Render Range Options

Use these options to choose the frames that you want to render.

Note: To specify the number of frames to render, you can enter a value in the Start and End, or Start and Duration, or End and Duration fields. The system calculates the third value (Start, End, or Duration) based on the Frame Step setting.

Start

Sets the first frame to be rendered. You can also drag the Render Range slider to set this value.

End

Sets the last frame to be rendered. You can also drag the Render Range slider to set this value.

Frame Step

Specifies the number of frames to skip when rendering. For example, if you render frames 1 to 30 with Frame Step set to 2, every second frame is rendered. The duration of the output is therefore 15 frames, rather than 30.

Note: Image sequences are numbered continuously, regardless of the Frame Step setting. In the previous example, you render frames 1, 3, 5, and so on up to frame 29. However, the rendered sequence will be numbered myfile0001.tga, myfile0002.tga, myfile0003.tga, and so on up to myfile00015.tga.

Duration

Displays the total number of frames to be rendered. The duration is the number of frames from the Start frame to the End frame, divided by the Frame Step.

Markers

Sets the Start and End frames using the in point and out point markers in the playback controls. For more information, see Using the Playback Controls.

Max

Sets the number of frames to the full duration of the operator.

Process

Begins rendering the job(s). Once you begin rendering, click Stop to interrupt rendering.