters
# ------------------------------------------
filename="my_ifd_file_name"
framearray=(001 010 099 100 205 500 )
# ------------------------------------------

len=${#framearray[*]}
i=0
clear
echo ""
echo "-------------------------------"
while [ $i -lt $len ]; do
echo mantra -f ${filename}.${framearray[$i]}.ifd
mantra -f ${filename}.${framearray[$i]}.ifd
let i++
done
echo "-------------------------------"
echo " JOB DONE ! "
echo ""




posted by Bunker Graphic Design at 18:04

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