Apple Qmaster 2 - Manual (Page 10)

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 You can change the value in the Minimum field to change the minimum number
of frames in each Apple Qmaster segment. For example, with a minimum value of
10 (the default), Apple Qmaster would divide a 100-frame job into at least
10 segments of 10 frames each. If you changed the minimum value to 5,
Apple Qmaster would divide a 100-frame job into at least 20 segments of 5 frames
each. (When you set a minimum, keep in mind that while smaller segments allow a
job to be distributed to more nodes at once, smaller segments can also mean that
more processing effort is spent on opening and closing Shake on each node.)
 Though the Monitor pop-up menu corresponds to a Shake command option, it
requires some explanation in the context of this dialog. The pop-up menu lets you
choose whether or not to display each frame as it renders. If you don’t want to see
the frames as they render, choose None. To see the frames as they render, choose a
display from the Monitor pop-up menu, then specify the FileOut node in the
Options field. For example: –node
nodename . (If the script has only one FileOut
node, there is no need to specify it.)
c If you want to, add other command-line options to the Options field.
d Click OK when you have finished with this dialog. The Shake job appears in the
window.
You can further customize the
batch instructions by adding
command-line options here.
The full command is
displayed here.
The job appears in
the window.
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