Render Farm

[interstellar]

I need to render a simple EIAS 9.1 project at 4k, 29.97 fps. The only plugin it uses is KMyst v1.0.1 which is applied to about 100 uberspheres. My Mac will take a week to render 750 frames, and it needs to be done much sooner. My Mac can't communicate with the internet because its OS 10.6.8, is incompatible with our internet gateway device. Does anyone know how I could get my file to a renderfarm?

Thanks,

Joe Tucciarone

[GeordieJames]

Hi Joe,

Do you have access to other local computers (Mac or PC) ?

If so, even without internet access you could create your own renderfarm and distribute the frames that way.

If you haven't done this before its very straightforward to set up.

All the best

James

 

 

[interstellar]

Hi James - Thanks for responding; I got an iMac from my local Mac dealer last night. I networked it but with only two cores, it's not helping much!

[GeordieJames]

No problem, how long is each frame taking ?

And whilst I am a Mac afficianado don't forget you can use PCs as render nodes just as easily as Macs so if there are of those knocking about on your local network then it can be a very cost effective way to work.