Batch Rendering
So far, you’ve used single-frame rendering numerous times to see a scene in the Render View window. But how do you start rendering an animation sequence to disk? This is called batch rendering in Maya, whichever renderer you use. To batch-render an entire scene, follow these steps:
1. Open the Render Settings window.
2. Choose Maya Software to use to render, enter the start and end frames of your animation, and select your image format. Select your quality and resolution settings. Finally, set the camera you want to render in the Renderable Camera attribute.
Be sure to select name.#.ext in the Frame/Animation Ext drop-down list box to render out a sequence of files. Remember, if you leave the default setting, which is name.ext ...
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