I’m using the free version of this software where I use it to render multiple images/animations overnight.
But I just realized that it only uses my CPU to render whereas rendering it from blender uses my GPU fine. (I have CPU rendering turned off)
Any other users having this issue? I couldn’t find anything regarding this issue anywhere.
Or can I get some recommendations for a decent batch render add-on/3rd party software that allows for GPU rendering?
I love how BRC allows to change render settings from its options, very handy.
I have never used Batch Render, but maybe it is a setting issue? It should not be hard for it to use GPU.
We are using a highly modified version of Pandora Render Manager for our in-house render farm. But it doesn’t matter if there is one computer or a hundred.
It is much easier to set-up than some other managers, and does what you are wanting. You can submit a job right from Blender which makes it super easy. It is part of a larger DCC management suite called Prism, we we do not use that - Pandora can stand alone perfectly.
Pandora is open-source which makes it great for our needs. The reason for my mods is that the release version of a Pandora does not have some of the Blender-specific options (such as temp changing the samples, output image type, etc), and the saving file-path was an issue.
But there are integrations with several DCC packages, and with mods it works exactly as we want.