Here
is a step-by-step description of what happens
when a customer sends a project to the farm.
We hope it will help you to better visualize
the renderfarming process :
Mr
Smith connects to the RANCH website
and logins with his user account.
To submit his project,
he first runs the cost estimator, enters
his scene’s parameters, his credit
card information, and uploads his project
to the renderfarm.
The project enters
the waiting list, or is directly rendered
if first in line.
An e-mail is sent to Mr Smith when his
project has started rendering.
When it is finished, Mr Smith receives three e-mails. One is sent by our renderfarm server and confirms
the end of the rendering. The other e-mails are sent by our web server. The first contains the link to the final payment page.
When the payment is done, the last e-mail sent contains the necessary information to download the files
(ftp server to contact, project directory, project account and password).
Mr Smith connects to
our ftp server with his favorite ftp
client (we recommend FileZilla) and
downloads his files.
Each project is assigned its own temporary
ftp account and directory. Mr Smith
has 5 days to download his files before
the project account expires.
