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Pulze has released RenderFlow 1.0<\/a>, its new network render management software.<\/p>\n The app \u2013 a successor to Pulze\u2019s now-deprecated 3ds Max-only Render Manager \u2013 also supports Blender and Fusion, with support due for Cinema 4D, Maya, Nuke, and Houdini.<\/p>\n A new renderfarm management tool with scope for use from arch viz to VFX<\/strong> The new application takes the most popular features of the original, but broadens out the potential user base, \u201claying the groundwork for new job types [and] applications\u201d.<\/p>\n While it still supports 3ds Max, and key third-party plugins and renderers<\/a>, including Arnold, Corona, FStorm, OctaneRender, Redshift and V-Ray, it also supports Blender<\/a> and Fusion<\/a>.<\/p>\n Support for a wider range of DCC applications commonly used in VFX, animation and motion graphics work is planned, including Cinema 4D, Maya, Houdini and Nuke.<\/p>\n That puts RenderFlow in a similar part of the market to tools like AWS\u2019s Deadline<\/a>: now free to use<\/a>, and still being updated fairly frequently.<\/p>\n Includes built-in \u2018sanity checks\u2019 and idle detection<\/strong> Pulze also plans to release a mobile app for monitoring a render farm remotely.<\/p>\n However, RenderFlow has some other interesting capabilities, including built-in \u2018sanity checks\u2019 to spot common causes of failed renders when launching a job.<\/p>\n The software can also detect when workstations that are used during the day become idle, and automatically switch them over to act as render nodes.<\/p>\n Render Manager now discontinued<\/strong> Existing users can transfer their subscriptions to RenderFlow for no extra cost.<\/p>\n Price and system requirements<\/strong> The software is rental-only, with subscriptions costing $14\/month or $109\/year per Professional license. The Free edition lets you monitor nodes, but not submit jobs.<\/p>\n Read Pulze\u2019s blog post announcing the RenderFlow 1.0 release<\/a><\/p>\n Read more about RenderFlow on the product website<\/a><\/p>\n Have your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a> and X (formerly Twitter)<\/a>. As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we don\u2019t post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
On its release in 2020<\/a>, Pulze pitched the original Render Manager as \u201cthe first render manager for arch viz\u201d.<\/p>\n
RenderFlow has standard features you would expect in a renderfarm manager: the capacity to submit and monitor jobs, track render node usage, and view performance metrics.<\/p>\n
Render Manager itself is now deprecated<\/a> and will no longer receive updates or bug fixes.<\/p>\n
RenderFlow 1.0 is available for Windows 10+. Linux and macOS editions are \u201ccoming soon\u201d. It is compatible with 3ds Max 2019+, Blender 3.0+ and Fusion 17+.<\/p>\n