RobertoOrtiz
11-14-2003, 01:51 PM
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"Rick Hassen, managing director of Clio-winning L.A. visual effects and design company A52 (www.a52.com), was one of a few Hollywood professionals to present at China's Computer Graphics Festival, which was held in Beijing on Oct. 9 and 10.
Hassen's presentation focused on how small studios can accommodate projects that expand during the production process. After screening the opening title sequence for HBO's cult fave CARNIVÀLE, Hassen addressed the challenges that arose when the decision was made to switch from live-action to CG for part of the project, which was complicated by the show’s high-definition demands.
Hassen said, "For optimizing a render, our team will look at camera perspectives and lights and try to determine how any adjustments will affect the final quality of the image. We'll seriously consider approaches that reduce the render time 30-50% with little or no compromise to the image. [For CARNIVÀLE], the most cost-effective way for us to increase rendering speed on this project was to run our thirteen licenses of Renderman on faster processors. Seven computers with dual Intel Xeon CPUs running Linux were installed as a dedicated renderfarm, thus increasing our render speed 2.5 times over our existing SGI configuration. The Intel servers running Linux easily interfaced with our SGI workstations to provide a powerful, cost-effective solution that allowed us to deliver this project on-time while still having the ability to make creative adjustments along the way.”
>>link<< (http://news.awn.com/index.php3?ltype=top&newsitem_no=9598)
-R
"Rick Hassen, managing director of Clio-winning L.A. visual effects and design company A52 (www.a52.com), was one of a few Hollywood professionals to present at China's Computer Graphics Festival, which was held in Beijing on Oct. 9 and 10.
Hassen's presentation focused on how small studios can accommodate projects that expand during the production process. After screening the opening title sequence for HBO's cult fave CARNIVÀLE, Hassen addressed the challenges that arose when the decision was made to switch from live-action to CG for part of the project, which was complicated by the show’s high-definition demands.
Hassen said, "For optimizing a render, our team will look at camera perspectives and lights and try to determine how any adjustments will affect the final quality of the image. We'll seriously consider approaches that reduce the render time 30-50% with little or no compromise to the image. [For CARNIVÀLE], the most cost-effective way for us to increase rendering speed on this project was to run our thirteen licenses of Renderman on faster processors. Seven computers with dual Intel Xeon CPUs running Linux were installed as a dedicated renderfarm, thus increasing our render speed 2.5 times over our existing SGI configuration. The Intel servers running Linux easily interfaced with our SGI workstations to provide a powerful, cost-effective solution that allowed us to deliver this project on-time while still having the ability to make creative adjustments along the way.”
>>link<< (http://news.awn.com/index.php3?ltype=top&newsitem_no=9598)
-R