MAYA/C4D/MAX/BLENDER - budgeting / credit cap per job

MAYA/C4D/MAX/BLENDER - budgeting / credit cap per job

You can set the price limit expressed in credits that the given job can consume before 1 of 3 actions are taken. Check the box next to Credit Budget feature to enable the limitation system:



Edit the numeric value to set the limit: 


Edit the numeric value to set the limit:


Finally set the action from the “Credits Budget Action” that is going to be executed upon reaching the credits limit. Setting it to “Alert” won’t stop the job but will just notify you via email about surpassing the limit. “Stop” will terminate the job altogether and “Suspend” will prevent new frames from being submitted but will allow the currently processed ones to finish:

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