"Render-a-Lot" by Poison - copyright Sept-2015 Thank you for purchasing "Render-a-Lot". -------------------------------------------------------------- Have a good night's sleep and let DS4 work for you! Your renders times are increasing while your 3D skill advances ... Render-a-lot is a batch render script that will render unlimited scenes while you are away. All you need to do is save your scenes in any folder and run the script. Render-a-lot will render all the scenes EXACTLY as you saved, Iray or 3Delight, still frame or image sequence, using your preferred image size, camera and environment. All renders will be placed in a folder automatically created for this. For better results you must have at least one camera on scene and the scene must be saved while using this camera. Limitations : -Render-a-lot will not render your scene as a movie; -Your scene must load smoothly, without any warnings, like "Duplicated Formulas". You will find the script in your content tab, "Scripts/Poison/Render-a-lot". Installer provided to help DS4 newbies. Support topic : http://www.renderotica.com/community/forums.aspx?g=posts&t=114515 -------------------------------------------------------------- REQUIREMENTS DS 4.8 or higher. ------------------------------------------------------------- INSTALLING THE FILES There is an automatic installer named "INSTALL_Render_a_Lot.dse". Three ways to execute it : - Close any DS4 instance and double click the file "INSTALL_Render_a_Lot.dse", it will launch DS4 and install the product (PC only); OR - Open DS4, resize it window, drag and drop the file "INSTALL_Render_a_Lot.dse" in the preview area. (PC and Mac); OR - Open DS4, menu "File->Open", locate the file "INSTALL_Render_a_Lot.dse" in your computer and accept it. (PC and Mac) -------------------------------------------------------------- INSTALLING THE FILES - MANUAL (Use only if the installer doesn't work for any strange reason) You must unzip the provided archive to your active Content Folder*. Installing Genesis stuff is an easy task. It's just like you do with poser files. The difference is that you don't place the files in your "Runtime" folder, you will place it in your active Content Folder* from Daz Studio 4.8. -Decompress the provided zip file in a folder; -Select and copy the CONTENT of the "My Library" folder (DO NOT COPY the "My Library" folder itself); -Go to your active Content Folder* ; -Paste the previous copied stuff and click "Yes" to replace/add the files. ** MAC USERS ** - You must use a MERGE option here, or your Content Folder may be replaced. * HOW TO DISCOVER YOUR CONTENT FOLDER PATH : open DS4, right click the "Content Library" tab, select "Content Directory Manager". Open the "DAZ Studio Formats" tree. The first path listed there generally is the best option to be used. ------------------------------------------------------------- USAGE You will find the script in your content tab, "Scripts/Poison/Render-a-lot". 1- Create a folder anywhere in your computer; 2- Save all the scenes you want to render in this folder; 3- Load the "Render_a_Lot" script; 4- Locate the folder with the scenes; 5- Start the batch render. Eventually you will be prompted to save the actual file. 6- Your renders will be saved in a folder that will be create in the folder that contains the scenes. You can cancel the batch job clicking on the "Cancel" button of the windows with a progress bar. This may take some time to occur. Eventually you also will need to close the windows with a progress bar clicking on the top-right "X"; Limitations : -Render-a-lot you will not render your scene as a movie; -Your scene must load smoothly, without any warnings, like "Duplicated Formulas". -------------------------------------------------------------- OWNERSHIP STATEMENT All content in this package was created by Poison. -------------------------------------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES Fell free to contact me by mail or PM if you have problems. poison_re at ymail.com -------------------------------------------------------------- FILE LIST .\ INSTALLER_Render_a_Lot.dse EndUserLicense.txt _Install.dat logo.jpg poison_render_a_lot_readme.txt .\My Library\Scripts\Poison\ render_a_lot.dse render_a_lot.png