Draft Event Plug-in Guide
Overview
Draft is a tool that provides simple compositing functionality. It is implemented as a Python library, which exposes functionality for use in python scripts. Draft is designed to be tightly integrated with Deadline, but it can also be used as a standalone tool.
Using Deadline's Draft plugin, artists can automatically perform simple compositing operations on rendered frames after a render job finishes. They can also convert them to a different image format, or generate Quicktimes for dailies.
Submitting Dependent Draft Jobs
When submitting jobs to Deadline through any of our integrated submitters, you now have the option to have Deadline create a dependent Draft Job once the submitted job is done rendering; this is where the Draft Event Plugin comes into play.
The options available here are similar to those discussed in the Draft Plugin section. Although it might appear as though there are less options here than in the Monitor submitter, all the same information will get passed to the Draft template. This approach just allows us to automatically pull a lot of the needed info directly from the scene file and from information filled in elsewhere in the submitter.
Setup
Since Draft is being shipped alongside Deadline, there is not a whole lot of configuration that is needed for this Event Plugin to work (beyond simply Enabling it). There are, however, options that allow you to select the priority, group and pool to which the Draft Event Plugin will submit Draft Jobs.
To access these settings, simply enter Super User mode and select Tools -> Configure Event Plugins form the Monitor's menu. From there, select the Draft entry from the list on the left.
