Thinkbox Software Releases Deadline 5.1 & Krakatoa MX 2.0 
















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27 December, 2011 - 15:55



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Thinkbox Software has released new versions of its cross-platform render farm management and high-volume particle rendering, manipulation and management solutions. Deadline 5.1 and Krakatoa MX 2.0 are now available as no-cost upgrades to current customers.

Deadline 5.1
Deadline’s hassle-free administration and rendering toolkit offers management options for render farms of all sizes, and the flexibility to run the software on a range of platforms and rendering packages. Version 5.1 delivers significant performance improvements and new features including:


    

  • Shotgun production management integration – For a seamless render and review data flow
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  • Native Python support – Native installation of Python 2.6 is bundled with Deadline;Python.NET integration allow Deadline to run native Python scripts and load CPython modules
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  • New Thinkbox license server with built in auto-configuration
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  • Multiple slaves on one machine – Launch/configure a number of slaves on a single machine
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  • Database statistics – Users can now store Deadline stats in an existing Postgres database
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Krakatoa MX 2.0
Krakatoa MX provides an efficient pipeline for particle acquisition, caching, modifying, deforming, shading and rendering inside Autodesk 3ds Max; enabling artists to recreate natural phenomena and solid objects or deliver abstract images in unparalleled detail. New features in V2.0 include: 


    

  • Hair rendering support – Conversion of 3ds Max Hair&Fur, Hair Farm and regular Bezier splines into particles
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  • New atmospheric effect – Allows the direct integration of voxel rendering in any renderer that supports native 3ds Max atmospherics
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  • Chaos Group Phoenix FD particles rendering support
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  • Faster, more powerful Magma system – Thinkbox has completely re-factored Magma for V2.0
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  • PRT Creator fractal designs generation – Combined with Magma, this new object generates complex particle distributions and animations procedurally
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Deadline 5.1 is available as a no-cost software update to Deadline customers on active support contracts. Deadline software is priced per slave at an MSRP of $185. Krakatoa MX 2.0 is available as a no-cost upgrade to Krakatoa customers on active support contracts.