ashrafgh Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Hello, I am wondering if there is anyway to render with one command within dos shell. so basically if i wanted to type hscript blah.hip (mystery render command) so that it rendered right away instead of having to wait for hscript to load than typing. render mantra1 the basic reason i need this is i am trying to implement a simple shader writer that will allow me to not have to open houdini repeadedtly to see my changes to my shader. Please let me know if anybody has any thoughts. thank you Ashraf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 mantra can only render .ifd files (instantaneous frame description files) hscript has to be invoked to output ifd's to mantra, but there is a commandline util that'll help you forget this fact - and it's called "hrender". check it out - get the help with "hrender -h" and read all about it. hrender will invoke hscript, output any output driver (still or sequence) and automatically push the ifd into mantra for you. no hscripts command knowledge necessary. also, if you have already output .ifds from within houdini by checking "Output to File" in your mantra ROP, you are able to render these directly from the commandline anytime by typing "mantra < foo.ifd" hope this helps, jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashrafgh Posted April 7, 2003 Author Share Posted April 7, 2003 thanks jason that was exactly what i was looking for actually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katisss Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 (edited) wrong thread sorry Edited February 17, 2011 by katisss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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