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/
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How the cloud saved our crowd
1. How the Cloud Saved Our Crowd
starring
STEVE
“The Boss”
JOHN
“The Artist”
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2. D-20 before Siggraph Asia
20 days ago at Golaem H.Q., John was
enjoying an usual day at work, when…
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3. D-20 before Siggraph Asia
Hey let’s make a
crowd demo with
Renderman for
Siggraph Asia
Sure…
What Kind
of demo!?
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4. D-20 before Siggraph Asia
You know…
something simple,
with the Renderman
spirit in it
Ok… what
about…
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5. D-20 before Siggraph Asia
…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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6. D-10 before Siggraph Asia
And 10 days later…
…and I added
another teapot,
some runners… Ok it looks
ready, let’s
render now
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7. D-10 before Siggraph Asia
Ok, rendering
takes 30min per
frame x 1000
frames…
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8. D-10 before Siggraph Asia
20 DAYS !!!!
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9. D-10 before Siggraph Asia !!!
No problem!
I’ll call Dylan,
they got a huge
Renderfarm at
Pixar!
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10. D-10 before Siggraph Asia !!!
Meanwhile, somewhere in Asia…
Sorry guys!
I’m on vacation
right now…
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11. D-10 before Siggraph Asia
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12. D-10 before Siggraph Asia !!!
But what
about sending
your scene in
the Cloud?
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13. D-10 before Siggraph Asia !!!
In the Cloud?
Which one?
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14. D-10 before Siggraph Asia !!!
GreenButton H.Q.
Hi guys! So You Need
some horsepower?
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15. GreenButton Process
D-9: Upload Rib and assets of one frame for validation (28Mb)
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17. GreenButton Process
D-8: Edit a little bit your scene (optional)
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18. GreenButton Process
D-5: Upload Rib and assets of the whole animation (1Gb)
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19. GreenButton Process
D-3: Enjoy the resulting sequence (1.9Gb)
Thanks Guys!
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20. Performances: Cloud vs Home
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
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21. That’s All Folks
Golaem Crowd For Maya - http://www.golaem.com
Special Thanks to: &
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