RE: OTish - Setting RoyalRender up with Redshift ?

2018-01-03 Thread Jeremy Smith 
Hello Morten,

We have been using Royal Render and RedShift for about two years now without 
issue (Softimage and Maya - but more recently Maya only).  If you want a hand 
setting this up, please drop me an email at 
jeremy.sm...@jellyfishpictures.co.uk
 and will be happy to give you a hand getting this running (can do a remote 
session if you would like).

Few questions for you.


  1.  Are you running Windows or Linux (I assume Windows)?
  2.  What version of Royal Render are you using?

All the best and will keep an eye out for your email!

Jeremy

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Subject: Re: OTish - Setting RoyalRender up with Redshift ?

Hi Mirko,

We are long time RR users but stuff like this might make us look elsewhere. I 
have no time for tinkering with sysadmin stuff that I just really want to work, 
and quickly :) Time spent on that is less time for producing pixels.

So what is the basic setup procedure in Deadline?
One thing though - Thinkbox can apparently not be bothered with posting pricing 
- you actually have to contact them to get to know -> oldschool -> sucks.

Morten




> Den 3. januar 2018 klokken 16:18 skrev Mirko Jankovic 
> >:
>
>
> this is not helping and maybe a bit out of the place but have you tried
> deadline instead? it has fantastic redshift support and stupid simple to
> setup as well
>
> On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 3:47 PM, Morten Bartholdy 
> >
> wrote:
>
> > I am trying to set up RoyalRender for Redshift, and have run into a snag.
> >
> > Holger explains the proces in the documentation like shown below. My
> > problem is I have no idea how to add a commandline flag in the options of
> > the RR/win_rrClient.bat link. I am sure many of you have done this, so a
> > nudge in the right direction will be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks - Morten
> >
> >
> > 
> > Dual Mode: service + interactive application mode
> > 
> >
> > If you do not have a second GPU card, then you have to start the rrClient
> > manually in your interactive session (Application Mode).
> >
> > To start the client in interactive mode, you can just add a link to the
> > win_rrClient.bat file in the RR Root and place it into your "Startup"
> > start-menu folder.
> >
> >
> > The disadvantage of an interactive mode is that you have to login on the
> > machine.
> >
> > And if you have not setup an (plain password) auto-login, then your
> > rrClient is not running if you startup the machine.
> >
> > Therefore you can run two clients.
> > Keep the service running as usual.
> >
> >
> > Create a link to RR/win_rrClient.bat (via right-click in windows explorer).
> > Edit the properties and add the commandline flag -UITakeOverService
> > The interactive client will start and stays in an invisible mode.
> > The service will disable itself, but it does NOT abort a render that is in
> > progress.
> > Once the service is disabled, the service puts itself into invisible mode.
> > And the interactive client takes over.
> >
> >
> > You might want to use additional commandline flags like:
> >
> > -IgnoreWorkingHours
> >
> >
> > Do not disable the interactive client during working hours
> >
> > -ShutdownEvenIfLoggedIn
> >
> >
> > Temporally enables the setting "Shutdown even if a user is logged in"
> >
> > -MapGlobalDrives
> >
> >
> > Map the drives set in rrConfig at startup.
> >
> > -NoPassOnClose
> >
> >
> > The Client does not ask for a password if you try to close it.
> >
> > (Overrides the setting rrConfig,Tab Logins "Lock with rrAdmin password")
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RE: Softimage Rental?

2013-09-09 Thread Jeremy Smith 
Yeah.. where is Softimage on that list?  I hope we won't have to hire the Suite 
just to get access to Soft...  Come on Autodesk!

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[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sofronis 
Efstathiou
Sent: 09 September 2013 16:51
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: Softimage Rental?

Ahhh - you mean individually - arse.

Sofronis Efstathiou

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Computer Animation Academic Group
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From: Sofronis Efstathiou
Sent: 09 September 2013 16:50
To: 'softimage@listproc.autodesk.com'; 'r...@casema.nl'
Subject: RE: Softimage Rental?


Doesn't it come with the Entertainment Creation Suite - Premium/Ultimate - 
which is $425/525 Monthly?


Sofronis Efstathiou

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Computer Animation Academic Group
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Sent: 09 September 2013 16:44
To: r...@casema.nlmailto:r...@casema.nl; 
softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Softimage Rental?

Maybe someone need to send an email to Autodesk, in case they forgot that they 
acquired Softimage a couple of years ago
Its amazing and really sad how they don't care about this software

Anyway a rental option would be nice

2013/9/9 Rob Wuijster r...@casema.nlmailto:r...@casema.nl
not seeing Softimage on that list



Rob



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So are we going to be getting a rental option?

http://www.autodesk.com/buy/us-prices
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RE: 2014-2013

2013-07-05 Thread Jeremy Smith 
Hello,

Sandy's cache suggestion will work; unfortunately there is no save as option 
to save the scene as a older version of Soft.  We sometimes need to cache 
geo/animation from one version of software to another and this works for us!

Hopefully you can get your renderfarm updated to 2014 shortly!

Jeremy

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Sandy Sutherland 
[sandy.mailli...@gmail.com]
Sent: 05 July 2013 11:41
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: 2014-2013

Well you could write out caches - then export obj of geometry - go into
the previous Softimage, import the obj - load the cache onto it and redo
the texture - UV should go with the obj - camera you could try fbx.

S.


On 2013/07/05 12:38 PM, Pingo van der Brinkloev wrote:
 I don't evern have caches. This scene is so simple. I'm using 2 texture maps 
 and everything else is super simple animation and geo.

 Isn't there a cheat? Somehow to get soft to think it's a 2013 scene?

 P

 On 05/07/2013, at 12.33, Sandy Sutherland sandy.mailli...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Honda 'Hands' Commercial

2013-07-05 Thread Jeremy Smith 
Great stuff.. very good work.  Congrats guys! :)

On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 5:19 PM, adrian wyer
adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.comwrote:

 ** ** **

 great work guys!

 ** **

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 *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
 softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Simon Reeves
 *Sent:* 05 July 2013 17:06
 *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
 *Subject:* Honda 'Hands' Commercial

 ** **

 Hey everyone,

 ** **

 Here at Analog we've just finished up working on a commercial directed by
 Smith  Foulkes with Nexus for Honda, and I convinced the guys here to give
 Softimage a go ;) 

  

 http://www.analogstudio.co.uk/work/honda

 ** **

 quoting from the link above (because it is true): 

 *'We were responsible of the assembly of the multiple shots, remove
 props, track all the objects, shade, light and render everything. All of
 the FX animation, compositing and grading also happened under one roof at
 Analog. We shared the modelling with Nexus since it was a massive
 undertaking with so many products. Nexus also provided us with the amazing
 character animations and the subtle physical secondary movements of the
 objects.'*

 ** **

 Soft was very handy considering we were working on long shots, with so
 many models (3/4 passes for each object, 13 objects ish in one shot I think)
 

 We had all the animation cached out of max from Nexus, and I wrote scripts
 to clean up obj's, hook up all the objects to their respective caches
 through ICE, and transfer materials/clusters when we had to bring in new
 models revisions. Considering how much cache there was moving around soft
 handled it well! 

 Oh and we rendered in VRay, as the guys here are used to using it for
 years from Max so I think that helped the transition to Soft!

 ** **

 Also, interesting working with another studio like that! I've not done
 something like that before really

 ** **

 Cheers!
 



 Simon Reeves

 London**, **UK

 *si...@simonreeves.com*
 *www.simonreeves.com*

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