Command Line Rendering in Houdini with Redshift and Arnold
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9/23/20251 min read
Command Line Rendering in Houdini with Redshift on Linus
Initialize the environment:
bash
source ~/source_me_4_houdini_20.5
Navigate to your file folder:
bash
How to navigate to your harddrive at monty?
cd /run/media/student ID/harddrive name
cd /path/to/your/folder
Run the render command:
bash
hrender -e -f 1 2 -d Redshift_ROP -o rendertest.exr rendertest.0001.hipnc
Replace 1 and 2 with your frame range.
Replace Redshift_ROP with your render rope name in the OUT.
Replace rendertest.exr with your output file name.
Replace rendertest.0001.hipnc with your Houdini file name.
Command Line Rendering in Houdini with Arnold on Linus
Initialize the environment:
bash
source ~/source_me_4_houdini_20.5
Navigate to your file folder:
bash
cd /path/to/your/folder
Run the render command:
bash
hrender -e -f 1 2 -d arnold1 coco.0026.hipnc
Replace 1 and 2 with your frame range.
Replace arnold1 with your render node in the OUT.
Replace coco.0026.hipnc with your Houdini file name.





