Our Pipeline

(hover over the icons to learn more)

Envoy securely transports your files to us, which we store for 15 days. Learn more HERE.  

Download completed frames to a designated directory (e.g. local, S3, Dropbox, other).

Selected frames download automatically as they complete, no waiting.

cloud3.png

Envoy securely auto downloads your frames as they complete.

Run your fav renderer using as many concurrently running nodes as needed . . . we provide the required licenses

Use our Nuke node to process frames through a Nuke script after rendering.

With our transcode node, compile frames into a video file on our servers.

  • Supporting sims, dependencies and cloud caching (avoid moving large sim outputs)

  • Educational licenses without watermarks

  • See HERE for versions supported

Use our calculator to estimate costs.  Use  our subscription & weekly plans to reduce the cost of large projects.

Download completed frames to a designated directory (e.g. local, S3, Dropbox or other).

Versions Supported
Release Notes

Reuse files that you have uploaded; no need to upload unchanged files on subsequent submissions.

Use our 3D software plugins to select a machine count/config; then easily submit to GridMarkets directly from your 3D software interface.

 

​

​

Artist Testimonials

 

​

​

How it Works

 

Visit our signup page, acquire an account and download Envoy.  The Envoy download (found on the signup page) includes our Houdini submission plugin.  Once our Houdini plugin is extracted/installed, you will be able to submit to GridMarkets from within Houdini.

​

This video how to submit a Houdini render or simulation to the GridMarkets render farm. We describe how to layout efficient networks in both SOPs and ROPs for fire-and-forget sim and render submissions. We also cover some pitfalls and best practices as well as lesser known features.

​

​

 

 

In this video, we show how to use our Houdini Preflight interface and find all the cool, lesser known features

​

 

​

New Feature: Establish a Job Submission Budget

​

 

Now you can establish a budget for any submission and automatically trigger one of three actions if the establish job budget is exceeded.  Use this option to control your credit spending by submission.   For more information related to this new feature, see HERE.

​

Hover over the image that follows to see how it works.

​

houdini preflight 1.png
houdini mantra preflight cloud rendering
 
 
1. Render Submit Quickstart

- shows how to submit a render

 
 
3. Render Submit ROP

- describes how to manage our render submit ROP

 
 
2. Simulation Submit Quickstart

- demonstrates how to submit a Houdini simulation

 
 
4. Cloud Cache

- avoid sim data uploads with our cloud cache SOP

 

​

​

Other Helpful Tutorials

 
​
Tutorial: Managing Dependencies
- shows how to submit Houdini dependencies to GridMarkets
​
​
Tutorial: Pre-Flight
- describes the preflight process - the pre-submission step
​
​
Tutorial: Setting File Paths
- describes how to set up your file paths to ensure a successful submission
​
​
Tutorial: Frame Ranges
- describes how to specify frame ranges to render
​
​
Tutorial: Project Naming
- describes how to name and reference your project
​
​
Tutorial: Job Management with the GridMarkets Render Manager
- overviews the job management functions found in the GridMarkets render manager
​
Free Trial

Houdini, blender, c4d, cinema 4d, cinema4d, maya, 3ds, 3dsmax, redshift, redshift3d, mantra, sidefx, vray, renderman, arnold, nuke, cara, caravr, zync, zync alternative, zync renderfarm, rendering, cloud rendering, render farm, renderfarm, vfx, rebus, garagefarm, foxrender, fox renderfarm, conductor, yellowdog, rebus renderfarm,