Is there a way to batch render iRay?

TSasha Smith

Is there a way to batch render iRay?  if so how?

Novica

From a thread over in the New Users, when I mentioned the batch render product, someone asked if it could be used for Iray and the responses indicated there wasn't a way to do it for Iray, but I believe they were referring to only that product. It would be great if it were otherwise possible.

TSasha Smith

Is there a way to speed up iRay renders?

fastbike1

Nvidia graphics card with more cuda cores, simpler scenes, smaller resolution, good lighting, default quality, lower convergence, lower samples. All these can reduce Iray render time.

mjc1016

No, batch rendering does not exist for Iray, unless one uses the Nvidia (can't think of the name of it right now) device that's built for doing that (it's very expensive) or goes through a renderfarm that offers it for Iray.  

And as fastbike1 says, bigger/better Nvidia graphics card will do wonders.

kyoto kid

...ah you mean this:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/visual-computing-appliance.html

Roughly about 50,000$

Wait about a year and the new Pascal architecture GTX GPUs should be out with 16 GB HBM 2 memory and 5,000 - 6,000 cores.

mjc1016

kyoto kid said:

...ah you mean this:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/visual-computing-appliance.html

Roughly about 50,000$

Wait about a year and the new Pascal architecture GTX GPUs should be out with 16 GB HBM 2 memory and 5,000 - 6,000 cores.

Yeah...that thing...it costs more than my parents paid for their house.

boisselazon

http://www.daz3d.com/batch-render-for-daz-studio-4-and-rib

i thought that the author said in a thread that it worked for iray...

prixat

I've been looking at the Iray Server, though it's still very much in Beta.

It offers a batch mode. (This is not enabled in the DS 4.9 Beta)
It also allows the connection of multiple server machines into a cluster. (The current DS Beta does not do Clustering.)

The server beta only supports Quadro and Tesla cards. I have been able to install the server, add users and login from DS. It detects my 550ti but can't make use of it. I am going to wait till it supports Geforce cards before I do anything more, as I'm not prepared to buy a quadro just to test a beta.

What do you think of putting a Tesla K80 in an old win7 box? That would make a 'cheap' VCA. 

 

Havos

I am not sure the OP was talking about rendering using a server, but rendering multiple images in batch one after another. I doubt any special hardware is needed for that. There is a batch render product in the store for 3DL, and this might work in iRay, but I do not have it, so I can not check.

Widdershins Studio

Rendering an image one after the other should be possible just using script.

Artini

Dimension3D has released "Batch Renderer for DAZ Studio" on Renderosity

and one of the reviewers claims, that it works with Iray.

I do not have it, so I cannot confirm that.

Besides that, I would not stress my computer with continuous iray rendering.

Even with single iray render all the fans are working at high speed and making more noise.

 

StratDragon

Artini said:

Dimension3D has released "Batch Renderer for DAZ Studio" on Renderosity

and one of the reviewers claims, that it works with Iray.

I do not have it, so I cannot confirm that.

Besides that, I would not stress my computer with continuous iray rendering.

Even with single iray render all the fans are working at high speed and making more noise.

 

I didn't see that review but I did see the PDF and it does not mention Iray

it also supports 32 and 64 bit versions so I would think it would say "32 bit does not support Iray" because there is no 32 bit Iray at this time

http://d3d.sesseler.de/store/dazscript/batch/BatchRenderer.pdf

the title page of the PDF has the developers email if you wish to contact him.

mjc1016

Havos said:

I am not sure the OP was talking about rendering using a server, but rendering multiple images in batch one after another. I doubt any special hardware is needed for that. There is a batch render product in the store for 3DL, and this might work in iRay, but I do not have it, so I can not check.

The DraagonStorm script in the store is 3Delight specific. 

The only Iray batch process, that wouldn't rely on using Studio itself to render...is to use the VCA or the not yet implemented server/network functions.

The D3D script might work, as it looks like it is just feeding Studio scenes, sequentially...but that will lock Studio and not speed anything up.  And since Studio in Iray mode will hold everything in memory, until the render is saved and the render window is closed...that may mean running out of memory, rather quickly (that's for the 'resume' that was wanted).

Leana

boisselazon said:

http://www.daz3d.com/batch-render-for-daz-studio-4-and-rib

i thought that the author said in a thread that it worked for iray...

The script seems to enable you to batch render a list of .duf with DS directly or generating RIB files for 3Delight standalone renderer.

The second option definitely wouldn't work with Iray, but the first one is worth trying since the render engine used is part of the render settings that are saved with the list..

Havos

mjc1016 said:

Havos said:

I am not sure the OP was talking about rendering using a server, but rendering multiple images in batch one after another. I doubt any special hardware is needed for that. There is a batch render product in the store for 3DL, and this might work in iRay, but I do not have it, so I can not check.

The DraagonStorm script in the store is 3Delight specific. 

The only Iray batch process, that wouldn't rely on using Studio itself to render...is to use the VCA or the not yet implemented server/network functions.

The D3D script might work, as it looks like it is just feeding Studio scenes, sequentially...but that will lock Studio and not speed anything up.  And since Studio in Iray mode will hold everything in memory, until the render is saved and the render window is closed...that may mean running out of memory, rather quickly (that's for the 'resume' that was wanted).

For what I suspect the OP wants, batch rendering within DS would probably be fine. The idea being to set up several renders before leaving the PC for several hours.

swordkensia

Artini said:

Dimension3D has released "Batch Renderer for DAZ Studio" on Renderosity

and one of the reviewers claims, that it works with Iray.

I do not have it, so I cannot confirm that.

Besides that, I would not stress my computer with continuous iray rendering.

Even with single iray render all the fans are working at high speed and making more noise.

 

I own this Plugin, and it does indeed batch render  Iray saved Daz scenes.

S.K.

Artini

Good to have it confirmed.

May be I will buy this batch renderer, when I get a better graphic card.

 

alexhcowley

Guys,

http://www.daz3d.com/batch-render-for-daz-studio-4-and-rib

I've been using this product since it first came out. It will render both 3Delight and Iray with no problems.

Cheers,

Alex.

TSasha Smith

Havos said:

I am not sure the OP was talking about rendering using a server, but rendering multiple images in batch one after another. I doubt any special hardware is needed for that. There is a batch render product in the store for 3DL, and this might work in iRay, but I do not have it, so I can not check.

I wanted to render one after each other while I sleep.

bytescapes

kyoto kid said:

...ah you mean this:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/visual-computing-appliance.html

Roughly about 50,000$

Now I know what to buy when I win the lottery. 

I may also need a data center to put it in. Something about it tells me that's going to be a noisy beast. I probably shouldn't stick it on the table next to my bed.

TSasha Smith

kyoto kid said:

...ah you mean this:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/visual-computing-appliance.html

Roughly about 50,000$

Wait about a year and the new Pascal architecture GTX GPUs should be out with 16 GB HBM 2 memory and 5,000 - 6,000 cores.

I do not have that much

boisselazon

just a little math:

if you are a dazaholic who want to render big/final images while you are sleeping (for ex using batch-render-for-daz-studio-4-and-rib), you can avoid the super expensive NVidia VCA but build yours :

4 or 8 980ti (with build in water cooling: 800euros each)

for 4, a single CPU on a good motherboard 2011-3 + i7 5930 cpu budget (1000eur+ ram PSU Case HD etc...= less than 2000 because remember it is a batch render unit)

for 8, well here no big choice but dual xeon with 8 pci board, no need of big xeon, 2 26xx 8 cores are enough 3000 + PSU ram etc... total 5000

so, a nice 4 * 980ti is a good stating point for 5000eur/usd.

if you really need 12GB of graphic memory, go for the TITAN X in place of 980ti (add 500/card)

 

Zorg2000

I am using this batch with my config.

It is a rather old configuration but powerfull enough.

A I7/2600 + a Gtx 970/4gb+ a K4000/4GB and a good fan on the CPU, not the bad Intel one but a huge one, forget the brand but might be an Aerocool. Also it cost something like 30/40$
I can run all night without problems.

 

No needs for an expensive PC, any machine should be good for batching, aven a cheap AMD sempron, a cheap mother board, 8gb of RAM (all of this around 150$) with the rest you should hace a 300$ PC, the difference will be in the graphic card, use a silent Nvidia for the batch and you will have a perfect and cheap machine.

300$ PC+970 GTX cost around 700$ for a quite powerfull machine. A second hand titan or GTX780 should be a great addition and cost around 400 to 500$ on ebay.

Personaly I share my scene on a dropbox shared on both machines. ​

outrider42

alexhcowley said:

Guys,

http://www.daz3d.com/batch-render-for-daz-studio-4-and-rib

I've been using this product since it first came out. It will render both 3Delight and Iray with no problems.

Cheers,

Alex.

Praise to Google for helping me find this!

This item is on sale for 40% off today. Added to my cart!

cridgit

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