[Tig] Color Render times question

[Ian Vertovec]

Simon,

We usually schedule at least 3-4 hours for a 20 minute reel.  Which  
essentially means an overnight render and review a reel first thing  
the next day.  This, however, is operating at 23.98, your 59.94  
material should take proportionally longer.

You most definitely want to break up the project into more manageable  
20 minute reels.  Longer then this and you will have performance  
issues (and unbearably long auto-saves).

Silicon Color at one time had a network render solution, which we  
shortly had working, however it never really was ready for prime time  
and SC scrapped the project.  Hopefully, Apple will one day  
incorporate its Qmaster solution into Color.  Until then, your best  
bet is a SAN and another Color station rendering reel 1 while you  
grade reel 2.

Good luck,

Ian Vertovec
PlasterCITY Digital Post


On Jul 11, 2007, at 9:47 AM, simon astbury wrote:

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> I will be grading a 2 hour documentary (HD 59.94) in a couple of  
> months. How
> long roughly do you think it would take to render on a mac pro quad  
> core.
> This will be my first "proper job" on Color and although I am  
> confident it
> will work fine as far as the grading goes, I am a little concerned  
> about how
> long the render will be. While I'm writing any other workflow tips?  
> I've
> heard that Color doesn't deal well with longer sequences. Also do  
> render
> farms have a place in a color workflow ? I have heard otherwise.
>
> Thanks
>
> Simon Astbury
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