Exposure lock

[Peter Milner]

We are starting work on a new price list and I need to render a few hundred images on the renderfarm of individual items of furniture like this

However, it is important that the exposure stays the same for all the renders so that the colours are consistent. Is there any way of achieving this?

Locktoneop 1 only works in the AutoCAD window so this is not an option if I want to use the renderfarm.

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

I'll take a look today.

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

I'm assuming your workflow goes something like this--

1.  Open a drawing

2. Submit it to the farm by pressing the farm doodad in walkabout

3. Use the image editor to convert form .arimage to a standard format like .png.

Does that seem about right?

If that's true, easiest fix might be just to send you a custom Image Editor that will let you put exposure settings in and lock the toneop before saving to png.  Would that work?  You can already get the necessary numbers from a reference drawing by using Image->Info on the menu.

Let me know either way.

[Peter Milner]

Yes, that would work fine, so long as it's not too much trouble.

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

I'll take that approach then.  It will require checking a box and typing in two numbers for the exposure settings for each ArImage, which you can get from your reference drawing by using Image->Info in the menu.