“Qube! is quite a hit here, especially during finals season. It’s saved the hides of several students.”

      — Pratt Institute

PipelineFX is dedicated to providing education and digital media programs of all sizes with the best render farm management solution at an affordable price. PipelineFX is proud to be your partner in the training of tomorrow’s talent.

Qube! is used by leading schools. Top digital media schools choose Qube! to manage their rendering help their students prepare for the demanding world of visual effects and computer graphics.

Qube! is easy for students and faculty to use. Out of the box interfaces for many digital media applications means simple submissions for students and exposure of all render features.

Qube!'s licensing models fit every budget. Choose perpetual or annual licensing and take advantage of web-based on-demand short-term license rentals.

Qube! works on all of your computing platforms. Cross platform support allows a single interface to manage Windows, Linux and OSX desktops and servers combining all computing resources to maximize render throughput.

Qube! saves administrative time by being centrally managed. IT administrators and lab technicians spend less time configuring and troubleshooting renders and render servers.

Qube! maximizes use of your multi-core desktops. Qube! Makes it easy to schedule the use of desktops during down times, at night and on the weekend. Qube!'s “Permeable Clustering” technology allows groups to have priority over their systems while making the same systems available to other classes when not being used by the primary.

Qube! is much faster than other systems. Qube!'s “Dynamic Allocation” technology maximizes render throughput by loading the application and scene file only once, and then sending single frames to each render host until the job is complete. Faster hosts finish first and are dispatched another frame. All without having to re-load the application or the scene file. This unique technology also allows users to scale up or down the number of render hosts allocated to a job on the fly. Dramatically improving turn around for student work iteration means more time creating and better finished projects.

Qube! helps you better manage the rendering process. Qube! is backed by a MySQL database that records everything that happens in the system, allowing you to track license usage, automate complex rendering processes using callbacks, report farm utilization statistics and monitor usage of rendering resources by user, department, project, etc...

Qube! is the professionals' choice. Using the market leading render farm manager allows students using Qube! to become familiar with the software being used by top studios around the world including Bioware, Digital Domain, Starz Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Image-Engine, Laika Studios, MTV, NBC Universal, Radical Entertainment, Rainmaker Animation, ReelFX, Smoke and Mirrors, South Park Studios, Speed Shape, The Ant Farm and Aardman Animation.

Must be a diploma or degree-granting institution to qualify. Perpetual education license pricing:

• Supervisor License (1): List Price: $600 Education price: $420

• Supervisor Annual Support: List Price: $120 Education price: $84

• Worker Licenses (per host): List Price: $300 Education price: $210

• Worker Annual Support: List Price: $60 Education price: $42