Nested Image Rendering requests

For advanced applications it is possible to use the result of a render operation as a material image, just like an image obtained from Image Serving.

A render request can be used as a material image by specifying it in the src= command as follows:

…&src=ir{ *[!DNL renderRequest]*}&…

The ir token is case-sensitive.

The nested request must not include the Image Rendering root path (typically http:// *[!DNL server]*/ir/render/'), but may include pre-processing rule tokens.

The following commands are ignored when specified in nested requests (either in the request url or in catalog::Modifier or catalog::PostModifier):

• fmt=
• qlt=
• icc=
• iccEmbed=
• printRes=
• req=
• bgc=

Also ignored are attribute::MaxPix and attribute::DefaultPix of the material catalog that applies to the nested render request.

The image result of a nested IR request can be cached optionally by including cache=on. By default, caching of intermediate data is disabled. Caching should be enabled only when the intermediate image is expected to be reused in a different request within a reasonable time period. Standard server-side cache management applies. Data is cached in a lossless format.