BraveRabbit offers up a first look (currently in beta) at Pipeline network render manager for Mac OS X, which in its current state renders Autodesk Maya, Adobe After Effects, and Apple’s Shake. In it’s current state Maya, After Effects and Shake rendering is supported with other renderer systems planned for future releases. Also of note is that Maya rendering currently supports all native Maya renderers and RenderMan For Maya.
“The upcoming Pipeline Render Manager for OS X is a simple but straightforward network render manager supporting various render systems. Usability and easy handling were given the main focus without having the user to deal with complex system and network setups.
The tool is currently in beta, a public beta will be available soon. Up to this point it is planned that a two client version will be available for free, once the user is registered. Licenses supporting a larger amount of clients will be available for a low price tag.
Pipeline Render Manager is aiming towards single users and small shops running on Mac OS X that don’t want to go through the hastle of manually setting up render jobs through the terminal or can’t afford a complex and professional rendering management, yet want to combine render management of various 2D and 3D applications.”