Royal Render is made from fire-breathing eagles that shoot lasers of awesomeness...
Also it's very good. On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Eric Turman <i.anima...@gmail.com> wrote: > Royal Render is top notch. I can not say enough good things about it. > > > On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Sandy Sutherland < > sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za> wrote: > >> RR can be used free with 3 machines I think - meant to be trial, but >> worth testing - it works very well - we use it on our farm and rendered >> last weekend 6000 stereo frames at film res. >> >> S. >> >> _____________________________ >> Sandy Sutherland >> Technical Supervisor >> sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za >> _____________________________ >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ >> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Stephen Davidson [ >> magic...@bellsouth.net] >> *Sent:* 21 July 2012 18:46 >> *To:* RuiSantos; softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >> >> *Subject:* Re: Make a pass non-renderable? >> >> Thanks, Rui. That looks interesting. I will give it a try when I have >> some downtime to install >> and test. >> >> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:01 PM, RuiSantos <r...@sapo.pt> wrote: >> >>> ** >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> First i used to handwrite my own batch scripts...then moved on to Kim' >>> BatchMaker,although i had to hand correct/add some features ,like diferent >>> settings for diferent machines capabilities,matte passes for the weakest >>> machine, etc.. >>> So i ended up having several scripts based on the KA BatchMaker's >>> generated one...and it worked very nicely for a long time... >>> Because i have just 2 machines for render,i didn't feel the need for a >>> full render manager. >>> >>> I discovered Thinkbox Deadline a while ago,and it's my workhorse >>> managing renderings nowadays.. >>> It's "free" if you have 2 render machines,and it works very well with >>> softimage and other vendors,it has an addon the allows you to submit your >>> renders from inside softimage,remote acess to manage your renders,assigns >>> passes to specific machines,creates dependencies,like this pass renders >>> before that one...etc..etc...i mean it's really nice and EASY to set up. >>> >>> If you have a small shop,i have a go and try it.. >>> >>> later, >>> Rui >>> www.ruisantos3d.com >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* Stephen Davidson <magic...@bellsouth.net> >>> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >>> *Sent:* Saturday, July 21, 2012 6:15 AM >>> *Subject:* Re: Make a pass non-renderable? >>> >>> That is lame. Other than that, how do you like Rebus for rendering? >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Byron Nash <byronn...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> I put in a feature request at REBUS to enable and they just said to >>>> delete the passes. That's a lame response. I am sure their system is >>>> sending those batch commands somewhere along the way. They just need to >>>> open it up just enough to let someone add those pass flags. I do use those >>>> a lot in the command line locally. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Chris Chia <chris.c...@autodesk.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> 1 advice: >>>>> I would customised the render farm to take in the -pass flag from your >>>>> submission page (add an input box or something to grab user's inputs) and >>>>> pass the following command (if input box is not empty) to render farm. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> xsibatch -render myscene.scn -pass mypassName >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Else if no input: >>>>> >>>>> xsibatch -render myscene.scn >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Chris >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 20 Jul, 2012, at 3:30 AM, "Byron Nash" <byronn...@gmail.com<mailto: >>>>> byronn...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I am using REBUS render farm and it seems to be pretty quick and >>>>> economical. It only seems to render the whole scene however. Is there an >>>>> easy way to make passes not render when you hit render all? I assume >>>>> that's >>>>> sort of what this farm is doing. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> * Stephen P. Davidson** >>> **(954) 552-7956 >>> * sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com >>> >>> >>> >>> <http://www.3danimationmagic.com> >>> My Website is *GREEN*, Is yours? >>> >>> [image: affiliate_link]<http://www.fatcow.com/join/index.bml?AffID=626478> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Best Regards, >> * Stephen P. Davidson** >> **(954) 552-7956 >> * sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com >> >> >> >> <http://www.3danimationmagic.com> >> My Website is *GREEN*, Is yours? >> >> [image: affiliate_link]<http://www.fatcow.com/join/index.bml?AffID=626478> >> >> > > > -- > > > > > -=T=- >
