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Argument types |
Properties |
startTime(st)
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time
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Specify the start time of the playblast. Default
is the start time of the playback range displayed in
the Time Slider. Overridden by -frame.
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endTime(et)
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time
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Specify the end time of the playblast. Default
is the end time of the playback range displayed in
the Time Slider. Overridden by -frame.
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sound(s)
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string
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Specify the sound node to be used during playblast
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filename(f)
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string
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The filename to use for the output of this playblast.
If the file already exists, a confirmation box will be
displayed if playblast is performed interactively. If
playblast is executed from the command line and the file
already exists, it will abort.
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forceOverwrite(fo)
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boolean
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Overwrite existing playblast files which may have the
the same name as the one specified with the "-f" flag
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format(fmt)
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string
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The format of the output of this playblast. Valid values
and their meanings:
-- "movie" On Windows, the output is of type avi and the player is
Microsoft Media Player. On Mac OSX, the output is of type QuickTime
and the player is QuickTime. On Unix, this option outputs SGI's
movie format and sets the default viewing command to "movieplayer".
The resulting file is named according to the "-f" flag, if
specified.
-- "image" outputs a sequence of image files and sets the
viewing command to the application specified in the preferences by the user.
If no application is specified, it sets viewing command to "fcheck". The image format
will be the Output Format specified using Render->RenderGlobals.
The resulting
files use the value of the "-f" flag as a prefix, with an
appended frame number, as in "myFile.0007.iff"
The default value of the -fmt/format flag is "movie".
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frame(fr)
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time
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List of frames to blast. One frame specified per flag.
The frames can be specifed in any order but will be output
in an ordered sequence. When specified this flag will override any
start/end range
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percent(p)
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int
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Percentage of current view size to use during blasting.
Accepted values are integers between 10 and 100. All other
values are clamped to be within this range. A value of 25
means 1/4 of the current view size; a value of 50 means
half the current view size; a value of 100 means full
size. (Default is 50.)
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compression(c)
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string
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Specify the compression to use for the movie file.
On Unix, valid values are "mvc1", "mvc2", "jpeg", "rle", "none".
(Default is "mvc2".)
On Windows, if the argument is an empty string ("") a dialog comes up
allowing the user to set the codec, data rate, keyframing,
compression quality, and codec settings. (This dialog will also come
up with `playblast -options`.) Use of any other string will utilize
the codec that was previously set using the dialog.
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options(o)
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boolean
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Windows only. Brings up a dialog for setting playblast options, and
does not run the playblast.
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viewer(v)
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boolean
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Specify whether a viewer should be launched for the
playblast. Default is "true". Runs "fcheck" when -fmt is "image".
The player for movie files depends on the OS: Windows uses Microsoft Media
Player, Irix uses movieplayer, OSX uses QuickTime.
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width(w)
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int
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Width of the final image. This value will be clamped if larger than
the width of the active window.
Windows: If not using fcheck, the width and height must each be divisible
by 4.
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height(h)
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int
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Height of the final image. This value will be clamped if larger
than the width of the active window.
Windows: If not using fcheck, the width and height must each be divisible
by 4.
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widthHeight(wh)
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[int, int]
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Final image's width and height.
Values larger than the dimensions of the active window are clamped.
A width and height of 0 means to use the window's current
size.
Windows: If not using fcheck, the width and height must each be divisible
by 4.
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showOrnaments(orn)
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boolean
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Sets whether or not model view ornaments (e.g. the axis icon)
should be displayed
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clearCache(cc)
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boolean
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When true, all previous temporary playblast files will be deleted
before the new playblast files are created. Any playblast files that
were explicitly given a name by the user will not be deleted. All
remaining temporary playblast files will be deleted when the
application quits regardless of whether this flag was set.
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offScreen(os)
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boolean
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When set, this toggle allow playblast to use an offscreen buffer
to render the view. This allows playblast to work when the application
is iconified, or obscured. This flag is only supported on Linux.
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completeFilename(cf)
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string
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When set, this string specifies the exact name of the output image.
In contrast with the -f/filename flag, -cf/completeFilename does not
append any frame number or extension string at the end of the filename.
Additionally, playblast will not delete the image from disk after it is
displayed. This flag should not be used in conjunction with -f/filename.
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framePadding(fp)
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int
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Number of zeros used to pad file name. Typically set to 4 to support fcheck.
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rawFrameNumbers(rfn)
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boolean
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Playblast typically numbers its frames sequentially, starting at zero.
This flag will override the default action and frames will be numbered using the
actual frames specified by the -frame or -startFrame/-endFrame flags.
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cameraSetup(cs)
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[string, string]
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Information about camera setup. The first string defines a camera setup MEL procedure.
The camera setup procedure will be invoked before executing a playblast.
The second string argument which is used as a camera identifier and is
appended to the root file name to specify the final output file name(s).
The command will fail there is not a pair of strings supplied to the argument.
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activeEditor(ae)
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boolean
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This flag will return the current model editor that would be used
for playblast. It does not invoke playblast itself.
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Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
Flag can appear in Query mode of command