A Guide to Cost, Performance and Scalability

The visual effects (VFX) industry is evolving rapidly, driven by increasing demand for high-quality content, real-time rendering, and remote collaboration. Studios must navigate complex challenges, including scalability, long render times, cost efficiency, sustainability concerns and security, while delivering exceptional visuals within tight deadlines.

Traditional on-premise render farms, while powerful, often struggle to meet these demands due to high upfront costs, maintenance requirements, and limited scalability. On-demand rendering has emerged as a transformative solution, providing on-demand compute power, cost-effective scalability, and seamless collaboration capabilities.

This whitepaper explores the evolution of VFX rendering, key challenges, and the role of on-demand solutions – particularly private cloud infrastructure – in reshaping the industry. It provides insights into the advantages of private cloud rendering over public cloud solutions, cost considerations, security measures, and best practices for implementation. Additionally, it highlights a case study from Giant Animation who have successfully leveraged private cloud rendering to enhance productivity and reduce costs.

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