(aerender -i) retaining frame numbers on filenames

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1 total messages Started by Patrick_Hearn Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:11

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Author: Patrick_Hearn
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:11

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Hi,
When using aerender with the -i parameter to increment frames I've discovered it will name the files sequentially, rather than by the frame number:
eg.
aerender ... -i 5
File0001.tif frame 1
File0002.tif frame 6
File0003.tif frame 11
etc.

Is it possible to change the behaviour for this?

This leads me to a second question: is much time wasted skipping existing frames? My plan was to avoid machines having to skip frames by hvign them start on different frames and increment:
eg
Machine 1 :: -s 1 -i 3
Machine 2 :: -s 2 -i 3
Machine 3 :: -s 3 -i 3

So 3 evenly matched machines could run through the animation without ever 'bumping into' one another. If there would be any difference in overhead by avoiding checking for existing frames then I feel this method could be advantageous.

I'd be interested to know if this would have any effect.

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