Blender Scene render using Modal Cloud

This is a code file that renders a blender file on Modal Cloud GPUs. config.py contains all the settings. Change settings in config.py file and manage things accordingly.

Roadmap

• Setup your Modal.com account on your PC
• Copy you scene.blend file (all assets should be packed in one file) into
• Change the parameters in congif.py file accordingly
• Start the rendering

Documentation

Here is complete documentation to run the script

Model Setup

Goto modal.com and create an account. After creating account follow the modal setup on your PC as below

    pip install modal
    python -m modal setup

Intial Setup

• Place your scene.blend in /blend_files folder
• Make changes in config.py file as needed

// config.py file

config = {
    "x_resolution": 3500,
    "y_resolution": 3500,
    "resolution_percentage": 100,
    "samples": 100,

    "gpu-mode": True,
    "gpu": "L40S",
    "concurrency_limit": 4,

    "start_frame": 1,
    "end_frame": 20,

    "app_name": "blender-video-render",
    "volume_name": "exp-render-farm",
    "volume_frame_save_dir": "frames",
    "volume_blend_file_path": "blend_files/scene.blend",
    "local_blend_file_path": "blend_files/scene.blend",

    "video_fps": 30,
    "volume_video_save_path": "videos/scene.mp4",
    "local_video_save_path": "videos/scene.mp4",
    "make_video": True,
    "best-quality-video-compilation": False,
}

Run

Open command prompt/terminal in project directory and run this command

modal video_render.py

Features

• concurrency
• video compilation from frames