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CoreFinder

Managing Rendering Tasks

Monitor, prioritize, and control rendering processes using CoreFinder. Learn how to efficiently manage your render tasks, track progress, and optimize your rendering workflow across multiple computers.

Actions

You can manage renders tasks from Task Page, you can navigate there from here:

There are few actions you can perform on deployed render tasks:

Pause

When pausing task, all rendering frames will be stopped immediately and no PCs will render task untill it's resumed.

Resume

After resuming task it will be available for rendering.

Archive

After archiving task it will no longer be in the main list, it will be put in archived tasks.

Reset

Reset will put task on pending and any progress will be reset.

Delete

After deleting task it can not be recovered, you can archive tasks instead and after some time delete archived tasks. It's the best practice to pause task, and after delete it.

Duplicate

Task will be duplicated and set to pending status.

Statuses

Pending

Task is looking for PC for render.

Rendering

One or more frames of the tasks are currently rendering.

Stopped

Task will not be rendered, until resumed.

Errored

Major error occured, and no PCs will attempt to render this task.

Booked

Only for the frames or subtasks, booked frames are in queue of render by specific PC.

Multiple Task Selection

You can select multiple tasks using keyboard shortcuts:

CTRL Selection

When selecting with CTRL you can select tasks individually by clicking them one by one.

CTRL selection example
SHIFT Selection

When selecting with SHIFT, click the first task and then the last task to select all tasks in between.

SHIFT selection example

Video Tutorial: Multiple Task Selection

Video tutorial on using Shift and Ctrl clicks for multiple task selection

Start Task Options

When creating a task, you can choose how it should start:

Start Task Now

Task will be saved with Pending status and will immediately start rendering if there are available PCs.

Start Task Later

Task will be saved with Stopped status and will not start rendering until you manually resume it.

Video Tutorial: Start Task Options

Video tutorial on Start Task Now vs Start Task Later options

Changing Animation Frames

In case if you want to change animation frames of already saved task, you should firstly select task, then press the edit button, and set your choice of frames, after saving, you should be able to see your changes in the frame list.

Step 1: Select the task you want to edit

Select task to change frames

Step 2: Press the edit button and set your choice of frames

Edit task frames

Step 3: After saving, you should be able to see your changes in the frame list

View changes in frame list
Note: Network performance directly impacts rendering speed. A high-speed local network connection is recommended for best results.

Managing tasks in CoreFinder is straightforward and efficient. Here's what you need to know:

Video Tutorials

Part 1: Task Creation and Setup

Part 2: Managing Task Priority

Part 3: Advanced Task Controls