PipelineFX, makers of Qube!™ – the leading render farm management software for digital media creation announced today that Base FX has chosen Qube! to manage their growing render farm and the increased complexity of their render pipeline.
Base FX is a visual effects and animation production studio located in Los Angeles with production offices in Beijing, China.
“We work pretty hard to maximize our resources, and when we looked at our render needs and the options available to us, we realized that only Qube! and PipelineFX had the tools and support to solve the issues we were facing,” said Christopher Bremble, President and CEO of Base FX. “As we’ve taken on more and more complexity in our work, and increased our render times, our needs for additional capacity took us a bit by surprise. We’d relied on internal tools for the last five years, which just couldn’t keep up with our workflow. We knew we needed to bullet-proof our render management and sought a vendor that not only had an out of the box solution for all the applications we currently use – Nuke and Houdini – but also has integration with our next generation of pipeline tools, RV and Shotgun. Qube!’s new web-based reporting feature with Roambi was also a big plus for us. I’m data dog, and want to see exactly what’s happening, and the Roambi integration had me smiling in seconds.”
“We’re also really excited about the API, and our ability to take the great platform Qube! offers and make adjustments quickly and easily to match our pipeline. We have a lot of younger artists in the company, so we’ve scripted checking tools into the pipeline to make sure we’re being smart and efficient. Qube! has made that process very straightforward. The support has been amazing.”
Base FX is currently working on projects for all the major studios, including Soul Surfer, Conan the Barbarian, Roadkill, and Boardwalk Empire. The company recently won an Emmy for their work on HBO’s hit series The Pacific, and provided a large number of shots for HBO’s currently running series Boardwalk Empire.
"We are excited to be working with such a fast-growing studio in China," said Richard Lewis, CEO of PipelineFX. "Base FX has done the work to build a talented team and an efficient pipeline that is paying off in terms of speed of shot turn-around and maximizing artist productivity."
About Qube!
Qube! is a robust and highly scalable render management solution that can be quickly integrated into any production workflow, and is backed by world-class technical support. Qube! can be easily tailored to any pipeline requirements and works out of the box with all leading content creation applications including Autodesk® 3ds Max®, Autodesk Maya®, XSI®, NUKE™, Shake®, Adobe® After Effects®, Pixar’s RenderMan®, DNA Research’s 3Delight, Eyeon® Digital Fusion™ and many more. Qube! runs on Windows®, Linux®, and Mac OS®X operating systems.
About PipelineFX
As the leading provider of renderfarm management solutions for digital content creation, PipelineFX helps organization reduce the burden of rendering in computer graphics work. Nearly 500 customers worldwide include BBC, Digital Domain, Electronic Arts, Fisher Price, General Motors, Herman Miller, Imagemovers Digital, Laika Studios, Lockheed Martin, MTV, NBC, NHK, Rainmaker Entertainment Inc., Reel FX, Smoke & Mirrors, Reliance Mediaworks, South Park Studios, Starz Entertainment, Technicolor and Telemundo. PipelineFX is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, and has offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Portland, Austin and Las Vegas.
