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Clicking on the  button will open the Submit to Chaos Cloud window.

Submit to Chaos Cloud

The Submit to Chaos Cloud window allows you to choose how to submit your scene to Chaos Cloud.

Two layer modes are available - Single Layer and Multiple Layers, giving you the option to Batch Render in Chaos Cloud.

Clicking on Export and Submit will export the scene and submit it to the cloud for rendering. You will be prompted to finalize some of the settings for the render job in a web browser the Chaos Cloud Client App before it starts rendering in Chaos Cloud.

You Otherwise, you can choose to do all final settings directly in Maya the Submit to Chaos Cloud window and then submit the scene to Chaos Cloud with the Enable Direct Submit Options button.Two layer modes are available - Single Layer and Multiple Layers, giving you the option to Batch Render in Chaos Cloud.

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Layer Mode Options

Layer Mode  - Determines whether one or multiple layers are rendered. Some options vary depending on the mode.

Single Layer  - Renders only the visible layer in Maya, with the option to render one or multiple cameras at the same time.

Current Layer - Displays which layer is rendered. Make a different layer visible and click on Refresh at the bottom of the window to switch layers.

Select All Cameras - When enabled, selects all renderable cameras to be submitted to Chaos Cloud. 

Renderable Cameras- Lists all available cameras for renderingrenderable cameras in the selected layer of the scene. Allows for manual selection and exclusion of one or more cameras from the render. In the case where one layer and one camera are present in the scene, no changes need to be made to this section.

Multiple Layers - Allows for one or multiple layers to be rendered simultaneously.

Select All Layers - When enabled, selects all layers in the scene to be submitted to Chaos Cloud.

Renderable Layers - Lists all the renderable layers in the scene. Allows for manual selection and exclusion of one or more layers from the render. If a layer from the scene is missing in this list, it needs to be made renderable. 

Enable Direct Submit Options

If you enable the Direct Submit Options, you can enter your skip the Chaos Cloud login information directly in Maya and choose to which Chaos Cloud project to submit the job.

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client app and directly submit to render in Chaos Cloud. However, if you are not logged in, you have to visit the Chaos Cloud website prior to rendering. Clicking on the Login button redirects you to the Chaos Cloud website, where you have to enter your credentials. No render can begin, if you are not logged in.

If you are already logged in, the Manage Login button takes you to your Chaos Cloud account, where you can make changes, if needed.

The Cloud Projects List allows you to select a project to which the render job is submitted. The render cannot start, if no project is selectedThe Login Information panel allows you to select a project where the render job is submitted. The Manage Login button will take you to your Chaos Cloud account should you need to do any changes.

Abort on Warnings – When enabled, the scene will not be submitted to the Chaos Cloud if there are any warnings during the scene processing, such as missing textures or other assets.

Refresh – Forces a refresh of the Submit to Chaos Cloud window. If any changes to the scene or the Chaos Cloud account are made, it is recommended to refresh the window so that they can be reflected in it.

Close – Closes the Submit to Chaos Cloud window.

Export and Submit

If you have not used disable the Direct Submit Options, you will be are prompted to finalize some of the settings for rendering in the Chaos Cloud in a web browser.Once the scene is successfully analyzed, you have to finalize some of the settings of the render job before it starts rendering in Chaos Cloud. For more information, visit client app. Different information is displayed depending on whether a Single Layer or Multiple Layers job is exported. For a more in-depth tutorial on exporting Single and/or Multiple layers jobs, visit Batch Rendering with Chaos Cloud.

The cost for rendering a job can be limited by using the Job Credit Limit setting. For more information, see the Credit Limit section.

When ready, click the Submit button. When you are presented with the following message your render job is submitted successfully and it will start rendering in the cloud.

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Clicking on View Job redirects you to the Projects tab of Chaos Cloud. There you can monitor the status of your render jobs, download them, organize them in projects, resubmit, or delete them. For more detailed information on these topics, see the Managing render jobs in Chaos Cloud page.

Output Naming Convention

Upon job submission, you can choose the naming convention of the output file(s). You can find the following options in the Output naming panel:

<name> – Specifies the main name of the output.

<render element> – Specifies the position of the render element(s) in the naming convention, if there are such.

<###> – Specifies the padding of the frame's number. This option is available only for animated jobs.

Using the arrows, you can move the position of each name component to customize the output name(s).

Column width 5%   Column width 45%   Image Added Submitting a batch with Single Layer and multiple cameras using V-Ray GPU   When ready, click the Submit button. You are presented with the following message, when your render job is submitted successfully. If you have enabled the Upload only option, your job is only uploaded, otherwise it starts to render immediately when you click on the View Job button.   Image Added   Tabs Page title Multiple Layers Mode Column width 50% Multiple Layers allows for one or more layers to be rendered simultaneously from the scene. Chaos Cloud creates multiple jobs, corresponding to each layer.   Select Project- Lets you select from the list of projects in your Cloud account. The + Create New option creates a new project on the spot. A dropdown menu for each layer is displayed: Name - The name of the job. It corresponds to "the name of the project _ the name of the layer". Can be manually edited before render. Resolution - Displays the resolution of the scene. Frames - Displays the number of frames within the scene. Upload Only - When enabled, the job is only uploaded to Chaos Cloud and remains paused until it is manually resumed. Batch upload only - When enabled, all of the jobs are only uploaded to Chaos Cloud and remain paused until they are manually resumed. Column width 5%   Column width 45%   Image Added Submitting a batch for animation with Multiple Layers and multiple cameras and V-Ray   When ready, click the Submit button. You are presented with the following message, when your render job is submitted successfully. If you have enabled the Upload only or the Batch upload only options, your job is only uploaded, otherwise it starts to render immediately when you press the View Project button. Image Added

Output and Render

The cost for rendering a job can be limited by using the Job Credit Limit setting. For more information, see the Credit Limit section. 

Clicking on View Job redirects you to the Projects tab of Chaos Cloud. There you can monitor the status of your render jobs, download them, organize them in projects, resubmit, or delete them. For more detailed information on these topics, see the Managing render jobs in Chaos Cloud page.

The output image types that you are able to download by rendering in Chaos Cloud are JPG and the file type you have specified in the settings of your scene. These settings are customized in the 3D application you use for designing your scene. If you don’t specify anything in the 3D application, Chaos Cloud generates an EXR image beside the JPG one.

When submitting a render job requesting TIFF and/or TGA images as a result, the results might be unexpected as not all TIFF and TGA settings are exported to Chaos Cloud. 

Additional Render Settings

In the Common tab of the Render settings resides an additional option when submitting a scene to the cloud.

To override an enabled render region in the VFB, you can use the Disable region for batch and Chaos Cloud option from the Render View rollout.