- Thu Apr 05, 2012 5:20 am
#354601
This is a small workflow thing, but gets annoying after it's happened a billion times...
Repro Steps:
1. Open Scene in Studio
2. Send to a network render using the network render button in studio
Result:
Network render wizard window pops up underneath of Maxwell Studio. You must click on the Network Render window to bring Network Render Wizard to the front to set the network render parameters
This can get annoying and sometimes confusing. Sometimes you end up with multiple network wizard windows and you aren't clear as to which one is the most recent window. Having the network render window pop up on top of Maxwell studio would eliminate any confusion and on top of that, there's really no reason you need to actually look at the network manager window when sending a render to it. Also, the way this window pops under is inconsistent with how program window pop ups work in most all Windows programs
Example Situation where this issue can cause confusion:
Working on a file in Maxwell Studio. I hit the network render button to do a coop render. As soon as I hit the coop network render button (before even switching over to look at the render wizard window) I notice that I sent the wrong camera to render. I quickly change the camera to the correct one, resave and send the scene to network render. I switch over to the network manager tell it what to do, I realize there are two render wizard windows. I have no clue which is the one I just sent, and which one is the one with the wrong camera. To be safe, I close down both network wizard windows, switch back to studio, resend and then can fully go through with the wizard, now knowing that I can be 100% I am network rendering the correct file.
It's a small workflow (and user error) issue but one that could be fixed extremely quickly and save the user some time, and also help keep the user from making errors.
Repro Steps:
1. Open Scene in Studio
2. Send to a network render using the network render button in studio
Result:
Network render wizard window pops up underneath of Maxwell Studio. You must click on the Network Render window to bring Network Render Wizard to the front to set the network render parameters
This can get annoying and sometimes confusing. Sometimes you end up with multiple network wizard windows and you aren't clear as to which one is the most recent window. Having the network render window pop up on top of Maxwell studio would eliminate any confusion and on top of that, there's really no reason you need to actually look at the network manager window when sending a render to it. Also, the way this window pops under is inconsistent with how program window pop ups work in most all Windows programs
Example Situation where this issue can cause confusion:
Working on a file in Maxwell Studio. I hit the network render button to do a coop render. As soon as I hit the coop network render button (before even switching over to look at the render wizard window) I notice that I sent the wrong camera to render. I quickly change the camera to the correct one, resave and send the scene to network render. I switch over to the network manager tell it what to do, I realize there are two render wizard windows. I have no clue which is the one I just sent, and which one is the one with the wrong camera. To be safe, I close down both network wizard windows, switch back to studio, resend and then can fully go through with the wizard, now knowing that I can be 100% I am network rendering the correct file.
It's a small workflow (and user error) issue but one that could be fixed extremely quickly and save the user some time, and also help keep the user from making errors.
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