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hi,

When I try to batch directly from maya no MXI get exported even though I set the MXI permanent path in the render settings panel. is there something I am doing wrong ? and related to this, why when you set you MXI path the file extension is .mxs ?

When you have to render different camera from the same scene you can set them in the render setting panel. the output images from the different cameras will either be output in different folders named from the camera it has been rendered from or you can include the name of the camera in the image using the tag <camera>.
Does the maxwell maya plugin support the render of multiple camera from the same scene in one go ?
if yes, is it possible to the MXS and MXI to be written in different folders or with different names so they won't overwrite ?

thank you

florianpiento wrote: When I try to batch directly from maya no MXI get exported even though I set the MXI permanent path in the render settings panel. is there something I am doing wrong ? and related to this, why when you set you MXI path the file extension is .mxs ?

I tested this now and it seems to work correctly. Are you using the latest plug-in (2.5.12)? Which OS do you have? Where do you see MXS instead of MXI?

florianpiento wrote: Does the maxwell maya plugin support the render of multiple camera from the same scene in one go ?

No, this is not implemented at the moment.

florianpiento wrote: if yes, is it possible to the MXS and MXI to be written in different folders or with different names so they won't overwrite ?

If you leave the MXS and MXI fields empty, they will use the same name and path as the output image file, replacing just the extension. If you use macros like <camera> in the output image name, they will appear in the MXS and MXI name too if you leave the fields empty. However, the macros are not recognized if you type them directly in those fields.

Mihnea Balta wrote:I tested this now and it seems to work correctly.

I downloaded the plug-in 2.5.12, it works fine now.

Mihnea Balta wrote:Where do you see MXS instead of MXI?

I'm using mac OSX and maya 2010. In the render settings panel, maxwell pan, MXI path. If you click on the folder to select a path, you file extension appears as .mxs (even though it exports totally fine).

Mihnea Balta wrote:If you leave the MXS and MXI fields empty, they will use the same name and path as the output image file, replacing just the extension.

So I guess it's just better to not set manual name for the mxs and mxi.

thanks a lot !

I just ran into a another problem that seems due to MXS path.

I am still using maya plugin on OSX.

I set up my scene, did some render check with the MXS path on (i think). render goes fine. i didn't set up the output file name yet so made it :
RenderCheck/RenderCheck
which create a RenderCheck new folder in my maya project images folder and name the image RenderCheck_###

now I get this error message :

// Error: Cannot export scene to file /Users/flo/Documents/Work&Play/PROD/Doujinai/Maya/images/RenderCheck/RenderCheck.mxs: Invalid path extension (in method setPath) //

if I try to uncheck MXS permanent path I get this error message :

// Error: Cannot export scene to file /tmp/mxskg0lik: Invalid path extension (in method setPath) //

so I can't render my scene from maya...

any advice ?

I can't export it to a maxwell scenes anymore neither...

The image must have an extension. You can't use "name_#", "name", "name#" or "name.ext.#" because Maxwell wouldn't know which file format to use for the image. You must use "name.ext", "name.#.ext", "name#.ext" or "name_#.ext".