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Rendering fluids

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User Guide > Dynamics and Effects > Fluid Effects > Rendering fluids > 

Render scenes with fluid effects

Fluid Effects render seamlessly with the rest of your scene.

You can render a scene either from within Maya or from a UNIX shell or DOS window. Before rendering, close all applications (including Maya, if you are rendering from a UNIX shell or DOS window) to maximize the amount of memory available for rendering.

To render a scene with fluid effects

1. Set up your lights and render options. For details, see Prepare to render fluids.
2. Create a fluid cache, especially if you will be rendering across multiple machines. For information on creating fluids cache files, see nCaching fluids.
3. Render the scene as you would any Maya scene.
   • For information on rendering a single frame, see Render a single frame in the Rendering guide.
   • For information on rendering an animation, see Batch render a still or animation in the Rendering guide.

After rendering an image or an animation, you will want to view the result. For information, see Open a file in FCheck in the Rendering Utilities guide.