Rendering from the command line

Rendering your scene

You can also render scenes from the command line:

Start the command line by choosing Programs > Command Prompt from the main Start menu.

At the prompt that appears, type the command to render the scene. Its syntax is:

: Below we describe the valid output_types and options. You may abbreviate any of these, provided they remain unique.

: To set the location of the output, use the -o option; see Miscellaneous options.

: You may need to prefix the command with the full pathname of CDirector. For example, if it's in its normal location of C:\Program Files\CAS\Animo\bin, you would instead type:

: C:\Program Files\CAS\Animo\bin\CDirector output_type [options] scene_file

The output_type must be:

image

Render the scene to disk as a series of images

To set the size of the output, you can either use a preset size, or you can specify the size in pixels:

`-academy`	preset size
`-film`	preset size
`-ntsc`	preset size
`-pal`	preset size
`-replay`	preset size
`-slide`	preset size
`-academy_cineon`	preset size for Cineon output
`-cinemascope_cineon`	preset size for Cineon output
`-fullaperture_cineon`	preset size for Cineon output
`-vistavision_cineon`	preset size for Cineon output
`-width n`	Specify the dimensions as width and height (in pixels) and pixel aspect ratio (as a floating point number). Since the camera's aspect ratio is set in the scene, you should only use two of these options, from which Director will calculate the third value.
`-height n`
`-par n`

If you don't set a size, Director outputs to 300 x 400 pixels, with a pixel aspect ratio of 1.0.

To set the file type of the output, use one of the options below:

-cineon_full	Cineon format (4000 line resolution)
-cineon_half	Cineon format (2000 line resolution)
`-pict`	PICT format
`-tga`	TGA format
`-tiff`	TIFF format, with compression
`-tiffuncompressed`	TIFF format, without compression
`-tiff16`	TIFF 16-bit format, with compression
`-yiq525`	YIQ format for NTSC (525 lines)
`-yiq625`	YIQ format for PAL (625 lines)
`-yuv525`	YUV format for NTSC (525 lines)
`-yuv625`	YUV format for PAL (625 lines)

If you don't set a file type, Director outputs to compressed TIFF files.

Other options you can use are:

`-alias`	Render aliased images, rather than anti-aliased (the default). Using this option speeds up rendering, but the image is a lower quality.
`-interlace`	Use field rendering.
`-transparent`	Render with the alpha channel in the output, rather than the default of opaque output
`-gamma n`	Use a gamma value of `n`
-color `file`	Use the color profile from the given file
`-tv`	Add inter-field blurring for TV output
`-silent`	Do not display messages.
`-verbose`	Display messages - which is the default.
`-o dir_name`	Specifies the directory in which to place the output.

To set the range of frames to render, use one of these options:

`n`	Output frame `n`
`n-m`	Output frames `n-m` inclusive
`-n`	Output frames from the start to frame `n` inclusive
`n-`	Output frames from frame `n` to the end inclusive

If you don't set a range of frames, Director renders all frames in the scene.

Rendering your scene