newbie - using python to get the rendering resolution

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Hi all,

I am new to this forum. I have been using Blender from time to time for a year or so, but I would like to use it from a shell to automate some scientific rendering. But, I need a way to determine the resolution of a blender file before I launch the blender renderer from the command line.

In other words, I need to be able to read in a .blend file, and obtain what the image resolution of that file is set to. I image I could use a python script for this? Any ideas that might be able to point me in the right direction. Or if another type of solution is better, please let me know.

Thanks,

-Adam

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The following code:

from Blender import *

sce = Scene.GetCurrent()
context = sce.getRenderingContext()
print "Image size = "+str(context.sizeX)+"x"+str(context.sizeY)

prints in the console the size of images that are to be rendered with the current settings.

The output is something like:

Image size = 800x600

Hope this helps! :wink:

Regards,

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Abidos,

That did the trick! Thanks for getting back to me. It was easier than I thought it would be to obtain the resolution image via the terminal. I have a script that calls [./blender -b file.blend -P frame.py] from the terminal so that my software will know in advance the size of image rendered by blender… piece of cake and thanks for your help.

-Adam