7000 Frames Rendered in 0.69 hours @ $0.02/frame

Renderingfox.com, Online render farm

FULL REPORT:

A quiet Saturday weekend, good weather,  perfect for a weekend outing when I received a call from one of the big architects in Pune, India asking for rendering help for one of his project presentations to be held on Monday.

His designers had given up hopes of meeting the deadline. The time to render a single frame at clients end was 4 minutes. For 7000 frames the estimated time was going to to be 466 hours on single PC and almost 78 hours on 6 machines. 

We immediately asked his designers to signup with our render farm RenderingFox.com, and decided to meet at clients office in 20 minutes. Our team member reached the clients office, uploaded the files to be rendered on our server. 

On uploading and firing the render, analysis reports showed that there were design errors on file causing renders to fail. Although out of scope, our technical team worked throughout the day and overnight to figure out the problem, and were able to get a positive render early morning on Sunday. 

The next 10 minutes were spent on setting render files and appropriate frames. Rendering started 8:50 a.m and finished the 7000th frame at  9:34a.m,  40 minutes after the 1st frame. 

7000 frames rendered in 43 minutes at a average cost of just $0.02 per frame. Total cost for rendering was just $153!!

We seek to work on such challenging projects and look forward to help save you render times and at affordable prices. 

Sign up with RenderingFox.com, India's only online renderfarm, available 24x7. Customers pay for what they use at affordable prices. Email us a sales@sixsteps.org.in to know more. 

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3D Printers are less costly variations of RP technology that are positioned as a design tool to create inexpensive models early in the design process. The ability to produce quick, inexpensive ABS models allows the designer to model multiple concepts. Physical models produced on a Dimension 3D Printer allow everyone on the design team to review the concepts. In turn, the company gets better feedback, resulting in a better product. 3D printing allows companies to achieve real time collaboration on a global scale.

Functional Testing

 3D Printers allows you to test form, fit and function - and as many design iterations you like - right from your desktop.

 3D Printers generate durable models in ABS plastic. ABS is the most commonly used plastic in manufacturing today. Cell phones, television sets, and the majority of car interiors are made of ABS or ABS blends. ABS allows you to build durable and functional prototypes that can withstand rigorous testing and won't warp, shrink or absorb moisture. ABS models can be drilled, tapped, sanded and painted. ABS is the material of choice by leading manufacturers and is a major reason why Dimension is the fastest selling, office-friendly machine of it's kind.

Product Cost Reduction

3D printing with quickly enables better communication and collaboration between everyone involved in the process. Poor communication, extensive changes and missed deadlines increase costs exponentially throughout each step of the design and development.  A Wohlers Industry Report notes that a modest engineering change costing $100 in the Proof of Concept phase could escalate to a staggering $1,000,000 when the product is in the field.

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SESSION 5: HOW TO USE A CLOUD 3D RENDERFARM

The previous session we saw how to render a 3dsmax project. A extension to the same this sesion we will see how to setup 3dsmax VRAY project for rendering on RenderingFox.Com, worlds largest and most convinient renderfarm.

Render V-Ray Irradiance Maps, Light Caches with RenderingFox.com

RENDERINGFOX.COM: RENDERFARM

Follow Steps given in Session 4  to setup the 3ds max render. Select approprite file, output format, frame range, cameras etc.  Click next You will be re directed to the Vray Parameter page

Rendering using Renderingfox.com

3dsMax Render Screen

VRay parameter setting

If you render scenes with Vray, you will enter the interface of Vray configuration(as shown). If you are going to render  irradiance maps and light caches, . Select appropriate settings.  Like GI engine. Upload your *.vrmap and *.vrlmaps
Click Next to start render

VRAY Settings for Renderfarm: www.renderingfox.com

The VRay Paramenters can be changed from the provided interface.  Please visit www.renderingfox.com to know more about this renderfarm


RenderingFox.com is the worlds most cost effective 3d renderfarm. We provide self mode and customized render option to our clients. 

Contribute to the Enviorment, Use Renderfarm

Saving energy and helping reduce greenhouse effect is the need of the hour and a responsibility of every person.

Use of renderfarm helps reduce huge emissions, to give you a fair idea of you cancontribute to keep our enviorment safe here is an example.

Assume you have a 6 minute short film to render. It takes 10 min to render on anaverage for each frame on your 4 core 3.6Ghz processor. So assuming 24 frames per second you have to render 8640 frames in total.

When you use our renderfarm, www.renderingfox.com see the results:

As you can see if you use your system it is going to take you a total of 1440hr to render, ie 60 days of 24x7 rendering on your machines!!!!


Using Renderingfox.com you can finish the same job in 3.4 to 4.7 hours!!! and at a nominal cost , saving you  59 days of rendering work


AND WHAT IS YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT

We seek and hope that 3d studios can use the  renderfam technology so we can  make a small effort from our end to save our environment. 

Www.renderingfox.com is the worlds cheapest renderfarm and we can give you best support for your 3d rendering needs. Please register and get $20 worth rendering free.

SESSION 4: Free Course on Use of Renderfarm
HOW TO SUBMIT 3DSMAX RENDERING TASKS ON RENDERINGFOX.COM RENDERFARM

RenderingFox : Worlds largest cloud Renderfarm

We have seen until now ways to upload and extract the project files. Today we will see how to actually use the power of Renderingfox Renderfarm to get the desired output. 

Login to www.renderingfox.com using your registered id and password

After a few steps above, archive scenes, upload, unzip on server , now you can submit your rendering tasks formally.

1.Choose the scene files to be rendered

After login, click on "3dsMax Render" on the left menu as shown, and the relevant input entries are described as below:

MAX version: Choose the right version for your scenes.

Render File: Click "select",then go to the folder of your max files and choose a file (*.max) to be rendered. Then click "next". The system will analyze the default settings in scenes. Also it will check whether the maps/textures/cache files are missing or not.

2. Set up normal rendering parameters
Wait for a few minutes until the analysis is finished, then enter the interface of default rendering parameters(as shown).Details
as follow:
A) The version of scene and rendering engine: your max files are already picked out by the system and can't be modified.
B) Names of output file: the names of output files can only be English letters or numbers, and you need to choose the format of  output images.
C) Set up for frames, you can choose the sequence frames,specific frames and a single frame.
If you choose the sequence frames, such as from 0 to 150 frames,if the step is 1,it means rendering will start from the 0  frame to the 150th frame;if the step is 5,it means rendering 1 frame every other 5 frames,for example,0, the 5th ,the 10th ,the
15th ...the 150th .
If you choose specific frames: you need to enter the number of specific frames ,which can be separated by comma, for  example:"1-20,120" means that rendering from the first frame to the 20th frame and the 120th frame,in total 21 frames.
Note: The number of frames must be positive instead of negative.
D) Size of output images: Width and Length.The system has already analyzed the default size,so there is no need to modify if it's correct.
E) Camera: The system has already analyzed all the cameras in the scenes,you just need choose a camera which you want to  render.
F) Options: Choose the options according to your scenes.
G) Language Switch:  If your maps/textures/meshs' filenames contain Chinese/Japanese/Korea, please check it. During rendering, the files will be renamed from Chinese into English. If you don't do this, maps may not be found when you render them by 3dsMax2008 or 3dsMax2009.
H) Found & Lost files list: System will analyze your scenes and show the file names, such as textures, meshes, animation caches on the list. If some files are missing, there will be a red prompting showing "lost" on the top of the "Status" item. If the file is found, it will show "Found". Assume that you forget to upload some files, you can click the "upload" link beside the table,so that you can upload it via the web immediately. Of course, you can use the ftp,then click "refresh" and detect it again until everything is found.
You can click "next" as all the files you need are found.Then enter into the interface of parameter setting of V-Ray(if Vray is the current renderer).

3. V-ray parameter setting
If you render scenes with Vray, you will come to the interface of V-ray configuration as shown. Through it, you can set up for  rendering irradiance maps/light caches, or loading vray-maps to render them formally. The details of configuration are the same as the configuration of V-ray. After setting up, click "next".
We will be seeing another demo in next session for vray files. 

4. Rendering machine setting
There're two options as shown
A) Render single frame one by one. The system will render your scene frame by frame with a higher priority, you can check
the result when finish the first frame. If there is no error, you can click "full-speed rendering" in the task control panel so that the
system will assign machines as many as available to render the task without submitting it again.
B) Full-speed rendering. This is for experienced users or the scene has already finished a single frame rendering correctly. The
System will immediately assign machines as many as possible to render your scene.
5.  Rendering Submit and Track
Then click "next",rendering task will be submitted to the system. Thus,all the steps of submitting rendering tasks are already finished. After submitting,you will get a task number. You can monitor your process at any time in the mission control layout.

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SESSION 3: HOW TO USE A 3D CLOUD RENDERFARM
TOPIC: UNZIPPING ON SERVER

Rendering Fox : Worlds best Renderfarm

We continue our free session on use of cloud renderfarm, www.renderingfox.com, worlds most cost effective 3d renderfarm. Use of renderfarm for rendering 3d projects is extremely beneficial to enhance your business process and increase business competitiveness. Use of  3d renderfarm will not only reduce the rendering time of your projects but will also reduce your project costs thus giving you a double gain. 

Visit www.renderingfox.com to know more or CLICK HERE to register for free and get full access to the cloud renderfarm. Get $20 worth of rendering free with every new registration

Previous post we learnt of the two ways of uploading files to be rendered onto the server. As mentioned I would personally suggest the use of FTP servers like filezilla to upload my zipped project files as its convenient and I have found it to suit my liking. Please remember to upload the files in the input folder. See previous post for details

Once the project folder is uploaded, next is the part of extracting the project files. This is a straight forward process but nevertheless an important one.

UNZIP ON SERVER


1. Choose the package you want to unzip.
As log in, you can click "Unzip Online" on the left side menu as shown, then click "select" button.






2. Click the icon of folders, then enter into the directory which contains your packages. Take "Project001" as an example, click the icon of "project001" folder, then choose what you want to unzip, and click the "next". ( Note: The icon "[..]" means back to the parent directory ).

3. Wait for a few seconds, you'll see the log of unziping, if it is successful, it will show "Everything is OK" at the bottom

4.After unziping, you can submit your rendering tasks formally.

Next session we will get into the more details of the renderfarm. We will learn how to setup the rendering farm for 3dsmax projects.

RENDERINGFOX

If you have just started following the session please see previous entries to learn the other basics. Follow this blog to stay updated on the latest developments on the 3d design and development front.

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HOW TO USE 3D CLOUD RENDER-FARM

SESSION 2: FREE  USER TRAINING 

RENDERINGFOX .COM  CHEAPEST RENDER-FARM IN THE WORLD

Click here to Regsiter free with www.renderingfox.com for full access to the cloud renderfarm 

Last session we had read in brief of different ways to upload 3d project files.
As a continuation to our training course today we will see in details the upload options available with Indias first cloud renderfarm, www.renderingfox.com.

Files can be uploaded via 2 methods
1. Webased using online tool
2. FTP based

**We recommend archiving your project files, source materials like textures, scenes etc in .zip or .rar for efficient uploading. Please upload your entire project source file and related attributes


WEB BASED: USING ONLINE TOOL

A) Log into www.renderingfox.com via IE browser. Check the menu on the left hand "Upload File". If this is your first time to use web-upload function, a dialogue box will pop up at the top of your browser, asking whether you are going to install this widget:

B) Click widget to install , a dialogue box of Security warning will pop up, click "Install". 

C) After the widget is installed, please refresh the page so that it can run correctly.  Click "Add Files" to choose files and click "Start Upload" as shown below:

D) After the uploading is done, Click the button "Refresh" to reload the files list. You will find the uploaded files. To unzip the uploaded package, just click on the "Extract"

E) After the extraction complete, you can "Submit Render Task" now.

FTP BASED: USING FILEZILLA FTP  UPLOADINGTOOL

If you are an experienced ftp client user, you could skip this tutorial and just need to know the following information:

FTP Host: ftp.foxrenderfarm.com

USER: Your registration id

PASSWORD: Your registration password

Port: 21

1.Download and setup the ftp client software 'Filezilla'.
Click " FileZilla  on left side of the page, http://www.renderingfox.com/Support.html then setup "Filezilla" and you'll see a Filezilla icon on your desktop

2. Double-click to run the Filezilla, and input
"ftp.foxrenderfarm.com" into the 'Host' item,
 your registered id into "Username"
and your registered password into "Password",
then enter "21" into "Port" item, and at last click the "quick-connect ".

3.After account is successfully connected, you will see two folders "input" and "output" on the right side as shown,double click "input". Enter your destination folder where you would like the files to be uploaded, such as "project001"etc.

4.Right-click on the archive made in your local disks on the left, then choose the "upload" on the popup menu ,and the progress bar will be shown at the bottom.

5. Please wait until the progress bar shows 100%.

These are the simple steps to upload your 3d project. Extremely simple easy to use. In the next session we will see how to extract the uploaded zip files. 

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www.renderingfox.com is a leading renderfarm setup using cloud power to enhance and catalyze business operations of 3d animators and animation studios. Renderingfox.com boasts of one of the largest rendering setup in the world at the most cost efficienct prices.

INDIAS FIRST CLOUD RENDERFARM

Starting now and for the next few weeks we will continue to post ways to use the cloud setup. A consolidated user document of the same is available of www.renderingfox.com/Support.html.


HOW TO UPLOAD FILES FOR RENDERING



How to Upload Files
You can upload files to Renderingfox renderfarm servers through the following two ways:

1.WEB. It supports automatic multi-thread uploading and continuous transmission on the breakpoint. It is applied to all users.
This uploading way can only be proceed via IE browser.

2 .FTP. This is a common way for files uploading, it's fast and reliable. If you meet a sudden interruption of the network when you're uploading,"transmission at break-points" will work when the network recovers.


The purpose of the above two methods is the same, to upload your project files onto the RenderingFox renderfarm server.
Before uploading, please make sure that you understand the directory structure of the RenderingFox render farm server.

After registration, you will get a personal space of 100G which will contain two folders named as "input" and "output".

The folder "input":  This folder is used for uploading your project files. We suggest you create separate subdirectories such as "Project001", "Project002" according to your own needs. After registration, there're default "Project001","Project002" already, also you can create some other folders such as "ProjectXXX". You can upload your project files (Scenes, caches, meshes, etc ) to the appropriate sub directories, then just submit rendering.


The folder "output": This folder is used for saving rendered images. When you submit a new task,the system will create different folders according to the number of tasks in the folder "output". When rendering is finished,you can find and download your rendered images in the "output" folder.


The next post we will see in details the web uploading process of the cloud renderfarm


To read/download the consolidated  cloud renderfarm user document please visit www.renderingfox.com/Support.html.


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REAL TIME 3D CLOUD RENDERING FOR ALL ANIMATION STUDIOS AND ARTISTS 

3d animation requires rendering time to complete the processing of the designed animation/project. This processing time is known as "Rendering" time. This rendering takes hours, or even days of non stop processing on studio computers and workstations. Many artists and animation studios lack the costly infrastructure and until now had done rendering by setting aside one or a few of the available workstations to do the rendering, Sometimes even sacrificing their own working computers for rendering. Since rendering requires heavy processing this meant that the computers doing rendering could not be used for other parallel work. The long time required for rendering and non nonavailability of machines to work on, forced animation studios and animators to sacrifice crucial project opportunities, work on strict deadlines and long lead times. This also meant passing the opportunity cost onto the customers. Even with the high end graphics solutions available rendering is the biggest time consuming part of a project life-cycle and a major deterrent for many animators and studios to carry out big projects and compete with the industry giants. 

Setting up number of spare computers for parallel processing is an option but even that comes with its limitations. As each computer needs to be technologically advanced and this means increase in cost. A studio can consciously only invest a certain amount on such computers beyond which the purchase becomes nonviable. Even the maintenance of the purchased machines like temperature control, backup, electricity consumption etc are a heavy burden and hence always avoided. 

All of the above issues can be solved by using www.renderingfox.com

Six Steps launches cloud rendering setup, www.renderingfox.com, that will give access to animators and animation studios to over 200+ servers on demand (24x7, 365 days) to satisfy their rendering needs. The most technologically advanced setup of multiple cores, over 4800 cores is available for any user at nominal cost. 

Animators and studios can use RenderingFox setup from remote locations by just logging into their account on www.renderingfox.com, uploading their project files and press render to generate instant render output.

Six Steps is a 3d technology firm and our core focus is on providing and maintaining the cloud render setup for all animators and studios to use. Mass capitalization and resource sharing online allows us to be the cheapest render farm available. Th power of cloud with latest technology also makes us the fastest. 

Now using our render setup animators and animation studios can reduce their rendering time from days to just a few hours. We support softwares likes 3dsmax, maya and host of plugins and rendering tools. 

We strongly suggest all 3d studios and those related to animation industry to share this with fellow colleagues and help all reduce costs and make the industry more efficient. 

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Rendering: a animators nightmare. Its the most time consuming and expensive part of the project process and requires heavy computer processing to complete. Many studios and animators are unable to work on multiple projects and speed up project delivery because of this bottleneck. Increasing the number of workstations is not a feasible option because of the heavy costs involved. A single high end workstation may cost upto Rs. 1,00,000/-!!! Not to mention the cost of software, maintenance, wear and tear of machine and electricity involved. The investment in such machines is a major deterrent and rightly so, as many a times the investment to returns are not justified. Studios and animators prefer to work on  available machines and lose crucial time and have long delivery schedules, a reason why many talented artists and studios have being unable to scale.

 As a Industrial animaion firm, Six Steps faced similar issues of scaling and decided to do something that will benefit the entire animation Industry. 

Six Steps and its partners  have invested over USD 1.2 million  to setup Indias first cloud renderfarm enabling the entire animation industry to access our setup at nominal prices. 

WWW.RENDERINGFOX.COM is a online application to enable animators to access over 200 high end servers on demand and only pay for what they use. Prices are as low as just Rs.1 ($0.05) per core hour.
Unlimited plans are also available for users with anticipated heavy rendering requirements. The solution can be used by following simple 3 steps

STEP1: UPLOAD PROJECT FILES
STEP2: SELECT RENDER SETUP AND PRESS START
STEP3: DOWNLOAD RENDERED OUTPUT

The hardware specification of each machine is as follows:

Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 * 2, 24 Cores with Hyper-Threading
RAM: 24GB 
Local networking:20Gbps InfiniBand 
OVER 200 such machines


SOFTWARES SUPPORTED

3dsMax 9 (32/64-bit) 3dsMax2008 (64-bit) 3dsMax2009 (64-bit) 3dsMax2010 (64-bit)  3dsMax2011 (64-bit)  3dsMax2012 (64-bit)	V-Ray Scanline  Final Render  Mental Ray Krakatoa	VRayScatter 2.5 MultiScatter 1.1.05/1.0.18a Afterburn V4.0 DreamScape 2.5 FUMEFX 2.1  Thinking.Particles V3.0_SP2 RealFlow V5  Tree Storm ForestPackPro3.0 Glu3D
Maya 7.0 (32-bit) Maya 8.5 (64-bit) Maya 2008 (64-bit) Maya 2009 (64-bit) Maya 2010 (64-bit) Maya 2011 (64-bit) Maya 2012 (64-bit)	Software MentalRay V-Ray 2.00.04

Get $20/- (INR 1100/- ) on every new registration. Registration is free and non conditional. Animators can use his amount to try the application. Share this with every animator or studio so they can take advantage of the service and help the industry become more profitable and efficient.

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