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    "body": "The main panel holds the settings that belong to the render job. Your Blender scene still controls the render engine, samples, resolution, camera, view layers, and color management. With **Scene Image Format** selected, the scene also controls the output format.\n\n![The Superluminal Render panel with project, job name, frame range, render pattern, format, and submit actions](https://superlumin.al/docs/images/blender/addon-submit-panel.png)\n\n*Everything a job needs, top to bottom: where it goes, what to render, how to schedule it, and what to write.*\n\n- [Annotation 1: Project and job name](/docs/blender-addon/job-submission#name-and-project)\n\n- [Annotation 2: Frame range and render pattern](/docs/blender-addon/job-submission#frame-range)\n\n- [Annotation 3: Image format](/docs/blender-addon/job-submission#image-format)\n\n- [Annotation 4: Submit a still or the animation](/docs/blender-addon/job-submission#what-happens-after-you-click-submit)\n\n- [Annotation 5: Optional automatic frame download](/docs/blender-addon/manage-and-download#download-output)\n\n## Name and project\n\n- **Project** determines where the job appears and, for PROJECT uploads, where reusable files are synchronized.\n- **Use File Name** derives the job name from the saved `.blend` filename.\n- Disable it to enter a custom name that is easier to distinguish in the job list.\n\n## Frame range\n\n**Use Scene Frame Range** uses Blender's scene start, end, and step. Disable it to enter a custom start, end, and stepping value for this submission.\n\n### Submit Still\n\nOpens a small frame picker. Choose the current frame or enter a specific frame. This is the best way to test a representative production frame before an animation.\n\n### Submit Animation\n\nSubmits the configured scene or custom range. Confirm the frame step: a step of 2 renders every other frame. It does not just change the order.\n\n## Render pattern\n\n| Pattern | What it does | When it helps |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| **Linear** | Schedules the requested frames in ascending order. | Predictable delivery from the start of a sequence. |\n| **Temporal Refine** | Schedules coarse coverage first, then fills the gaps by repeatedly refining the interval. | Early whole-sequence review and motion checks. |\n| **Progressive Stepping** | Currently uses the same coarse-to-fine scheduling behavior as Temporal Refine. | Compatibility with workflows that already select this label. |\n\nRender pattern changes the order of frames, not the frame range or image quality. For example, coarse-to-fine scheduling renders early, middle, and late frames first, then fills the gaps.\n\n## Image format\n\n| Selection | Result |\n| --- | --- |\n| **Scene Image Format** | Uses the current Blender **Output Properties → File Format**. 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