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
  1. Initialize the environment:

    bash

    source ~/source_me_4_houdini_20.5

  2. 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

  3. 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
  1. Initialize the environment:

    bash

    source ~/source_me_4_houdini_20.5

  2. Navigate to your file folder:

    bash

    cd /path/to/your/folder

  3. 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.