Fast Lane

[ValeroStudio]

I hate myself for even suggesting this idea but what if we have a "fast lane" option that you could tick on when submitting a rendering and you would pay a premium rate in credits but your job would render in lightning speed?

[glorybound]

Do you drive a Tesla .

When I used render farms in the past, there was usually an option to bump up priority (if I remember correctly).

[ValeroStudio]

No Tesla for me but I have used a Fast Pass at Disney World to cut the line sometimes you need a render cooked very fast for a client that can afford to pay for that premium service.

[vladie]

ValeroStudio, thanks for suggesting this. It is something we are considering. If the scene renders long enough, a possible solution might be Distributed Rendering or just starting a machine with more cores. But it depends on the scene. Do you think these options might work for you? Can you please share how long does such a scene render now in Chaos Cloud?

Thanks,
Vladie

[sirio76]

ValeroStudio, thanks for suggesting this. It is something we are considering. If the scene renders long enough, a possible solution might be Distributed Rendering or just starting a machine with more cores. But it depends on the scene. Do you think these options might work for you? Can you please share how long does such a scene render now in Chaos Cloud?

Thanks,
Vladie

It is not that important for animations but I think a distributed rendering option should be a must for the cloud service when rendering still images. I would certainly use more the service if I have a DR option, otherwise there’s no much difference with local render speed other than be able to render more image at once. While we are on the subject, is there a particular reason why the Intel denoiser can not be used on the cloud?

[vladie]

sirio76, you are correct that DR doesn't make a lot of sense about animations. And I agree about big stills. Definitely it's worth implementing it to increase the speed besides releasing local resources.

With respect to the Intel denoiser, we added support for it around six months ago. But we might have a bug. Can you please share a Chaos Cloud job ID with me to investigate? If it's more convenient, you can do this in a direct message to me.

Thanks,
Vladie

[sirio76]

sirio76, you are correct that DR doesn't make a lot of sense about animations. And I agree about big stills. Definitely it's worth implementing it to increase the speed besides releasing local resources.

With respect to the Intel denoiser, we added support for it around six months ago. But we might have a bug. Can you please share a Chaos Cloud job ID with me to investigate? If it's more convenient, you can do this in a direct message to me.

Thanks,
Vladie

Thanks for the update on the Intel denoiser, I’ll check again on monday and I’ll let you know if I still have issues. Happy to know that you are considering a DR option!

[ValeroStudio]

Some jobs take just as long on Cloud as they may in the office. Cloud frees up my resources at the office so it’s incredibly useful but sometimes I need high quality image(s) and I need them fast. I always assumed Cloud was a DR farm and didn’t realize that it was just rendering on a single machine. We would definitely pay extra points for faster renders at the office!

[sirio76]

Same here, DR is what we need to render faster!