how the cloud saved our crowd
DESCRIPTION
A presentation on how we quickly rendered a Golaem Crowd scene including 2000 characters with Renderman, using GreenButton technology. For more information: http://www.golaem.com http://renderman.pixar.com/ http://www.greenbutton.net/TRANSCRIPT
How the Cloud Saved Our Crowd
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Crowd in The Cloud: Renderman User Group Meeting 14/12/11
STEVE
“The Boss”
JOHN
“The Artist”
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20 days ago at Golaem H.Q., John was
enjoying an usual day at work, when…
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Hey let’s make a
crowd demo with
Renderman for
Siggraph Asia
Sure…
What Kind
of demo!?
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You know…
something simple,
with the Renderman
spirit in it
Ok… what
about…
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…a big walking
teapot with some
crowd around?
yeah why not… Just
stay simple, nothing
fancy: it must be ready
in the afternoon
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Ok it looks
ready, let’s
render now
…and I added
another teapot,
some runners…
And 10 days later…
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Ok, rendering
takes 30min per
frame x 1000
frames…
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20 DAYS !!!!
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No problem!
I’ll call Dylan,
they got a huge
Renderfarm at
Pixar!
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Sorry guys!
I’m on vacation
right now…
Meanwhile, somewhere in Asia…
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But what
about sending
your scene in
the Cloud?
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In the Cloud?
Which one?
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GreenButton H.Q.
Hi guys! So You Need
some horsepower?
GreenButton Process
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D-9: Upload Rib and assets of one frame for validation (28Mb)
GreenButton Process
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D-8: Download the resulting image for approval
GreenButton Process
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D-8: Edit a little bit your scene (optional)
GreenButton Process
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D-5: Upload Rib and assets of the whole animation (1Gb)
GreenButton Process
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D-3: Enjoy the resulting sequence (1.9Gb)
Thanks Guys!
Performances: Cloud vs Home
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Total Processing Time for the Sequence = 89min!!
Synchonize assets on the Cloud = 35min
Render Time = 54min
Cloud Parameters
200nodes
Each node: 2 * Quad Core 2.1Ghz – 14Gb RAM
That’s All Folks
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Golaem Crowd For Maya - http://www.golaem.com
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