Remote Windows management with PsTools, part 3
In this third article on PsTools I talk about how to control V-Ray DR slaves remotely with the PsTools suite.
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Remote Windows management with PsTools, part 2
In this second part of managing Windows machines using the PsTools suite, we will look at how to automate processes involving interacting with a server.
Remote Windows management with PsTools, part 1
One of the advantages of running Linux on render farm machines is the possibility to remotely manage them using the command line. However if you are running the farm on Windows, this is a whole different kind of story.
Managing Maya scenes on multiple platforms
Ever found yourself trying to open a complex Maya scene with nested references on a Windows/Linux network using your Macbook (or any of the other OS combos)?
Turning your renders up to 11
An interview with me on our cloud rendering solutions is now published over at CGSociety.
“We need to make sure that we’re working with the best technology, as some of our projects can be very render intensive,” he begins. “But our motto is to spend time focusing on the creative side of building beautiful images, and let the machines do the hard work.”
Check it out here.
Linear workflow, part 2
This is how I would deal with the linear workflow (including non-linear preview) between Maya 2010 and Nuke 6.0v6.
Enabling Iray in Maya 2011
Mental images and/or Autodesk has intentionally not made Iray available in the latest release of Autodesk Maya; version 2011. But there is a workaround...
Linear workflow, part 1
There seems to be a general confusion on linear workflows and how 3D/compositing packages work, what sRGB/gamma 2.2 is for and why it’s a good idea to render images in linear data throughout the pipeline. This is my take on a linear workflow with Maya and Nuke as well as a bit of history on the subject.
Enabling the mental ray production shaders
The production shader library contains a set of shaders aimed at production users of mental ray. The library contains a diverse collection of shaders, ranging from small utilities such as ray type switching and card opacity to large complex shaders such as the fast 2d motion blur shader.
Kenny Begins
Eleven years after the successful TV series “Kenny Starfighter”, galaxy hero Kenny returns in “Kenny Begins”. The ambitions of the film, shot with the Red One camera, was to become the biggest feature film of the action comedy genre ever made in Sweden, sporting more than 600 visual effects shots.