The LA-based creative agency used PipelineFX’s intelligent render farm manager, Qube!, to create the logo animation shown in films like Oscar-winner ‘Manchester by the Sea.’ Founded in Los Angeles in 1996, Ant Farm is one of the world’s leading full-service entertainment and advertising agencies -- creating, marketing, and distributing content for a diverse client portfolio.…
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Spacejunk Expands Render Capabilities with PipelineFX’s Qube!
“3D animation became a key part of our toolkit .. we needed an efficient render management process when the number of projects going through the studio each month increased to a level that required our machines to work nonstop," says Michael Blosel, owner of Spacejunk. Since its humble beginnings 10 years ago when Robb Dierken and Michael…
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Image Engine Tames “Chappie” Renders with Qube!
“Qube! can deliver a lot of hard data about your farm and we mine it all,” said Gino del Rosario, Head of Technology at Image Engine. No Crashes and Customized Render Farm Management Tools Efficiently Produce 500K+ Render Jobs for the Film How many CPU minutes does it take to make 1,000 VFX shots for “Chappie”?…
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Faster desktop machines VS the need for a render farm
Most often, when it comes to replacing machines in a studio, artist desktop machines are the first to get updated with the latest and fastest machines available. Do "faster desktops" remove the need of a "render farm"? Not necessarily. For any studio purchasing new equipment and still contemplating the need to keep their current render farm…
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