anthonylongman

Actually I figured this out, just quit Renderama, then quit each camera in turn, then clicking on the "Camera" menu of each one in turn to get their attention so to speak, which hastens the quitting process, then relaunch Renderama, then delete the job from the render window.

Thanks for the tip... One more question about Renderama. I am trying to render a rather ambitious still frame that is very heavy on calculation. I am using Renderama on 16 processors. I find sometimes I need to force the rendering to stop, without waiting, because it's just taking too long. What is the best procedure? I have started by quitting Renderama, then quitting each camera in turn, then deleting the camera temp file for each camera, then deleting Renderama jobs folder. Is there a less laborious way to do this?

There is no preference file in the EI preference folder. I thought the program automatically regenerates this when it runs even if it has been trashed? Perhaps this explains why my GI renderings are producing no GI illumination? Would like to know how to fix this please...

Update: I had one successful rendering of the setup which delivered light to the surfaces. Now I am getting nothing again. I think I may need to restart my machine, it has been running for a week and something may be out of whack. I have been running a long render on a slave machine via renderama on this machine. The slave has one more section still rendering - will quitting and restarting renderama compromise stitching of the slave render output in renderama after restart?

That was the missing information, thank you so much... now I know what I am looking for (the ON switch) I was able to locate it in the documentation - eleven pages into the GI chapter and half way through the topic list... I need to spend more time with this program. Thanks again, Anthony

This is exactly what I need to be able to do, so I am encouraged. Now all I need is to learn where the checkboxes etc. are (see my previous post)

I am still learning about GI. Where is the Reverse illumination checkbox? Thanks... And I guess this will not work with a parallel light, right?

Basically, yes - although I had planned on using a parallel light...

I want to know if it is possible to deliver light to an object via a 100% reflective geometric surface (curved, basically conical). I have tried this and it seems not to work, though Matt Hoffman thought it should. Maybe there is some setting I don't have enabled properly?

I received a very nice reply from David after Tomas wrote to him (thank you for that Tomas). Since several folks here seem interested, I will quote here the part of David's e-mail that explains the status: "I can still sell you the Conception shaders, however, there are some bumps in the road, as I am not in bussines regarding Konkeptoine. -I can only provide OS X versions of the shaders. Do you need the PC Windows versions of the shaders? I could de-backup them and try to license them for you, but at this moment is quite an issue. -Payment must be done through a banking wire transfer, as with the closing of Konkeptoine as a seller, there is no Credit card on-line payment and I cannot use checks foreign with my bank. If this is OK for you, please just tell me what shaders would you like, and I can also pack them in a good (discounted) offer. The stuff I still can sell is Conception 1, 2 and 3 series, the WoodLab, TileCraft and ColorFilter. I will need your EIAS dongle number in any case so the shaders can work with your EIAS license. It i nice, very nice to see that my stuff is still being used! :-)" Hope that helps anyone who is interested. Anthony

Ola Tomas, As you know I have the same concerns as Robert. I emailed David at the personal email address you kindly supplied and heard nothing back -- which makes me suspect I ran foul of his junk mail filter. Since you and he must communicate now and then for business, perhaps it would be more effective if you were willing to get an answer about this question. Or perhaps Robert, you have heard from David? Anthony

Thank you Tomas. It is so long since I used this program I feel like a beginner all over again!

I have just begun to use EIAS 8 after a long absence from EI. I am getting the following Camera Error: Library: GPRR Error ID : 3. Error value -1006632960. Anyone know what this is? I suspect insufficient RAM (I have 4GB on a new iMac 27") Any help is appreciated.