Lets say I created a 30 frame animation and I want to render only frames number 2, 10, and 18. And I want to leave my computer to render these specific frames for me while I am away.

I understand I can simply save different pz3 files for each frame but saving some hard disk space will be good.

So far, I think Poser doesnt offer this kind of rendering, pretty much renders only where the main camera is currently located in the timeline.

Are there other methods or a python script out there that can do this?

Of course if you have Pro2012 you can send the frams to the queue.

when you have it set up you can just walk away

Bill

I understand that but I will need to save alot of scene files that will use alot of disk space.

Looks like I will have to enable file compression to save space.

And I dont have the pro 2012

Sorry, I know of no way to do it without Pro, mayby someone else will be able to help

Bill

There were a few render scripts , have a look in freestuff. If you need this often and cant find one I have one I can change for you.

You need to edit the script for the file location to save the renders and the frame numbers to render.

It will use firefly to render with whatever settings you have.

saves file as render_xx where xx is the frame number .

definately save a pz3 before you run this in case bad things happen.

Wow This looks useful markschum!

ummmm....

a little tutorial anybody? I am not well versed in python....

import poser
import os

frameslst  = [0,5,10] <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<the frames to render

process each file in the list

for cf in frameslst:
    # create output name
    cfp ="c:/documents and settings/owner/my documents/my renders/" <<< path to save files in
    cfo =  cfp + "render_" + str(cf) + ".png"
    # get the scene and set render type - use current render options
    scn = poser.Scene()
    scn.SetCurrentRenderEngine(poser.kRenderEngineCodeFIREFLY)
    scn.SetFrame(cf)
    # render the scene
    prr = scn.Render()
    print prr
    # save the image , same path, as png
    print "Saving image as: " + cfo
    scn.SaveImage("png", myfilepath  + cfo ) <<<<< remove myfilepath + from this line

print "done!"

rename the txt file to a py file and save anywhere in the runtime/python/poserscripts folder

just edit the two lines shown using wordpad or other text editor

• remove the myfilepath + from the line shown , its a mistake , sorry

run from the file > run python script menu

an error in rendering will stop the script  so without a render queue its a bit of run it and hope for the best.

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Saving image as: C:UsersTheOwlDocuments
enderFramesrender_0.png
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:Program Files (x86)Smith MicroPoser ProRuntimePythonposerScriptsScriptsMenuRender Markschumrender_frames_list.py", line 32, in ?
scn.SaveImage("png", cfo )
poser.error: A file error occurred.

It didn't work. Something's up on the scn.SaveImage line.

ok, I will try to test it this afternoon.

the destination path must exist , thats the cfp variable  and it must end in a /

 check where it writes to the screen "saving file xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"  The filename should be a fully specified path to an existing folder and the filename should be render_xx.png

I got it!

What I did is I changed all the "" to "/" in the cfp variable and added another "/" in the end.

At first it didn't work because the file I was using is a pzz scene file. So I disabled compression and saved it to pz3 then rerendered.

It worked like a charm!

Thanks so much Markschum! And Happy Thanksgiving!

excellent.

like many of my scripts it was never intended for general use , and is rathe rough as programming goes. Glad to see it useful to someone ;-)

happy thanksgiving and christmas / new years .