Network Rendering

Network Rendering is the rendering of animations using more than one computer connected by a network.

Large and complex animations take many hours to render, even on the fastest PCs. Network rendering allows you to use the power of other computers to speed up the process. Any network-connected PCs that have 3ds Max installed can participate. You can even render using computers connected only by the Internet.

Setting up network rendering involves installing three kinds of programs:

• The Network Manager, which should be installed on a central file-server PC.
• The Network Rendering Server, which must be installed on all participating PCs.
• The Queue Monitor client provides a user-interface to monitor and control network rendering. It can be installed on any of the participating PCs.