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Render Farm
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A render farm is a computer cluster to render computer generated imagery (CGI), typically for film and television special effects. The rendering of images is a highly parallelizable activity, as each frame can be calculated independently of the others, with the main communication between processors being the upload of the initial models and textures, and the download of the finished images.
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What is a render farm?
A render farm is a computer cluster to render computer generated imagery (CGI), typically for film and television special effects. The rendering of images is a highly parallelizable activity, as each frame can be calculated independently of the others, with the main communication between processors being the upload of the initial models and textures, and the download of the finished images. (Source: Wikipedia.org)
How much faster is a render farm?
As a rule of thumb, CGI images take roughly an hour per frame to render. This figure has remained roughly constant over two decades, in spite of huge improvements in computer processing power. The reason for this is that advances in computer power are absorbed by increased computation in order to meet demands to achieve state-of-the-art image quality, whilst the hour-per-frame figure arises from the demands of production timescales.
The use of render farms in the entertainment industry can be viewed as one early application of grid computing. (Source: Wikipedia.org)
How do I set up a render farm?
Check out Build Your Own Render Farm for some help.
Is Nucleo Pro compatible with a renderfarm?
The render farm (including Adobe's Watch Folder) will not benefit from Nucleo's render features. There is no way for the remote AE render engine to recognize Nucleo's render functions when it a receives a job. (Chris Cooke, GridIron Software Verification and Support)
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