Batch render a still or animation

User Guide > Rendering and Render Setup > Rendering > Visualize and render images > Visualize scenes and render images > Perform final renders from within Maya >

NoteBy default, Maya renders the current frame of your scene. To render an animation, you must specify the start and end frames of the animation you want to render in the Render Settings window.

On Linux, you can select a remote host on which to render the current scene.

To batch render from within Maya

Do any of the following:
- Click Render > Batch Render to batch render.
- To cancel the render, click Render > Cancel Batch Render
- To show the image being rendered, click Render > Show Batch Render.
  Note
  - To set batch render options, select Render > Batch Render > to open the Batch Render window. For a description of the batch render options, see Render > Batch Render > .
  - When using the Maya Batch Renderer on a remote machine the User Account information (i.e. username) must be consistent between the machines to ensure that User Authentication will function correctly.