Author Topic: Render Farm dead_body_#ONE
posted 02-07-2000 06:52 PM
Is there any commercally available software that would allow one to hook up several computers in order to combine processing power, memory etc. or software to share a task between computers. I basically want to build a render farm.

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Tubs
posted 02-07-2000 07:25 PM
3dstudio Max has network rendering. I think this allow multiple computers to work together to render something.

Valg Arze
posted 02-07-2000 07:56 PM
So does Lightwave

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crazy lou
posted 02-07-2000 10:14 PM
back at school the farm was running winNT forget what version, i think it was 4. basically you need to set up a LAN i think.

as for max the way it network renders, the software needs to be on every computer in the LAN and then the server version send an individuial frame out to each computer to render, it send it back and repeats the process until it is all rendered.

later
Tom

dead_body_#ONE
posted 02-07-2000 10:18 PM
Thanks everyone

Prism
posted 02-07-2000 10:48 PM
Hash Animation:Master has a network version for a bit more $$$ than the regular version.
Still it's gotta be cheaper than 3DS or LW. And from what I've seen, Hash is an amazing app for the cost. I plan to get me a copy with the first $200 I get my hands on.
See www.hash.com for info & stuff.

Isaiah

rfrancis
posted 02-09-2000 02:57 AM
ummm Let's not forget After Effects.

rfrancis
posted 02-09-2000 03:00 AM
>>This is right from the help file of AFX (and I have done it)! It is a nice time saver

To significantly decrease the time required for rendering a single-frame sequence, you can use multiple systems and multiple copies of After Effects to render a project across a network. Rendering in each copy of After Effects starts at approximately the same time. By specifying that each copy skip existing frames or frames in progress, multiple systems can render the project simultaneously, writing the single-frame sequence to a single folder.
You can use multiple systems to render only single-frame sequences; you cannot use multiple systems to render movies or render projects to DDRs. You can use any combination of Windows or Mac OS systems.

Note: If you are rendering a project using Production Bundle effects on multiple systems, each system must be running the Production Bundle version of After Effects.

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