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A bit announcement from NAB in the rendering space, Shotgun Software has announced their intent to integrate their impressive web-based project management and collaboration package (discussed here) with Thinkbox Software’s great Deadline render queue management package (discussed here).  Both tools offer some great features to users, and together they’re guaranteed to be a huge success.

The Shotgun and Deadline integration enables a seamless render and review data flow. When Deadline starts a render, a “Version” is automatically created in Shotgun with key metadata. When the render is complete, Deadline updates Shotgun with a thumbnail image, paths to frames, render stats, and playback links. Shotgun then dispatches out targeted notifications with links back to the work. Studios can then view the Versions in various contexts, create reports, and organize work into Playlists for review sessions where they can quickly take Notes with Shotgun’s “Note App.”

The system is already available to Deadline users on active maintenance subscriptions, and will be included in the upcoming Deadline 5.

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Renderfarm Wranglers rejoice as Prime Focus has just released version 4.0 of their great render queue management software, including improved OSX support, improved scalability and stability, and compatibility with their upcoming iPhone application.

“Most notable in this release is the number of subtle enhancements that have been made, to not just the main applications, but also all the underlying software-specific scripts,” continued Owen. “Multi-threaded remote command execution and status feedback is fantastic for keeping control and ensuring consistency of our software load and configuration on all our slaves, and the new Pulse web service opens up a world of new possibilities for communicating information to other systems in our pipeline.”

Now available for purchase, it’s $140 per node plus $35 for a year of support.

via CGSociety – Deadline 4.0.

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Deadline users might want to contact Prime Focus for a chance to get in on the Deadline4.0 beta, beginning soon.

The latest version, Deadline 4.0, is scheduled for a late November release and will feature improved scalability and stability, an improved Mac OSX experience, and new software support for Autodesk Maya 2010, Autodesk Softimage 2010, Avid MetaFuze, and ffmpeg. Deadline 4.0 will also include customizable themes for the user interface and will be compatible with Prime Focus Software’s upcoming Deadline iPhone application, which will be available soon after the release of Deadline 4.0.

via Prime Focus Software Seeking Beta Testers for Deadline 4.0 – BroadcastNewsroom.

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NAB starts this weekend, and Frantic Films will be there announcing Deadline 3.1, their custom render queue management software, and Awake, their stereoscopic 3D plugin toolset.  In addition to the annoucnements, they’ll be raffling off a software bundle.

In addition to unveiling Deadline 3.1, Frantic will be giving away two software bundles at the show. NAB attendees are invited to visit the Frantic booth (#SL4430) on Wed., April 22nd at 3:30PM to enter for a chance to win one standard bundle of Krakatoa and one workstation license for Awake, a prize worth $1,000.

Don’t forget we still have our NAB promotional registration code!

via Frantic Films Software at NAB 2009 – BroadcastNewsroom.

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