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# Network Rendering Settings

Use the Network Rendering settings to configure default Backburner/Burn, Slave Renderer, and Wiretap directory paths and settings for a project.

(a) Backburner Manager host field(b) Task Size slider(c) Slave Render host field

Backburner button
  Enable to display Backburner render path.
Slave Render button
  Enable to display Slave Render render path. See Network Rendering Settings.
Project Home field
  The location of the main project directory.
Scans Full Home field
  The location of the high-resolution (full) scans directory.
Scans Half Home field
  The location of the proxy (half) scans directory.
Renders Full Home field
  The location of the high-resolution renders directory.
Renders Half Home field
  The location of the half-resolution renders directory.
Backburner Manager Host field
  The IP address or host name of the Backburner Manager node. This address is read from the init.config file.
Slave Render Host field
  The IP address or host name of the Slave Renderer host. This address is read from the init.config file.
Refresh in Seconds slider
  Use to define the default number of seconds allowed to elapse before the Slave Renderer progress indicator is updated.
Renders Full Res button
  Enable to set the default to render high resolution media when working in Proxy mode and using the Slave Renderer.
Task Size button
  Enable to configure the size of the task (in number of frames) sent to individual Backburner render nodes.
Task Size slider
  Use to define the number of frames in each task sent to the render nodes.

NoteYou must first enable the Task Size button before configuring the size of the task with the slider.

Priority slider
  Use to define the default priority of a Backburner task.
Skip Error button
  Enable to configure Lustre to skip errors when performing remote renders with Backburner.
Local Proxy button
  Enable to generate and view, in the Half Resolution Player, the proxies Lustre creates for Wiretap media. Disable to see the proxies located on the Wiretap server.
Proxy Rendering button
  Enable to automatically generate proxies when you render a hires timeline to the Wiretap server according to the project’s Proxy Options. This makes it efficient to load clips in a Visual Effects and Finishing application as you no longer have to generate proxies first.
Render Library field
  Set the Wiretap location on a Visual Effects and Finishing system where Lustre creates soft-import links for the rendered shots. See Browsing for Paths.

WarningFor publish metadata to be sent to the Render Library path, the Wiretap Render button must be enabled in the Render > Local menu before you render your project.