oliveramberg opened this issue on Aug 08, 2007 · 7 posts
oliveramberg posted Wed, 08 August 2007 at 4:20 AM
Hi
I am working on a project with massive render time (20 hours and more). Is there a way that I can pause a render so my machine is only rendering when I am working or do I have to render without a pause?
Cheers - Oliver
wabe posted Wed, 08 August 2007 at 4:28 AM
For this you have "resume render" - it does exactly what you want. You interupt, save the file (without changes) and then you can continue rendering later - whenever you want that.
One day your ship comes in - but you're at the airport.
oliveramberg posted Wed, 08 August 2007 at 4:29 AM
Thanks Wabe.
My machine will be happy about this news - and so am I ;-)
PS: Sometimes the simple things are so obvious that I can't see them...
wabe posted Wed, 08 August 2007 at 4:41 AM
Isn't it often like that? If you want to hide something really well, make it big enough!
Maybe you check your preferences first - I think resume render needs to be "switched on" first there and do some tests before the project becomes "hot". Always good to have something tested BEFORE there is too much pressure.
One day your ship comes in - but you're at the airport.
oliveramberg posted Wed, 08 August 2007 at 6:35 AM
I just tested this feature and it work perfectly. Even after installing the newest upgrade ;-)
FrankT posted Wed, 08 August 2007 at 7:26 AM
can you not just render overnight ? I often find that Vue is a bit pessimistic about the time it's going to take.
oliveramberg posted Wed, 08 August 2007 at 7:45 AM
Sometimes I render overnight, but my machine is quiet noisy and my bedroom is next to my office. So it's quiet nice to have the opinion to resumee the render.