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Products Available To Render

3ds max (6.0+)	Alias Renderer	Lightwave	MentalRay
3ds max (via SFRender)	Chalice	Maya(5.0 or earlier)	MentalRay for Maya (5.0 or earlier)
After Effects	Digital Fusion	Maya (6.0+)	MentalRay for Maya (6.0+)
Air	Generic Scripts	Maya Vector Renderer (5.0)	Rayz
Alias PowerCaster	Houdini	Maya Vector Renderer (6.0+)	Shake
Alias PowerTracer	imgcvt	Maya Hardware Renderer (6.0+)	SoftImage
Alias Raytracer	Jig	MayaMan	XSI

This generates a job specifically for XSI.

To create an After Effects job via commandline, you can use the following parameters for the -product switch (case is ignored):

XSI

With XSI, you can use the Common Render Options dialog box

File Type	Will add the -file_type flag followed by the text you type as the filename. There is a premade list of the supported file types the XSI renderer supports that you can chose from
Filename	Will add the -filename switch followed by the text you type as the rendered images' filename.
Pass	Will add the -pass switch followed by the text you type as the render pass to render.
Resolution	Will add the -resolutionX and -resolutionY switches followed by the numbers you enter for the rendered images' pixel dimensions.
Subregion	Will add the -subregion switch followed by the dimensions of the subregion you wish to render of the full image
Step	Will add the -step switch followed by the number you enter in the text box.
Skip Frames	Will add the -skip switch with the appropriate option for allowing you to skip rendered frames