Another FF Batch Renderer on the block (Cross-Platform)

Hello my fellow Filterfanatics!

I'm working on a Batchrenderer for Filter Forge. I know, why another one? Well, first an foremost, because I can't seem to find one for Mac (which I'm mainly using).
I plan to change that, so I started to create my own Renderer with following Features:

Downloads from Mediafire (Darwin = Mac)

Already available:
- Job List Creation
- Watchfolder Support (with automatic rendering)

Planned:
- change Preset values
- additional state saving
- other stuff I can't remember

The Software currently is in Alpha and a few UI Elements are not very user friendly (yet), so be aware of:
- some bugs (nasty creatures)
- the software not doing what you want
- the software not doing anything at all
- Buttons that are not animated yet

A Quick Intro:

The first start of the App sets the configuration paths to the Filter Forge Commandline Renderer and the Filters. (Windows Users: The CMDRenderer is "hidden" inside the Bin-Folder of the Filter Forge Install).

After that the App opens up and is ready to go. You can drag&drop the filters fr om the left side to the Joblist. This creates a Renderjob. The settings can be changed, an Input Image chosen and the size and render Ouputpath chosen.

If you want to create a Watchfolder, click the Folder Icon at the top. An Overlay appears wh ere you can manage your Watchfolders. Add a new Watchfolder, set the In- and Outputdirectories and choose the Filter you want automatically rendered plus the Format. Currently the supported Input Files are:

.png, .jpg, .jpeg, .tiff, .bmp (more to follow)

If you put an Image inside the watched Folder, a new Renderjob is added to the Job List and rendered automatically.

As the Software is in Alpha, the Watchfolders and Job Lists are not saved on closing the App, so on restart, you have to create your Watchfolders again. I'm sorry for the inconvenience this might cause, but I did not have time to implement this.

A bit background:

Why am I creating this? As stated above, I wanted to have a Batchrenderer for Mac, with the Features I want. I'm currently in the middle of a Project wh ere I need this and I now reached a point wh ere I can use it. Although there are bugs, I want to continue with my Project, so the development of the tool is now halted for a few months, maybe I take some time to implement the save features, but don't quote me on that


I hope this tool will help you with your work too. If you have questions, I'll try to answer them as quickly as I can. Also if you've run into trouble with the tool, or feature wishes, or anything else. Also, just feedback, I'm open to critique.

See you soon and happy filtering!

Hafgandil

Heyho,

new Version of the Batch Renderer. New/updated Features:

- Watchfolders are now saved and restored on Startup of the Program
- Autorender reenabled, multiple Processes are now fixed (please use with care though)
- Renderprocess can now be stopped mid-rendering

Download v0.8.8-alpha

Tip:

The Watchfolder Functionality can be used for Filter Stacking and Animation Rendering. Filter Stacking could be achieved by declaring the Outputfolder of the first Watchfolder as the Input of the Second Watchfolder. Be aware of infinite Renderloop when using the same Outputfolder again.
Animation Rendering is self-explanatory. Just copy/paste an Image Sequence into the Input Watchfolder to start the Animation rendering.

Please report any Bugs and Problems you run into.

Happy Batchrendering,
Hafgandil

Have not tested it, but I think is very good to have more batch render tools as I personally do not like at all the command line renderer

Thanks very much for making this and hope that you continue developing it and adding more features and make a good, interesting, useful and awesome tool

Hey,

sorry, the Version is still the most up-to-date. I didn't find the time to work on an update. I worked with my current version on my projects but I too miss some features, so I might get back to development. Do you have any feature requests?