renderGlobals

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blendColors, clamp, lightInfo, gammaCorrect, surfaceLuminance, contrast, luminance, rgbToHsv, hsvToRgb, samplerInfo, setRange, resolution, renderQuality, renderGlobalsList, baseShadingSwitch, singleShadingSwitch, doubleShadingSwitch, tripleShadingSwitch

Attributes (115)

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Long name (short name)	Type	Default	Flags
macCodec (macc)	integer	1919706400
Type of Codec on Mac.
macDepth (macd)	integer	32
Type of Codec on Mac.
macQual (macq)	integer	1024
Type of Codec on Mac.
comFrrt (mcfr)	integer	24
Frame rate information for compression
renderAll (ra)	bool	true
Render all (1) or just render active (0).
ignoreFilmGate (ifg)	bool	true
If true, the film gate is respected if it intersects the viewport, if false, the film gate is ignored and every pixel is rendered.
quality (qual)	Message	n/a
The Quality to be used for this Render (the node at other end of this message plug is a renderQuality node).
resolution (res)	Message	n/a
The Resolution to be used for this Render (the node at other end of this message plug is a resolution node).
clipFinalShadedColor (clip)	bool	true
if we should clamp the shader output
enableDepthMaps (edm)	bool	true
Enable or Disable the depth map shadows.
enableDefaultLight (edl)	bool	true
Toggles whether a default light is created for rendering when there are no lights in the scene.
currentRenderer (ren)	string	TmultiSharedObject::create<TdataString>"mayaSoftware"
Current renderer
enableStrokeRender (esr)	bool	true
Enable or Disable the rendering of Paint Effects Strokes. If true, the particle paint module must be present and there must be renderable strokes in the scene before it will really render the strokes.
onlyRenderStrokes (ors)	bool	false
Only render Paint Effects Strokes - no geometry, depth file must be specified.
strokesDepthFile (sdf)	string	NULL
If we are only rendering strokes, this depth file (plus possible extensions) is used for depth masking.
imageFormat (outf)	enum	7
Specifies the output image file format - choices: GIF (0), SI (1), RLA (2), Tiff (3), Tiff16 (4), SGI (5), Alias (6) IFF (7) JPEG (8) EPS (9) IFF16 (10) Cineon (11) Quantel (12) SGI16 (13) TARGA (19) BMP (20) SGIMV (21) QT (22) AVI (23) MACPAINT (30) PHOTOSHOP (31) PNG (32) QUICKDRAW (33) QTIMAGE (34) DDS (35) DDS (36) IMFplugin (50) Custom (51) SWF (60) AI (61) SVG (62) SWFT (63)
imfPluginKey (imfkey)	string	TmultiSharedObject::create<TdataString>""
IMF plugin keyword
gammaCorrection (gama)	float	1.0
Gamma correction value.
exrCompression (exrc)	enum	0
Compression of EXR image.
exrPixelType (expt)	enum	0
Pixel type of EXR image
topRegion (top)	integer	256
The top 2d coord of render region (for use if useRenderRegion is true).
leftRegion (left)	integer	0
The left 2d coord of render region (for use if useRenderRegion is true).
bottomRegion (bot)	integer	0
The bottom 2d coord of render region (for use if useRenderRegion is true).
rightRegion (rght)	integer	256
The right 2d coord of render region (for use if useRenderRegion is true).
useRenderRegion (urr)	bool	false
Use the render region (use the previous coordinates if true (1)).
animation (an)	bool	false
Render an animation (if true) or just the current frame (if false).
animationRange (ar)	enum	1
Use the frame range from renderGlobals (0), or time slider (1).
startFrame (fs)	time	1film
The renderGlobals starting frame value.
endFrame (ef)	time	10film
The renderGlobals ending frame value.
byFrame (bf)	time	1film
The renderGlobals frame step ('by' or increment) value. This is no longer used, but kept for backwards compatibility.
byFrameStep (bfs)	float	1.0
Unitless (floating point) by frame.
skipExistingFrames (sef)	bool	false
Skip frames that are already rendered (if true) or force rendering all frames (if false) Currently does not support depth file.
modifyExtension (me)	bool	false
Should start and by output image filename extension modifiers be used? (false-> use the current frame value as the filename extension, true->use startExtension + ((currentFrame-startFrame)/byFrame) * byExtension value as the filename extension).
startExtension (se)	float	1.0
The starting output image filename extension value.
byExtension (be)	float	1.0
The output image filename extension step ('by' or increment) value.
extensionPadding (ep)	integer	4
The number of digits in the output image filename extension (3 -> "image.001").
fieldExtControl (fec)	enum	0
Controls the type of filename extension to be used for fields: o/e (0), no extension (Caution! Do not use with when interlace set to 'both'.) (1), user input (2)
outFormatControl (ofc)	enum	0
Controls the type of filename format to be used for image files: use the default 'out format' abbreviation (0), no image file format type (1), user input (2)
oddFieldExt (ofe)	string	NULL
The user specified odd field extension if aFieldExtControl = 2
evenFieldExt (efe)	string	NULL
The user specified even field extension if aFieldExtControl = 2
outFormatExt (oft)	string	NULL
The string added at the end of the file name if aOutFormatControl = 2
useMayaFileName (umfn)	bool	true
If the maya file name is to be concatenated with the output file.
useFrameExt (ufe)	bool	false
If the frame extension is to be concatenated with the output file.
putFrameBeforeExt (pff)	bool	false
Should frame number precede the output type extension in file name?
periodInExt (peie)	enum	1
Controls the character between the filename and the file extension: no such character (0), a period (1), or an underscore (2).
imageFilePrefix (ifp)	string	NULL
String that defines the name of each output image file.
renderVersion (rv)	string	NULL
String that labels versions of rendered images.
bufferName (bn)	string	TmultiSharedObject::create<TdataString>"<RenderPassType>:<RenderPass>.<Camera>"
String that defines the name of buffers inside a rendered image.
multiCamNamingMode (mcnm)	enum	0
Multiple camera buffer naming mode.
composite (comp)	bool	false
Compositing rendering; Do not blend alpha with image color. (unassociated alpha)
compositeThreshold (cth)	float	0.0
Mainly for games support. The percentage of a pixel which must be covered by the object before the alpha should consider it part of the object. Animation customers should leave this at 0.0.
shadowsObeyLightLinking (soll)	bool	true
Objects not lit by a light will not cast shadow from that light
shadowsObeyShadowLinking (sosl)	bool	false
Objects not shadow linked to a light will not cast shadow from that light
recursionDepth (rd)	integer	2
Recursion depth for ray tracing. (for spatial subdivision 0,1,2,3 - useful range)
leafPrimitives (lp)	integer	200
Max number of primitives per leaf in raytracing subdivision
subdivisionPower (sp)	float	0.25
The power of the number of primitives to regulate axial subdivision
subdivisionHashSize (shs)	integer	5
The minimum hash table size for a subdivsion node
logRenderPerformance (lpr)	bool	false
Do we write a performance log or not
geometryVector (gv)	integer	20
Vector length for geometry samples.
shadingVector (sv)	integer	60
Vector length for shading samples.
maximumMemory (mm)	integer	48
Maximum memory (in megabytes) to be used by the renderer.
numCpusToUse (npu)	integer	0
Number of cpus to use for rendering or IPR (0 means use all).
interruptFrequency (itf)	integer	1
Number of seconds between checks for user interrupt. A value of -1 will disable interrupt checking.
shadowPass (shp)	bool	false
Whether we want to just do the shadow depth map pass.
iprShadowPass (isp)	bool	false
Whether we want to just do the ipr shadow depth map pass.
useFileCache (uf)	bool	true
When true, render swappable objects (ie. tessellations or RT voxels) can be stored on disk in the swap file. If false, tessellations and voxels are deleted and recomputed when needed.
optimizeInstances (oi)	bool	true
When true, the renderer attempts to recognize similarly tesselated shapes.
reuseTessellations (rut)	bool	true
When true, the rendered tessellations are used during the shadow map generation phase.
matteOpacityUsesTransparency (mot)	bool	true
Composite matte using scene transparency rather that residual matte transparency.
motionBlur (mb)	bool	false
Do not (0) or do render using motion blur (1).
motionBlurByFrame (mbf)	float	1.0
Use this as the by frame in conjunction with shutterAngle (instead of byFrame) to compute the shutterOpen, shutterMid, and shutterClose frame times.
motionBlurUseShutter (mbus)	bool	false
Use the shutter open and close values for MotionBlur calculations
motionBlurShutterOpen (mbso)	float	-0.5
Shutter open.
motionBlurShutterClose (mbsc)	float	0.5
Shutter close.
fogGeometry (fg)	Message	n/a
Connect this to the fog geometry.
applyFogInPost (afp)	bool	false
Render and composite fog using depthbuffer at end of normal render (paint effects must be loaded)
postFogBlur (pfb)	integer	1
blurring of fog into foreground applied before compositing on scene (only if applyFogInPost is on)
preMel (pram)	string	NULL
MEL function to be called just before rendering
postMel (poam)	string	NULL
MEL function to be called just after rendering
preRenderLayerMel (prlm)	string	NULL
MEL function to be called just before rendering of each render layer
postRenderLayerMel (polm)	string	NULL
MEL function to be called just after rendering of each render layer
preRenderMel (prm)	string	NULL
MEL function to be called just before rendering each frame
postRenderMel (pom)	string	NULL
MEL function to be called just after rendering each frame
preFurRenderMel (pfrm)	string	NULL
MEL function to be called just before rendering of current fur frame
postFurRenderMel (pfom)	string	NULL
MEL function to be called just after rendering of current fur frame
createIprFile (cif)	bool	false
Create an IPR file.
blurLength (bll)	float	1.0
This is the scale applied on the motion vectors.
blurSharpness (bls)	float	1.0
The higher the value, the sharper the blur. The lower the value, the softer the blur.
smoothValue (smv)	integer	2
The higher the value, the more anti-aliased the alpha channel.
useBlur2DMemoryCap (ubc)	bool	true
Enables an absolute memory limit for the 2d blur operation (limit given by the 'blur2DMemoryCap' attribute)
blur2DMemoryCap (mbc)	float	200.0
Absolute memory limit for the 2d blur operation
motionBlurType (mbt)	enum	1
Do 2D (0), or 3D (1) motion blur.
useDisplacementBoundingBox (udbx)	bool	true
When true, the bounding box scale is used to predict a bounding box for displacement-mapped objects. If false, all displacment-mapped objects are pre-tessellated to find their bounding boxes.
smoothColor (smc)	bool	false
When true, the color channels will be smoothened during the 2.5D motion blur just as the mask channel. If false, only the mask channel is smoothened and the color channels are scaled based on the mask change.
keepMotionVector (kmv)	bool	false
When true, the motion vector file generated from 2.5D motion blur will be kept. If false, the motion vector file generated from 2.5D motion blur is deleted after the blur is computed.
iprRenderShading (isl)	bool	true
Create an IPR file containing shading, lighting, and glow.
iprRenderShadowMaps (ism)	bool	true
Create an IPR file containing shadow maps.
iprRenderMotionBlur (imb)	bool	true
Create an IPR file containint motion blur.
rendercallback (rcb)	Message	n/a
The Render callback to be used for this Render (the node at other end of this message plug is a render callback node)
renderLayerEnable (rlen)	bool	false
Render out multiple layers
forceTileSize (frts)	bool	false
Should the tile size be forced?
tileWidth (tlwd)	short	64
Tile width.
tileHeight (tlht)	short	64
Tile height.
jitterFinalColor (jfc)	bool	true
When turned on, the image color is jittered to reduce banding.
raysSeeBackground (rsb)	bool	true
This switch controls whether the camera's environment background color is applied to reflection and refraction rays which don't intersect anything.
oversamplePaintEffects (ope)	bool	false
Make the pixel buffers used for paint effects twice the render resolution in order to enhance antialiasing quality.
oversamplePfxPostFilter (oppf)	bool	false
Apply a slight blur to the oversampled paint effects buffer before resizing down to the output resolution. This helps further enhance antialiasing in an oversample paint effects render. Note that it may also cause a very slight blurring of the non-paint effects portion of the render.
colorProfileEnabled (cpe)	bool	false
Toggles whether rendering will use color profiles.
renderingColorProfile (rcp)	integer	TdnColorProfile::kSRGB
The rendering color profile.
inputColorProfile (icp)	integer	TdnColorProfile::kSRGBg
The default input color profile.
outputColorProfile (ocp)	integer	TdnColorProfile::kSRGB
The default output color profile.
hyperShadeBinList (hbl)	string	NULL
String that keeps the hyper shade bin list.
swatchCamera (sc)	Message	n/a
The camera used to resolve swatch images for image source nodes.
renderedOutput (ro)	enum	0
Specifies what to render on batch render. All Renderable (2D and 3D) (0), Render Targets Only (2D only) (1), Omit Render Targets (3D only) (2).
defaultTraversalSet (dts)	string	TmultiSharedObject::create<TdataString>PREPARE_RENDER_NULL_TRAVERSAL_SET
String that keeps the default render traversal set