Intro to Deadline Using Redshift for Cinema 4D

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In this video we cover how to use Deadline, Cinema 4D, and Redshift together to make an incredibly easy and efficient render farm solution. Please leave a comment below with any questions!
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[@mauborba810]

Thank you for all the great information. I tried the free version of Deadline and I'm really amazed at the possibilities. Now it's just a tad ridiculous what you need to go through to actually buy it. The process is not automated, you need to get an e-mail from a representative, so if you need to implement the solution on the same day, just forget it. Go with something else. Still waiting my representative get in touch. It's a shame such a good product have a 1990's sales structure.

[@GlassHandFilms]

This is very true. Thank you for pointing that out. However, once you are in the system, their support is amazing! Cheers ❤️

[@ahmedshakib3883]

Its been a long time..... Nice to have you back again.

[@GlassHandFilms]

Thank you so much! I appreciate that!

[@technomorph2016]

Yep, nice to see ya again! Cool new looking))

[@GlassHandFilms]

St Mclygin thank you so much! Cheers :)

[@ಥ_ಥ]

Whoa, a new video from you guys! Been missing ya.

[@GlassHandFilms]

Sable it’s been super busy as of late but we are making more time to create more videos. I hate disappearing, but alas, there are not enough hours in the day. Cheers! ❤️

[@ಥ_ಥ]

I can certainly sympathize with the issue of time. I'm just glad to know you're still around, and better yet, that you intend on making more vids! Thanks for it all, mates.

[@ggyun]

great video!! Deadline is amazing!

[@GlassHandFilms]

It has changed everything for the better :)

[@GeorgesEmmanuelArnaud]

glad u r back !!!

[@GlassHandFilms]

Thank you so much! Cheers :D

[@delizade]

Thank you for nice tips again.

[@GlassHandFilms]

My pleasure! Thank you for checking it out :)

[@rune3167]

Hey Great Video! Wondering how to go about registering each node/Worker. I continue to experience errors. Thanks!

[@GlassHandFilms]

Each node needs to have a Redshift licnese as well as a C4D commandline license. Both of these can be obtained from Maxon. You may need to email their support to purchase the commandline license.

[@rune3167]

@@GlassHandFilms Thank you for your prompt reply! I have everything setup except this commandline license. I've been stuck on this for some weeks. I'll reach out to Maxon. Thanks again!

[@BENBOBBY]

Good to see you posting again! Do you prefer Redshift over Octane now?

[@GlassHandFilms]

I love both. GPU rendering is very exciting and I see both engines with their advantages/disadvantages and completely different from one another. To be honest, it just comes down to what project works best with each tool. I will try to cover both equally on this channel. Cheers :D

[@eliellgvs1]

Thank you man! nice tip!

[@GlassHandFilms]

Eliel Guimarães Vieira de Souza no problem! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@RichieMotion]

will u make a tuto about how to achieve this with octane instead of rs? ty in advance

[@GlassHandFilms]

Definitely! I will try to get that up ASAP

[@RichieMotion]

good thanks!!

[@JonathanWinbush]

Using a Redshift Proxy over just submitting a Cinema 4d file does this allow for faster rendering or what would the advantage be?

[@redness2323]

Would like to know myself. Seems like it just takes up more hard drive space with those sequences. Can't see how it would be faster. Once the project is loaded on all machines, it doesn't have to reload for each frame again.

[@aaronchamberlain4698]

I know this comment is a year old, but the advantage is licenses. If you submit a C4D (or 3dsMax or whatever), then each node wil require a license for that software (C4D) + the renderer (i.e. Redshift). If you submit Redshift Proxies, you just need Redshift. So if you're doing this over tons of nodes (think 20+) then, of course, it will be cheaper to not have to both licenses.

[@io.174]

Great video, thank you! I was wondering is there a way to render redshift proxy through Deadline with more than just the standard AOVs? Or it needs to go through the c4d? Thanks!

[@GlassHandFilms]

You can create custom AOVs in redshift. Once you open the AOV manager you can write them directly to disk. When you load the Redshift proxies into deadline, c4d should be out of the equation. You can send jobs straight from c4d but you need to buy render node licenses from Maxon by sending them an email. I hope that helps

[@ingleinteractive]

Cool thanks for this. What NAS are you using? I've tried a couple that I've not been happy with.

[@DeanRockne]

Great video! I've heard that Deadline can be used assign different frames to different GPU's on the same node. It often isn't efficient to have 3 or 4 GPU's working on the same frame so splitting your GPU's would speed things up. Have you done this?

[@GlassHandFilms]

I have heard this is possible, but I haven't tried it out for myself yet. Thank you for the comment, I will try to look into this and report back here on KZbin. Cheers!

[@wajahutshah8224]

How do you output multi-pass/AOVs (as layered exrs) when exporting as an RS job?

[@jamesconkle9158]

I have my workstation with 4 gpu and a gaming pc with 2 gpu (all 2080ti) do you think it's worth setting up deadline to get my gaming pc as a slave? Or should I use team render since I don't have many slaves? Do you experience many problems / crashes / failed renders with deadline? Thank you!

[@GlassHandFilms]

This is a great question. I would say what you have going now sounds very manageable. Once you start adding new computers, I would say Deadline will become invaluable to you. The worst problem you could have with render management is not knowing why your render crashed. Deadline keeps logs and you can see exactly what happened and why. I've been using Deadline for several years with multiple applications, and it's the most reliable software I've ever used. :) I hope that helps! Cheers

[@noembiendi7294]

please waiting for octane too

[@GlassHandFilms]

Noé Mbiendi I just moved into a new office so I'm planning on releasing this video soon. Waiting on a few new features from Otoy ;)

[@mrpinoux]

Hey! any update with aws?

[@seance0]

In my rendering section i can see that each frame is distributed to separate pc.Which means if there are 10 frames for rendering,1 st frame will submit to Main PC and 2nd frame is submit to 2nd PC.How can i set each frame to submit to the both pc for rendering ?

[@anunciadavecino4095]

Could yo explain the XParticles set up? or a project file linked. Thank you

[@antoniopepe]

Did you make an aws video?

[@GlassHandFilms]

Sadly no :( I need to get ahold of my contacts at thinkbox and do a sponsored video

[@antoniopepe]

Thx

[@mr.pinouxinc4293]

@@GlassHandFilms that would be great!

[@0931899438]

Hi Glass Hand Studios: Your tutorial is very good, but i get some problem to understand your setting. At the 15:57 in this tutorial, your Directory location is: Z:RenderFarmRepository. The Z drive is in NAS or Windows or Mac? Thank for your tutorial again.

[@iz6996]

NAS

[@relaxingsoundsmedia6887]

hey man any way to update the variable so its using a newer version of redshift and and a newer version of c4d? Thanks!

[@edcreg]

I have it set, and running, but i keep running into black images when the renders are complete, and i know its a tex folder issue, any help?

[@GlassHandFilms]

I would make sure that your paths are absolute and exactly the same for each workstation. Don't allow C4D to copy textures to the project tex folder. In my opinion that's never a good idea because it creates duplicates of files and does not include the proper directory with the images.

[@edcreg]

@@GlassHandFilms Do i need to do this in that one specific C4D file? I already have the same file paths set on both machine in the C4D Preferences

[@GlassHandFilms]

@@edcreg yes I would go to window>project asset inspector and make sure that every texture is referenced to the full file path. For example something like D:/clients/animation/textures/noise.jpg

[@edcreg]

@@GlassHandFilms Got that, did that, now the issue is the other node is rendering without the textures, it's not black, it's just on clay mode (note there are only two machines on the node at the moment, as i have had to disconnect the others to figure this out.

[@amilasampath9017]

how to setup repo. in windows 10 using NAS ?. in windows 10 cant connect to NAS drive, Network path isnt visible in the installation window, any solution to this ?

[@jasonjames8538]

Hey there. Wondering if the rs proxy approach is the only way to render on deadline with redshift and c4d ? Also is there a way to pick cameras I n your scene in deadline??? Thanks !

[@ggyun]

Could you talk about how to manage your 3D sources? like HDRI? OBJ files? Assets? Material Maps ? how could you organize them? thx

[@GlassHandFilms]

Yeah, so think of the repository as a absolute path on your hard drive (NAS, or Server) that all the computers can access. There is no need to copy over or create new directories. Just make sure your Deadline Monitor, slaves, and database, know exactly where the repository is. For example: "Z:\NasFiles\ClientWork\" This is where you store all of your scene files and your slave computers are intelligent to know this is where to look for the assets. If you want to submit a job to Deadline from the Cinema 4D plugin and create a new scene and gather your assets, a checkbox is available to you on the plugin panel. Then it will be stored in "Z:\NasFiles\Repository\jobs\" Let me know if this makes sense. Please download Deadline and try it for yourself. Watch their tutorials on their channel, read the documentation, then watch my video again and everything should make perfect sense :) Cheers!

[@KevinCease]

Work with redshift for maya ok as well?

[@RajaNandepu]

are you working on any new redshift tuts

[@weclome]

Hey, nice vid very helpfull. Would it be possible to submit jobs using a single R21 (incl redshift) subscription or do the slaves also need active C4D + redshift licenses?

[@GlassHandFilms]

Hey there! With R21, I've noticed with the subscription licensing it can get a little hairy. Each slave node wants a C4D license linked to your Maxon account. I believe you can reach out to Maxon to get a render slave license, but I haven't looked into it personally. At work we use R20. You will also need Redshift licenses. You can also just submit redshift jobs only, taking C4D out of the equation using "RS" files. Hope that helps! Cheers!

[@weclome]

​@@GlassHandFilms With the 'redshift jobs' do you think different version of redshift will work? (still got a node locked license but thinking about adding the R21 subscription. Would be nice if these two redshift versions accept each other in deadline) Thx for the quick reply!

[@GlassHandFilms]

@@weclome yep, if you are using similar builds of redshift you will be okay. Sometimes I've submitted 3.0 jobs and accidentally didn't update some of the slaves and they rendered okay. Dependant on the scene, of course.

[@zihengtongxue1146]

You may have forgotten your KZbin password …^_^

[@GlassHandFilms]

an elephant never forgets :D