Gaffer Web Submission
The web submission process for Gaffer primarily consists of four steps:
1. Upload;
2. Submit;
3. Analyze;
4. Rendering and download.
In the following sections, we will provide a detailed description of each of these steps. Includes video tutorials and text description tutorials.
Video for Gaffer web submission
Step 1: Upload
1. Upon logging into the web interface, navigate to the Assets page, then download and install the transfer tool. Once the install is complete, click to launch the transfer tool. (If it already installed, please disregard this step.)
2. Select the checkbox labeled "Maintain the local directory structure when uploading." If selected, the cloud will replicate the local directory structure, ensuring consistency between the cloud and local storage paths. If unchecked, you'll need to create folders in the cloud before uploading files;
3. Open the local folder containing your gaffer project files, select the project file you want to render, and click "Upload." (Note: Before uploading, please ensure you have modified and saved your rendering settings within Gaffer.)
4. Click the submit icon to enter the submission section.
Step 2: Submit
1.Enter the submission section, select the software that your rendering files belong to, then choose the rendering files, and click "Continue."
2.Proceed with software configuration. Click "Add Config" to add software and plugin configurations. In the configuration box, set up Config name, Render OS, Software, and Plug-in step by step. If the required plugin information is not found, you can provide feedback to customer service for addition. After the settings are completed, click "Save."
3.After configuring the render software, click "Go Analysis". The files will be submitted and enter the analysis section.
Step 3: Analyze
1.In the whole process of analysis, you can click on the project to view analysis details;
2.Upon completion of analysis, if there are no errors or warnings, click "Continue" to proceed with rendering. If a warning appears, you can also ignore it, then click "Continue." For specific analysis errors and warnings.
3. Set rendering parameters. The specific Settings are as follows:
Task node: Task nodes in the scene
Frames: input the range of frames you want to render.
Node type: Node type corresponding to the tasks nodes.
Priority test frame: Priority frames testing for Task nodes. After the test frames is done, the job is in the "Test done" state, please click "Render full job" in the "Render" list.
Restore Default：Restore all priority frame options to default state.
Deselect all：Cancel all selected priority frame options.
Supports changing the rendering order: Supports rendering order control for task nodes of different node types.After checking 'Supports changing the rendering order', the 'Render order' field will be displayed, allowing for sequential rendering according to the set rendering order of the task nodes. The frame status of task nodes that have not reached the rendering order will be displayed as' Waiting ', and task nodes that have not been selected for sorting will have the highest rendering priority.
Step 4: Rendering and download
1. During the rendering process, you can click on jobs to view rendering details;
2. After rendering is completed, click "Output File" to select files for download. Alternatively, you can go back to the Assets page, click "Output," and choose files for download.
