Return-Path: Received: from mail-qc0-f169.google.com ([209.85.216.169] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4682847 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:50:43 +0200 Received: by qcsd16 with SMTP id d16so948425qcs.28 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:51:26 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer :x-gm-message-state; bh=wJL6bpQ6ndK3l/kRhXniZ1/TbiQOdtowNI3n8/nOEbQ=; b=KZeZSgHVr+hg4/rgdwoop1PScphbgzSSm5Uz88CZP6J2lT/72VfXfeiK21pEcm4edK AKP6u4GOvjT4La0TYNBRQQSyd9JvE6cmJWb0JRMzAhXfsOOs7ocUXYXAdRh/HkubkdGH u5RI0K4X8Cu0tSk+o6otzRd76rKSq3A/0fRObLhHcaRTrXgI5oyZZKH+7fdufeMx38Qu ReGaNlq4R0qht49g6Yk4+RN+zxM9Vg5WsiWj6/BnutOu8xjdwmdZxnrljRXNdI3d2NTs jLJOjV4mFNRouDlqoQMPOJXT5W8MK73vBAISaTQVL1Xnd/NlPKuyufRxXCCbNWSbEYoz ySag== Received: by 10.224.138.145 with SMTP id a17mr1171260qau.43.1334188286024; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:51:26 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from [10.0.0.117] ([65.223.58.66]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id de7sm8470997qab.16.2012.04.11.16.51.24 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:51:25 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Subject: Re: [AE] iMac and AE From: Phil Spitler In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:51:22 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <8031B394-AE8F-4F3B-9DA4-271A85100DDC@bonfirelabs.com> References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQk01FbWJp8cKLRY47rcUdIyOaQXoLgsc4JeShaHA/yl/UfIqj/YBoFzRyh2t9tgTnYBScou We use Smedge for our AE renderfarm and it ROCKS. Phil Phil Spitler | Associate Creative Director | Bonfire Labs | t : = 415.394.8200 | c : 415.571.3139 | Bonfirelabs.com On Apr 11, 2012, at 4:49 PM, Chris Zwar wrote: > On 12/04/2012, at 8:42 AM, Teddy Gage wrote: >> D) I have never seen a mac render farm.=20 >=20 > Is this a common sentiment? Where I am working now they have a Mac = render farm, using 'Deadline' software. In fairness I've been using AE = for almost 15 years and I'd never seen an After Effects render farm = until a year ago. >=20 > When you get the farm to yourself it's pretty magic - yesterday I had = a huge project being simultaneously rendered across 50 processes (just = under 20 Macs rendering two or three processes each). Something that = might take a few days to render on one machine can be ready in a few = minutes. >=20 > If this is something that people are interested in then I can do a = short video about using Deadline for an After Effects render farm and = put it up on the ProVideo Coalition... >=20 > -Chris > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to