Sometimes you have a render process that generates a huge amount of disk traffic that may bog things down. Or perhaps you have nodes that have to write to slower cloud storage. Slow network, slow storage, or excessive I/O by the render process can put a serious damper on render performance. So what can you…
Introduction Smedge is simple enough to use that you can run a render farm simply by simply double clicking the icon and letting it handle all the rest. However, this simplicity is actually built upon automated control of several components, which can be run independently. On a small farm, the simple automatic mode of operation…
In a large production environment, where you have hundreds of Engines and thousands of Jobs, it can seem imposing to try to find things. Smedge has had the ability to filter out what shows up in the lists, and Smedge 2018 and later versions have greatly improved on this filtering ability with a simpler interface…
Check out the latest blog post from Synect Media, who use Smedge to help create the content that helps millions of passengers find their way through the Orlando airport. See the full blog post.