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Title: Batch render 100 of products with 50 different materials and colors.
Post by: Digital Esthetics on 2025-01-30, 15:40:20

Hello
I have a question. I need to render a product that will be in a very simple scene with a shadow catcher and HDRI map.
And I need to render a product with a selection of 50 materials and colors (so not the same every time)
And with that I need 3 different camera angles.
And for one of the cameras I need the model to rotate 360 degrees so Iget 36 pictures.

So, Ive been thinking of animating the materials but that doesn't allow me to select the material that I want to batch render. And I need all of this to render to different folders with a different name for every material and color.

What would you guys suggest being the best approach?

Title: Re: Batch render 100 of products with 50 different materials and colors.
Post by: maru on 2025-01-30, 16:00:22

Perhaps a render manager like Deadline (https://aws.amazon.com/thinkbox-deadline/) or Pulze (https://www.pulze.io/products/render-manager) would work here.
You could also consider Cylindo which is a part of the Chaos ecosystem (https://www.cylindo.com/).

Title: Re: Batch render 100 of products with 50 different materials and colors.
Post by: Jpjapers on 2025-01-30, 16:30:45

Pulze is the thing for setting up exactly what you want to do.
You could also try renderstacks which lets you do basically anything like this youd want to.

https://renderstacks.com/renderstacks/

Title: Re: Batch render 100 of products with 50 different materials and colors.
Post by: Aram Avetisyan on 2025-01-30, 21:16:22

What you are describing seems to be doable even with animation (keyframing the changes) and batch render, for different cameras.
But for a more comprehensive approach, I am yet to find a more comfortable (and reliable) way of doing this than the native (while not user friendly) scene states.
I believe all render managers use it or its functionality to do the versioning tricks.
The important thing is the scene states are supported by batch render, and render presets (settings) as well.

Title: Re: Batch render 100 of products with 50 different materials and colors.
Post by: Philip kelly on 2025-01-31, 10:21:46

Saw this yesterday on the Tinternet.

1:35 in I think it may what your looking for.

t=586s

Title: Re: Batch render 100 of products with 50 different materials and colors.
Post by: Digital Esthetics on 2025-02-04, 06:41:15

Hi. ok, we have used Cylindo but its so expensive so were looking at other solutions.

Quote from: maru on 2025-01-30, 16:00:22

Perhaps a render manager like Deadline (https://aws.amazon.com/thinkbox-deadline/) or Pulze (https://www.pulze.io/products/render-manager) would work here.
You could also consider Cylindo which is a part of the Chaos ecosystem (https://www.cylindo.com/).

Title: Re: Batch render 100 of products with 50 different materials and colors.
Post by: Digital Esthetics on 2025-02-04, 06:46:55

I saw this, this looks like a good option.

Quote from: Philip kelly on 2025-01-31, 10:21:46

Saw this yesterday on the Tinternet.

1:35 in I think it may what your looking for.

t=586s