Q: Link iMac to Mac Pro for rendering
Hi,
Is there anyway to link my Mac Pro with an iMac (neither have Thunderbolt) for shared rendering with Qmaster and, also with After Effects? If so how do I go about doing this, TB ethernet cable?
Thanks,
Eric.
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), iMac
Posted on Mar 1, 2012 6:28 AM
Connect your machines using cat 5 or 6 cable through a gigabit ethernet router that supplies IP addresses (DHCP is a good way to go).
go to the Digital Rebellion website and do a search for using Qmaster and Compressor. Good instructions there.
Once you have Qmaster set up on both machines, Compressor can send jobs.
To Run AE in render farm mode, you need to install the AE render engine on each network node (computer) and set up a watch folder. The help menu in AE explains it.
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Posted on Mar 1, 2012 11:41 AM