black frames when net rendering

I have a student that when rendering on the local machine the image comes out 
fine.  But when net rendering, all machines produce an empty black scene.  
We've tried both tif and tga files.  He's using video post as well as some 
photometric lighting.  I don't know what's causing it, but all computers 
contain necessary maps/materials.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you kindly
Chris

Well, I couldn't get a response here or another forum, so I played around a 
bit and discovered that by adding a camera (not using perspective view) that 
the black plane disappeared and the files became renderable.

Can anyone explain why a camera would have better luck than the perspective 
view?

Thanks
Chris

Hi Chris

Can you send me your file or create something similar and let me test it
here? I will let you know what is happening and why you are getting a
black frame.

Fred Taghavi
Autodesk | Media & Entertainment Support

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From: 3dsmax_NetRender: Chris Bantz
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Subject: black frames when net rendering

From: Chris Bantz

Well, I couldn't get a response here or another forum, so I played
around a bit and discovered that by adding a camera (not using
perspective view) that the black plane disappeared and the files became
renderable.

Can anyone explain why a camera would have better luck than the
perspective view?

Thanks
Chris


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