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The Network preferences are only available in Fusion Studio. These preferences are used to set up and control network rendering in Fusion Studio. The majority of settings are found in the Render Manager dialog.
The Network preferences
Submit Network Render Compositions
In these fields, you enter the Master Name and IP address of the computer that will manage all network renders sent from this machine. If a standalone render master is in use on the network, these fields may be pre-filled and may not be editable. This is done to prevent multiple unauthorized render masters from being created by each person in a facility.
To re-enable editing of the master name and IP, create the environment variable FUSION_NO_ MANAGER and set the value to True. Check your operating system user guide for how to create environment variables.
General
The General preferences are designed with the most used options at the top in the General section. These options determine in what capacity the system is used during network rendering.
— Make This Machine a Render Master: When enabled, Fusion will accept network render compositions from other computers and manage the render. It does not necessarily mean that this computer will be directly involved in the render, but it will submit the job to the render nodes listed in the Render Manager dialog.