General Purpose Flags:
| -rd <path> |
Specify the directory in which to output image files |
| -im <file name> |
Image file output nam |
| -fnc <int> |
File naming convention (eg: name, name.ext, name.#) |
| -of <string> |
output iimage file format |
| -s <float> |
set start frame |
| -e <float> |
set end frame |
| -b <float> |
by frame (eg: -b 2 renders every other frame) |
| -pad <int> |
number of digits in the output image frame file name (01, 001, 0001, etc) |
| -rfs <int> |
Specifies what number to start the image sequence at. Overrides the frame number from the scene file. |
| -rfb <int> |
Specifies what increment to renumber the image sequence at. Overrides the frame number from the scene file. |
| -se <int> |
Obsolete flag identical to -rfs, used only for backward compatibility |
| -be <int> |
Obsolete flag identical to -rfe, used only for backward compatibility |
| -cam <string> |
specify which camera to be rendered |
| -rgb <boolean> |
turn RGB output on or off |
| -alpha <boolean> |
turn Alpha output on or off |
| -depth <boolean> |
turn Depth output on or off |
| -iip |
ignore image planes |
| -x <int> |
set x resolution of the final image |
| -y <int> |
set y resolution of the final image |
| -precentRes <float> |
renders the image using a percent of the resolution |
| -ard <float> |
set device aspect ratio for the rendered image |
Software Specific Flags:
| Anti-aliasing:
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| -eaa <int> |
Set anti-aliasing quality: 0=highest, 1=high, 2=medium, 3=low |
| -ss <int> |
global number of shading samples per surface in a pixel |
| -mss <int> |
maximum number of adaptive shading samples per surface in a pixel |
| -mvs <int> |
number of motion blur visibility samples |
| -mvm <int> |
maximum number of motion blur visibility samples |
| -pss <int> |
number of particle visibility samples |
| -vs <int> |
global number of volume shading samples |
| -ufil <boolean> |
If true, use multi-pixel filtering; otherwise, use single pixel filtering |
| -pft <int> |
when useFilter is true, specifies on of the following filters: 0=box, 2=triangle, 4=gaussian, 5=quadratic |
| -pfx <float> |
when useFilter is true, defines the X size of the filter |
| -pfy <float> |
when useFilter is true, defines the Y size of the filter |
| -rct <float> |
red channel contrast threshold |
| -gct <float> |
green channel contrast threshold |
| -bct <float> |
blue channel contrast threshold |
| -cct <float> |
pixel coverage channel contrast threshold (default = 1.0/8.0) |
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| -ert <boolean> |
turn raytracing on and off |
| -rfl <int> |
maximum raytracing reflection level |
| -rfr <int> |
maximum raytracing refraction level |
| -sl <int> |
maximum raytracing shadow ray depth |
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| -field <boolean> |
enable field rendering; when on, images are interlaced |
| -pal |
when field rendering is enable, render even field first (PAL) |
| -ntsc |
when field rendering is enable, render odd field first (NTSC) |
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| -mb <boolean> |
motion blur on/off |
| -mbf <float> |
motion blur by frame |
| -sa <float> |
shutter angle for motion blu (1-360) |
| -mb2d <boolean> |
motion blur 2D on/off |
| -bll <float> |
2D motion blur length |
| -bls <float> |
2D motion blur sharpness |
| -smv <int> |
2D motion blur smooth value |
| -smc <boolean> |
2D motion blur smooth color on/off |
| -kmv <boolean> |
keep motion vector for 2D motion blur on/off |
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| -ifg <boolean> |
if false, use the film gate for rendering |
| -edm <boolean> |
enable depth map usage |
| -g <float> |
gamma value |
| -premul <boolean> |
premultiply color by the alpha value |
| -premulthr <float> |
when premultiply is on, defines the threshold used to determine whether or not to premultiply |
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| Memory and Performance: |
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| -uf <boolean> |
use the tessellation file cache |
| -oi <boolean> |
dynamically detects similarly tessellated surfaces |
| -rut <boolean> |
reuse render geometry to generate depth maps |
| -udb <boolean> |
use the displacement bounding box scale to optimize displacement-map performance |
| -mm <int> |
renderer maximum memory use (in Megabytes) |
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| Render Layers and Passes: |
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| -rl <boolean>|<name(s)> |
render each render layer separately |
| -rp <boolean>|<name(s)> |
render passes separately. "all" will render all passes |
| -rs <boolean> |
obselete flag, used only for backward compatibility |
| -sel <boolean>|<name(s)> |
selects which objects, groups, and/or sets to render |
| -l <boolean>|<names> |
selects which display and render layers to render |
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| MEL callbacks: |
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| -preRender <string> |
Mel code executed before rendering |
| -postRender <string> |
Mel code after before rendering |
| -preLayer <string> |
Mel code executed before each render layer |
| -postLayer <string> |
Mel code executed after each render layer |
| -preFrame <string> |
Mel code executed before each frame |
| -postFrame <string> |
Mel code executed after each frame |
| -pre |
obsolete flag |
| -post |
obsolete flag |