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    With a script loaded in Nuke you can choose to render the entire script, or just the selected write node(s), as either "Render All...(cmdline)" or "Render All...(loadOnce)" depending on your requirements.

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    titleloadOnce vs cmdline

    What's the difference?

    loadOnce will open a copy (instance) of Nuke on the Worker that picks up the job, and that instance will render frames as assigned by the Supervisor. Since the scene file is only being opened one time, this can be faster to generate the full sequence.

    cmdline will use the command line to open a new instance of the Nuke file for each frame that it renders. Although this can be slower for large scenes, it can also be more flexible in large, complex environments.

    This will present a pre filled submission UI. Ensure sections marked in red have the correct details.

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    titleUseful Settings

    While not strictly required, the following settings are useful for getting a better result. You will need to turn on "Expert Mode" (check box at the bottom of the submission UI) in order to get access to them.

    • Make sure that the Nuke version and the OS are set correctly for the Worker(s) that will execute the job.
    • Optimize the use of cores. Set the "Slots = Threads" checkbox and then set the "Specific Thread Count" to a value like 8 (assuming you have 8 cores). (If you have Designer licenses, only set the thread count. Do not check "Slots = Threads")
    • By default, Qube! will not retry failed frames. So set the "Retry frame/instance" value to 3 or 5, to get 3 or 5 retries before it gives up. Related to that, the default wait between retries is zero seconds, which is typically not useful. Set the "Retry Work Delay" to a value like 5 or 10 to allow machines time to recover from temporary problems such as network errors.
    • Make sure that the Nuke version and the OS are set correctly for the Worker(s) that will execute the job.
    • Because the path to the Nuke executable is part of the submission parameters, it is not possible to mix OSs with Nuke jobs - that is, although you can submit from, say, Windows to OS X, you cannot submit to both Windows and OS X at the same time.


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    titleOptional Switches

    anamorphic

    Tooltip - formats default to anamorphic

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    Tick box to override scene anamorphic settings

    cache size

    Tooltip - limit cache memory usage. Size is in bytes, or append k, M, G or T

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    Enter the numeric value to override scene cache size settings

    interactive

    Tooltip - with -x or -t use interactive, not render, license

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    Tick box to override scene interactive settings

    linear transfer

    Tooltip - apply linear transfer to the file read in

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    Tick box to override scene linear transfer settings

    threads

    Tooltip - set threads to n

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    Enter the numeric value to override scene threads settings

    proxy mode

    Tooltip - turn on proxy mode

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    Tick box to override scene proxy mode settings

    quiet

    Tooltip - quiet (do not print stuff)

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    Tick box to override scene quiet settings

    stack size

    Tooltip - sets the minimum stack size for each thread in bytes, this defaults to 16777216 (16MB) the smallest allowed value is 1048576 (1MB)

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    verbose

    Tooltip - verbosity (print more stuff)

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    Choose the level of detail you would like the logs to provide

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