Return-Path: Received: from homiemail-a110.g.dreamhost.com ([69.163.253.135] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5431598 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 12 Apr 2014 20:26:53 +0200 Received: from homiemail-a110.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a110.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 308EE2007F119 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2014 11:28:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=louai.org; h=mime-version :in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; s=louai.org; bh=o1gsv7WUH3Drez8B27wyh8nnXKk=; b=e QVZU+NuuZBEaMaxL4YLuZSPOqNCchrG6trt5KTtkYyLUXVjweo56XnSDuC9V5gY1 QnevzqXxhOGusrYd98cJG0OpfYt/Z5HPnCrSaec1LzTAPgC5OPEepX0eex/B5FDs f/a7x9eiKOW/Mzfonmv3XyBonWd3CtS7a7384ZGtZs= Received: from mail-la0-f53.google.com (mail-la0-f53.google.com [209.85.215.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: me@louai.org) by homiemail-a110.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9D3332007F115 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2014 11:28:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-la0-f53.google.com with SMTP id b8so4440034lan.26 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2014 11:28:35 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.112.171.67 with SMTP id as3mr21217410lbc.10.1397327315932; Sat, 12 Apr 2014 11:28:35 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.131.195 with HTTP; Sat, 12 Apr 2014 11:28:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Louai Abu-Osba Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 14:28:05 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] AE network rendering questions To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c2620c4d1c9604f6dc9e3f --001a11c2620c4d1c9604f6dc9e3f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Deadline hands down! It's the best render manager I've ever used and deals all the non standard aerender craziness pretty well. It's all Python, comes with excellent submitters, great support, well priced, and has lots of really nice admin features. And Draft is so awesome, way better than FFMPEG for post processing tasks. My team has very heavy render experience (like Blue Sky and Weta films) and we've used almost every major package out there. Deadline is the best so far. I haven't used Smedge but the rest of the team hates it, apparently theres a lot of things that fall apart under heavy usage and lots of nodes, for a small farm it might be fine. Good luck. AE + 3rd party plugins does not play well on a farm. -louai On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Phil Spitler wrote: > We use Smedge for AE, Maya, C4d and Houdini and I love it. > > I have also tried Rush Render which sucked. > > Ping me off list if you have any specific questions. > > Phil > > > *Phil Spitler* | Creative Technologist | *Bonfire Labs* | t : > 415.394.8200 m : 415.571.3139 > > Website | Facebook| > LinkedIn > > On Apr 11, 2014, at 12:06 PM, David Torno wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > I am in the process of implementing an AE network render setup for our > office and wanted to get input from other users actively doing this. Oddly > enough we really haven't had a real need for one until now. > > So far I have been pointed towards: > > Smedge: http://www.uberware.net/smedge/ > > Rush: http://seriss.com/rush/ > > Deadline: http://www.thinkboxsoftware.com/deadline/ > > The ultimate goal and process our house is dealing with will be outputting > 2K-4K DPX sequences. I already know about making sure that all machines > involved being uniform software wise across the board. I am more curious > about real world experience with these setups. Looking for recommendations, > pitfalls, etc... > > Right now I am setting up our Macs only. I might add the PC's later, but > would keep them isolated to prevent PC and MAC issues with variances. > > At the moment we have 7 macs available for this setup. I appreciate any > input, thanks. > > > > -- > David Torno > Technical Director > http://www.ghosttownmedia.com > O: 213.739.2290 > C: 818.391.6060 > ------------------------------------------------ > http://aeioweyou.blogspot.com (vfx tutorials and AE scripts blog) > > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > > > --001a11c2620c4d1c9604f6dc9e3f Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Deadline hands down! It's the best render manager I= 9;ve ever used and deals all the non standard aerender craziness pretty wel= l. It's all Python, comes with excellent submitters, great support, wel= l priced, and has lots of really nice admin features. And Draft is so aweso= me, way better than FFMPEG for post processing tasks. My team has very heav= y render experience (like Blue Sky and Weta films) and we've used almos= t every major package out there. Deadline is the best so far. I haven't= used Smedge but the rest of the team hates it, apparently theres a lot of = things that fall apart under heavy usage and lots of nodes, for a small far= m it might be fine.

Good luck. AE + 3rd party plugins does not play well on a fa= rm.

-louai
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On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Phil Spi= tler <phil@bonfirelabs.com> wrote:
We use S= medge for AE, Maya, C4d and Houdini and I love it.

I hav= e also tried Rush Render which sucked.

Ping me off list if you have any specific questions.

Phil


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On Apr 11, 2014, at 12:06 PM, David Torno <torno@sydefxink.com> wrote= :

Hey everyone,

I am in the proce= ss of implementing an AE network render setup for our office and wanted to = get input from other users actively doing this. Oddly enough we really have= n't had a real need for one until now.

So far I have been pointed towards:

Smedge: http://www.uberware.net/smedge/

Rush: http:= //seriss.com/rush/

Deadline: http://www.thinkboxsoftware.com/deadline/

The ultima= te goal and process our house is dealing with will be outputting 2K-4K DPX = sequences. I already know about making sure that all machines involved bein= g uniform software wise across the board. I am more curious about real worl= d experience with these setups. Looking for recommendations, pitfalls, etc.= ..

Right now I am setting up our Macs only. I might add the PC's later= , but would keep them isolated to prevent PC and MAC issues with variances.=

At the moment we have 7 macs available for this setup. I appreciate= any input, thanks.



--
David Torno
Technical Director
http://www.ghosttownmedia.comO: = 213.739.2290
C: 81= 8.391.6060
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http://aeioweyou.blo= gspot.com (vfx tutorials and AE scripts blog)



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