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--- faculty:slator:onaslant_render [2017/01/15 06:50] – [Copying the new files over to the 244 lab.] ghokanso
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 At this point, frames will be dispatched to each node.  Once a node is complete, it will request another frame.  It will continue requesting frames until there are no more frames to request.
+==== Retriving the Frames ====
+A completely seperate daemon is responsible for retrieiving the frames.  Located in /opt/maya-daemon/bin, this script is simply named 'take.perl'.  This is much simplier, it just queries the database automatically to see if any jobs have completed, and if so, grabs the image and the log.
+==== Where do the images go? ====
+The images themself are dumped into /mnt/pngs under their respective job name.  There are two directories, one named JOB_NAME and another named JOB_NAME-water.  The second one is the one with the framenumbers in the corner.  Which is handy.
+==== How do I make a video? ====
+Also in /opt/maya-daemon/bin, you'll find a script named 'mencoder.bash'.  This simply takes one argument (the job name) and makes a video of those frames.  The resulting file is dumped into /tmp/.  For example:
+<code>bash mencoder.bash r263_test1</code>
+will make a video of the frames I rendered while writing this tutorial.  You can then transfer that file to your local computer, or in a web directory so others can download and view it.