Return-Path: Received: from [207.46.163.140] (HELO na01-bn1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5432695 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:09:44 +0200 Received: from CO1PR06MB265.namprd06.prod.outlook.com (10.141.71.15) by CO1PR06MB267.namprd06.prod.outlook.com (10.141.71.19) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.918.8; Mon, 14 Apr 2014 14:11:28 +0000 Received: from CO1PR06MB265.namprd06.prod.outlook.com ([169.254.7.45]) by CO1PR06MB265.namprd06.prod.outlook.com ([169.254.7.45]) with mapi id 15.00.0918.000; Mon, 14 Apr 2014 14:11:28 +0000 From: Stephen van Vuuren To: After Effects Mail List Subject: RE: [AE] AE network rendering questions Thread-Topic: [AE] AE network rendering questions Thread-Index: AQHPVnzxuxH7MoArAUuCdY9ftDBaCJsRJ5eQ Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 14:11:27 +0000 Message-ID: <8fcf83f7c8f44bb6933989005e0a49c7@CO1PR06MB265.namprd06.prod.outlook.com> References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [24.163.5.74] x-forefront-prvs: 0181F4652A x-forefront-antispam-report: SFV:NSPM;SFS:(10019001)(428001)(189002)(199002)(24454002)(53754006)(377454003)(85852003)(83072002)(4396001)(33646001)(16236675002)(15395725003)(83322001)(19580405001)(74502001)(81342001)(76482001)(31966008)(74662001)(74316001)(2656002)(76576001)(86362001)(87936001)(80976001)(81542001)(19580395003)(16601075003)(15202345003)(46102001)(15975445006)(50986999)(92566001)(99286001)(99396002)(77982001)(76176999)(54356999)(80022001)(20776003)(66066001)(19300405004)(79102001)(19609705001)(24736002)(562404015);DIR:OUT;SFP:1102;SCL:1;SRVR:CO1PR06MB267;H:CO1PR06MB265.namprd06.prod.outlook.com;FPR:EE8DF12C.9EF61D80.B1D531BF.4EED5893.2059A;MLV:sfv;PTR:InfoNoRecords;MX:1;A:1;LANG:en; received-spf: None (: sv2studios.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_8fcf83f7c8f44bb6933989005e0a49c7CO1PR06MB265namprd06pro_" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: sv2studios.com --_000_8fcf83f7c8f44bb6933989005e0a49c7CO1PR06MB265namprd06pro_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Good luck. AE + 3rd party plugins does not play well on a farm. Agreed - at least in my small scale testing I got tired of troubleshooting = render problems. I would be interested anyone who has a small to medium AE = render farm with plugins, fonts working well under CC. I've move to individual multi-core machines running AE in local mode for re= ndering now which does not have the theoretical load balancing etc. of a fa= rm, but it works all the time. The monthly CC pricing is actually in the ra= nge of render farm software licenses for the short term (discounted pricing= ). 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 From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of= Louai Abu-Osba Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 2:28 PM To: After Effects Mail List Subject: Re: [AE] AE network rendering questions 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 rea= lly nice admin features. And Draft is so awesome, way better than FFMPEG fo= r post processing tasks. My team has very heavy render experience (like Blu= e 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 us= age 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 : 415.394.82= 00 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 offi= ce and wanted to get input from other users actively doing this. Oddly enou= gh 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 inv= olved being uniform software wise across the board. I am more curious about= real world experience with these setups. Looking for recommendations, pitf= alls, etc... Right now I am setting up our Macs only. I might add the PC's later, but wo= uld 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 inp= ut, 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 > --_000_8fcf83f7c8f44bb6933989005e0a49c7CO1PR06MB265namprd06pro_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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

 <= /p>

Agreed – at least i= n my small scale testing I got tired of troubleshooting render problems. I = would be interested anyone who has a small to medium AE render farm with plugins, fonts working well under CC.

 <= /p>

I’ve move to indivi= dual multi-core machines running AE in local mode for rendering now which d= oes not have the theoretical load balancing etc. of a farm, but it works all the time. The monthly CC pricing is actually in the range of = render farm software licenses for the short term (discounted pricing).=

 <= /p>

stephen van vuuren

336.202.4777

 

http://www.insaturnsrings.com/

http://www.sv2dcp.com/

http://www.sv2studios.com/

 

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

–Stanley Kubrick=

 <= /p>

From: After = Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of Louai Abu-Osba
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 2:28 PM
To: After Effects Mail List
Subject: Re: [AE] AE network rendering questions

 

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 pric= ed, and has lots of really nice admin features. And Draft is so awesome, way better than FFMPEG for post process= ing 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 th= e 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 b= e 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 <phil@bonfirelabs.co= m> wrote:

We use Smedge for AE, Maya, C4d and Houdini and I lo= ve it.

 

I have also tried Rush Render which sucked.

 

Ping me off list if you have any specific questions.=

 

Phil

 

 

Phil Spitler&n= bsp; |  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 <torno@sydefxink.com&= gt; wrote:



Hey everyone,

I am in the process of implementing an AE network render setup for our offi= ce and wanted to get input from other users actively doing this. Oddly enou= gh 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.c= om/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 inv= olved 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 wo= uld 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 inp= ut, thanks.



--
David Torno
Technical Director
http://www.ghos= ttownmedia.com
O: 213.739.2290
C: 818.391.6060
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http://aeioweyo= u.blogspot.com (vfx tutorials and AE scripts blog)



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