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PipelineFX to announce Qubic 6 at SIGGRAPH 2006 in Boston
27 July 2006
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PipelineFX, makers of Qube!, brings news that it will be presenting the new version 6 of Qubic at Siggraph 2006. Qubic 6 is a simple to use graphical user interface to the Qube! render farm management system that allows artists and administrators to manage their rendering and game build jobs.
New and improved usability features of Qubic 6 include:
• Scriptable, extensible GUI.
• Clean and efficient task-based layouts tuned for artists and administrators.
• Graphical displays for job processing analysis and farm-at-a glance status.
• Improved logging display for output and debugging information.
Display
PipelineFX will be showing the latest versions of their software in their booth (#2614). Qube! will also be featured with multiple industry partners throughout the exhibition. PipelineFX will be in the D2 Software Booth (#1231) as part of D2 Software’s complete workflow pipeline presentation. Qube! will be one of the applications that is featured in the high-end compositing NUKE workflow showcased at their booth. PipelineFX will be in the Autodesk Media and Entertainment Booth (#1706) to demonstrate Qube!’s strengths as the management platform for Autodesk 3ds Max and Autodesk Maya 3D animation software on Tuesday, August 1st from 3:00pm to 4:00pm and Thursday, August 3rd from 12:30pm to 1:30pm. PipelineFX will be on hand at the IBM booth (#111) throughout the exhibition to show the latest features of Qube!.
PipelineFX and SGI will be showing their new one-stop render management solution, which combines SGI’s new Altix XE servers with PipelineFX’s Qube!. SGI Altix XE servers are based on the new Intel Xeon dual-core processors and SGI Infinite Storage NAS technology. The new Render Management Solution will be beneficial to a range of markets including animation, special effects, game development, bioinformatics, and engineering. Combining SGI’s new Altix XE servers with Qube! provides a preconfigured “farm in a box, plug and play” for the end user. This package can cut work turnaround time drastically and better manage resources, enabling artists to focus more attention on creative content creation.
