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 < [email protected]> 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 > [email protected] > _____________________________ > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [ > [email protected]] on behalf of Stephen Davidson [ > [email protected]] > *Sent:* 21 July 2012 18:46 > *To:* RuiSantos; [email protected] > > *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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>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" <[email protected]<mailto: >>>> [email protected]>> 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 >> * [email protected] >> >> >> >> <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 > * [email protected] > > > > <http://www.3danimationmagic.com> > My Website is *GREEN*, Is yours? > > [image: affiliate_link]<http://www.fatcow.com/join/index.bml?AffID=626478> > > -- -=T=-
