Por este motivo hemos iniciado una línea de desarrollo e inversión en el área de la GPU que nos sitúa como pioneros como proveedor de servicios de Computación por GPU sin cambiar las plataformas de los usuarios. Esto lo tengo que explicar...
El uso de GPU para realizar render no es tan nuevo, lleva algunos años pero siempre obligaba a que cambiaras de programa migrando modelos y trabajo a otro que si admita este proceso. También se han visto servicios de render por GPU basados en navegadores que lo que hacen es abrir una aplicación que corre en otra máquina que usa GPU en la que ajustar la iluminación, materiales y demás. Estas migraciones obligan a los profesionales a rehacer trabajo cada vez que se quiere hacer un cambio y en un programa que no es el suyo.
La novedad del servicio de RenderFlow es que no hay una plataforma de GPU que transforma las escenas de los clientes, hemos esperado a que los clientes tengan a su disposición aplicaciones en sus estudios que usan GPU, como iray o vray RT o cycles, para hacer una aplicación que opera en sus escenas sin alterar sus parámetros y sin obligar a modificar su pipeline de producción para adaptarse. La idea es : "igual que en local pero con 1000 veces más potencia y siempre pagas solo por lo que uses".
El desarrollo de la plataforma, de los plugins y de los nodos está muy avanzado y en breve anunciaremos el lanzamiento del servicio.
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We at RenderFlow believe strongly in the new direction which computation market is taking. On one hand the consolidation in aspects like service offer (Cloud Computing) in which the concept of investment is changed for a pay-per-use model and on the other hand the introduction of GPU processing which is starting to substitute CPU in more and more areas. This is reflected by initiatives like the GPU Technological Conference, GTC 2012 which is organized by NVIDIA. See this year´s edition: www.gputechconf.com/
For this motive we have initiated a line of development and investment in the area of GPU, which puts us in first place as service provider for GPU computation without the need, for the user, to change the platform. I think this might need a little explication …
The use of GPU itself for render purposes is not that new, it exists several years now but it had always the disadvantage of having to migrate models and projects from your favorite working software to another program or platform which allows the use of this process. There also started to appear browser based render services which open an application, running in another machine which uses GPU, where you can modify illumination, materials and some other features. These migrations oblige the professionals to re-do their render jobs any time they want to make a change and this in a program which is not their favorite one.
The novelty in RenderFlow services is that it does not need any GPU platform that transforms the client´s scene. We waited till our clients have applications at their disposal in their studios that permit the use of GPU like iray, V-Ray RT or Cyles, to develop an application which operates with their scenes without altering their parameters and without creating the need to change their production pipeline. Our general idea is: “its the same as in local but with a 1000 times more render power and you only pay what you use”.
The development of our service, the plugins and the nodes is quite advanced and we will soon publish the service.
The use of GPU itself for render purposes is not that new, it exists several years now but it had always the disadvantage of having to migrate models and projects from your favorite working software to another program or platform which allows the use of this process. There also started to appear browser based render services which open an application, running in another machine which uses GPU, where you can modify illumination, materials and some other features. These migrations oblige the professionals to re-do their render jobs any time they want to make a change and this in a program which is not their favorite one.
The novelty in RenderFlow services is that it does not need any GPU platform that transforms the client´s scene. We waited till our clients have applications at their disposal in their studios that permit the use of GPU like iray, V-Ray RT or Cyles, to develop an application which operates with their scenes without altering their parameters and without creating the need to change their production pipeline. Our general idea is: “its the same as in local but with a 1000 times more render power and you only pay what you use”.
The development of our service, the plugins and the nodes is quite advanced and we will soon publish the service.