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Render Jobs Using the Deadline Cloud for Nuke submitter

To use the Deadline Cloud for Nuke submitter, you will need:

  • A profile to submit to Deadline Cloud with
  • A Deadline Cloud farm and queue to submit to

Submit a job

To submit a render job from Nuke to Deadline Cloud

  1. Save your Nuke file.
  2. From the top navigation bar, choose AWS Deadline. From the drop down menu, select Submit to Deadline Cloud.
  3. Use the tabs in the dialog to customize your job.
  4. (Optional) To export a job's associated files to your job history directory without submitting it, choose Export bundle.
  5. Choose Submit and follow the prompts to send your job to Deadline Cloud.

Nuke render-specific settings

The Job-specific settings tab has options specific to jobs created in Nuke. Submitter Interface

  • Write nodes - Which write nodes to render outputs for. You can either select to render all write nodes, or select a specific node.
  • Views - Which views should be rendered.
  • Override frame range - Select this to render a different frame or frame range than is set in Nuke. Frame ranges follow the Open Job Description pattern.
  • Use proxy mode - Manages whether to use proxy mode in the submitted job.
  • Continue on error - If set, try to continue rendering if Nuke encounters an error. If false, in the case of an error the task is failed.
  • Use timeouts - Whether or not to use user configured timeouts.
  • Render task timeout - Maximum duration of each action which performs a render. Default is 6 days.
  • Setup timeout - Maximum duration of each action which sets up the job for rendering, such as scene load. Default is 1 day.
  • Teardown timeout - Maximum duration of action which tears down the setup required for rendering. Default is 1 hour.
  • Include gizmos in job bundle - Whether or not to include gizmos in the job bundle.

For information about the other submitter tabs, see the AWS Deadline Cloud guide for using a submitter.