Return-Path: Received: from gateway02.websitewelcome.com ([67.18.36.20] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5086798 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 28 May 2013 19:33:34 +0200 Received: by gateway02.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id E445C50389758; Tue, 28 May 2013 12:42:54 -0500 (CDT) Received: from gator1184.hostgator.com (gator1184.hostgator.com [174.121.151.98]) by gateway02.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D45AD503896E7 for ; Tue, 28 May 2013 12:42:54 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [24.163.5.74] (port=55306 helo=Neptune) by gator1184.hostgator.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UhNvI-0005TK-JR for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 28 May 2013 12:43:00 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Stephen van Vuuren" To: "'After Effects Mail List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [AE] Render Farm Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 13:43:00 -0400 Organization: SV2 Studios Message-ID: <029a01ce5bca$ccbd1bf0$663753d0$@sv2studios.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_029B_01CE5BA9.45AD50B0" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQGVOTn2LEGCDHCBvXJW8lRVE1UwVpmNIcbQ Content-Language: en-us X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator1184.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - sv2studios.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: (Neptune) [24.163.5.74]:55306 X-Source-Auth: stephen@sv2studios.com X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: c3RlcGhlbnY7c3RlcGhlbnY7Z2F0b3IxMTg0Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_029B_01CE5BA9.45AD50B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > I have to disagree here. Image sequences suck for time critical renders in my case. I will agree and disagree - it depends on a lot of factors. Lost time due to QT render failing if the renders are long (I routinely have 3 to 5 day renders) means I always use image sequences and compile to image sequences and store as image sequences. But if you have short renders that almost never barf - QT only workflow can make sense on a small render farm (mine is 2-4 machines). Disk and LAN speed is also a factor as well as which QT codec you use - speed varies considerably there. It's sounds like in your world "an hour" is a really long time. In my world "an hour" is an average single frame render speed J stephen van vuuren 336.202.4777 http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ http://www.sv2dcp.com/ http://www.sv2studios.com/ A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. -Stanley Kubrick ------=_NextPart_000_029B_01CE5BA9.45AD50B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable signature1

> I have to disagree here. Image sequences suck for time = critical renders in my case.

 

I will agree and disagree – it depends on a lot of factors. = Lost time due to QT render failing if the renders are long (I routinely = have 3 to 5 day renders) means I always use image sequences and compile = to image sequences and store as image sequences.

 

But if you have short renders that almost never barf – QT only = workflow can make sense on a small render farm (mine is 2-4 machines). =

 

Disk and LAN speed is also a factor as well as which QT codec you use = – speed varies considerably there. It’s sounds like in your = world “an hour” is a really long time. In my world “an = hour” is an average single frame render speed J

 

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http://www.sv2dcp.com/

http://www.sv2studios.com/

 

A film is – or should be – more like music than like = fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, = what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes = later.

–Stanley Kubrick

 

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