BUG : Command line render actually renders node graph , not composition!

Steps causing the bug to occur

When using the command-line vuo-render command, one would expect the composition result to be rendered.

Instead , the canvas representing the node graph layout is rendered,

vuo-render --output-format=png --output renderx.png /Users/iMac2012/Desktop/VUO/VUO2/vuo-2.0.3-composition-examples/vuo.image/examples/QuickStart.vuo

Rendered Image

I was expecting this instead :

Screenshot

render.png

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@sandrobilbeisi,

We’ve turned your discussion into a bug report and accepted it.

You can use the vuo-export movie command to run an Image Generator protocol composition and save its output as a movie. There’s some documentation here: https://doc.vuo.org/2.0.3/manual/exporting-a-composition-on-the-command-line.xhtml

The vuo-render command intentionally generates an image of the composition’s nodes and cables — useful for making tutorials and documentation, and for working on Vuo’s visual design. We take your point though that its name is confusing; we’re working on clarifying that.

In Vuo 2.1.0 we removed the vuo-render command. The new way to render the composition canvas / graph layout is vuo-export source.