PipelineFX, makers of Qube!™ – the leading render farm management software for digital media creation announced today the release of Qube! verison 6.1 which continues the vision of "smart farming" announced at Siggraph with the release of version 6.0. Some of the highlights of this release are:
Output Image Thumbnails
Artists can now monitor their renders graphically with image output thumbnails in the GUI. Thumbnails are useful for seeing render issues at a glance. A typical use case would be rendering four layers per frame. Artists can then "scrub" up and down to see the image render progression at a glance.
Dynamically Loaded Menus
Technical Directors and artists can now modify any and all menus in the Qube! GUI or submission plug-ins dynamically, allowing on the fly customization and rapid integration into existing pipelines. These changes are then automatically loaded into future releases, with no need to merge menu changes into the latest release of the QubeGUI code.
Graphical Dependencies
Artists and render wranglers can now easily monitor and manage complex work lists or sets of inter-dependent jobs graphically. Jobs or individual frames are color-coded by status, making it simple to track the progress of your entire work list, or detect why a particular frame has not started yet. All possible job and frame control operations are available through right-click menus from this view.
In-Application Houdini Submission
For artists working with Houdini, job submission just became even easier. The new in-application submission interface enables the artist to submit a render to the farm with a single mouse click. The frame range and path to the Houdini project file are automatically filled in.
Customers currently on support can download version 6.1 immediately from the PipelineFX ftp site. Contact support@pipelinefx.com to request a 6.1 license. Download “<a href="http://www.pipelinefx.com.news/article.php?id=188″>What’s New in Qube! 6.1” from www.pipelinefx.com.
“We work closely with our customers to provide the render management system that helps them better understand, control and maximize the use of their rendering assets,” said Richard Lewis, CEO of PipelineFX. “Qube! 6.1 delivers the next set of features requested during product validation and makes Qube! easier to use, even more flexible and simpler to adopt when dealing with complex dependencies. We are committed to providing best in class render management functionality out of the box and at a fraction of the cost of internally developed systems.”
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 digital media pipeline requirements and works out of the box with all leading content creation applications including Autodesk® 3ds Max®, Autodesk Maya®, Autodesk 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 BaseFX, BBC, Digital Domain, Electronic Arts, Fisher Price, General Motors, Herman Miller, Imagemovers Digital, L.A. Film School, Laika Studios, Lockheed Martin, Method Studios, MTV, NBC, NHK, Pratt University, Proctor & Gamble, Rainmaker Entertainment Inc., Reel FX, Smoke & Mirrors, 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. www.pipelinefx.com.
