Zync cloud rendering service for visual effects studios and artists was more than a service, it was in essence a promise to smaller VFX shops and freelancers of the future. A future where you didn’t have to be a terminal wizard to harness the power of cloud computing.
Together Zync + Cloud Platform will offer studios the rendering performance and capacity they need Belwadi Srikanth, Google Cloud Product Manager
Sadly, Zync announced it was shutting its doors, but made it known that the company’s IP could be up for grabs. Well, it seems that Zync will live on as part of the Google Cloud Platform team. – Good news everyone!
We are thrilled to announce that ZYNC has joined Google!
Since its inception at visual effects studio ZERO VFX, nearly 5 years ago, ZYNC was designed to not only leverage the benefits and flexibilities inherent in cloud computing but to offer this in a user-friendly package. Pairing this history with the scale and reliability of Google Cloud Platform will help us offer an even better service to our customers – including more scalability, more host packages and better pricing (including per-minute billing). With a friction-free, affordable, and elastic rendering solution, visual designers and artists in the industry can continue to do their best work.
Yes, we are excited, and yes, great things are coming. But we most especially want to thank our customers, our partners in the VFX software industry, and our phenomenal team for getting us to where we are today.
Our service will be back and better than ever on Google Cloud Platform.
From the Google Cloud Platform Team:
Today we are announcing that Zync Render, the visual effects cloud rendering technology behind Star Trek Into Darkness and Looper, is joining the Google Cloud Platform team.
Creating amazing special effects requires a skilled team of visual artists and designers, backed by a highly powerful infrastructure to render scenes. Many studios, however, don’t have the resources or desire to create an in-house rendering farm, or they need to burst past their existing capacity.
Together Zync + Cloud Platform will offer studios the rendering performance and capacity they need, while helping them manage costs. For example, with per-minute billing studios aren’t trapped into paying for unused capacity when their rendering needs don’t fit in perfect hour increments.
We’re excited they’re joining us. We’ll have more details to share in the coming months — stay tuned!
-Posted by Belwadi Srikanth, Product Manager
