topic Arnold Rendering over a network in 3ds Max Shading, Lighting and Rendering Forum

Arnold Rendering over a network

matthew.brophy — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 08:48:04 GMT

Hi everyone, Can someone explain to me if I buy two media and entertainment licenses with the Arnold 5-pack included would I be able to render with 10 render nodes at once?

Thanks

Re: Arnold Rendering over a network

Stephen.Blair — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 11:37:52 GMT

Yes. With 10 Arnold licenses, you can render frames at the same time on 10 machines.

@matthew.brophy wrote:

if I buy two media and entertainment licenses with the Arnold 5-pack included would I be able to render with 10 render nodes at once?

Thanks

Re: Arnold Rendering over a network

matthew.brophy — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 11:41:06 GMT

Hi Stephen, much appreciated response. Can I use Back Burner as my job submitter from 3ds max and use the back burner monitor to check on said renders which I have submitted to 10 nodes?

Re: Arnold Rendering over a network

Stephen.Blair — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 12:09:22 GMT

@matthew.brophy wrote:
Hi Stephen, much appreciated response. Can I use Back Burner as my job submitter from 3ds max and use the back burner monitor to check on said renders which I have submitted to 10 nodes?

Yes. You're just rendering 3ds Max scene files, so it's the same as using any other renderer.

MAXtoA is a plugin, so it needs to be installed on each render node.