Network rendering manager for animation software.
ButterflyNetRender™ (BNR) is a popular network rendering
controller for Lightwave, Maya, Messiah Studio, Modo, 3DSmax, XSI,
Digital Fusion, After Effects, Cinema 4D, Nuke, and more...
The Studio and Professional versions includes node Grouping,
Priority and Split Frames (you can speed up rendering time for a
single frame by distributing it across more than 1 rendernode) - ie:
slice the frame into parts and ButterflyNetRender will automatically
reassemble after the parts are complete.
The Studio versions also include unlimited render nodes and the
Custom batch commands, which will let you control any command line
console executable.
BNR is comprised of 2 applications:
‘ButterflyNetRender – Controller’:
This will be installed on one machine and will be used the Control
the Rendering scenes - It will communication with the BNR Clients
‘ButterflyNetRender – Client’:
This will be installed on all the machines that will be used for
‘rendering’ the animation frames. The BNR Client can have 1 or more
‘rendernodes’ - that can be assigned to a ‘CPU’ on the machine.
Features include:
Support for Internet Rendering
Frame/Thumbnail viewer
Frame Verification improved and faster
Rendernode CPU & RAM usage information
Wake on Lan - RenderNode - Power saver feature
Split frame support for (BMP, JPG, PNG, TIF, TARGA, HDR, OpenEXR)
Split frame Vertical slicing
New RenderNode Group - Collection system
LightWave RenderType: LWSN -2 & LWSN -3 support
Maya RenderMan support, Modo,
Messiah Studio, Kray, XSI ,VRay Support
3DSMax, XSI, VRay, Cinema4D, Pixie, Blender
After Effects, Nuke, Digital Fusion 4 & 5 support
For more information or to discuss your specific needs please call us on 01462 433558 or email info@pixelution.co.uk
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Graphics Software Supported |
Personal Edition |
Standard |
Standard Studio |
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LightWave 3D | yes |
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Modo |
no | no | yes | yes | yes |
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Messiah:Studio |
no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
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Maya, MR, Renderman |
no | no | no | yes | yes |
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3DSMax | no | no | no | yes | yes |
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XSI |
no | no | no | yes |
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VRay |
no | no | no | yes |
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Cinema4D |
no | no | no | yes |
yes |
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Pixie |
no | no | no | yes |
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Blender |
no | no | no | yes |
yes |
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After Effects | no | no | no | yes |
yes |
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Nuke |
no | no | no | yes |
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Digital Fusion | no | no | no | yes |
yes |
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Combustion |
no | no | no | yes |
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*Any command line render | no | no | yes |
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Custom Scene Type support |
no | no | yes |
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LightWave Features |
Personal Edition | Standard | Standard Studio | Pro | Pro Studio |
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Messiah Features |
Personal Edition | Standard | Standard Studio | Pro | Pro Studio |
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Modo Features
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Maya Features
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XSI Features
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Personal Edition | Standard | Standard Studio | Pro | Pro Studio |
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3DSMax Features
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After Effects Features
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Blender Features
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Personal Edition | Standard | Standard Studio | Pro | Pro Studio |
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Cinema 4D
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Personal Edition | Standard | Standard Studio | Pro | Pro Studio |
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Combustion Features
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Personal Edition | Standard | Standard Studio | Pro | Pro Studio |
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Digital Fusion Features
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Personal Edition | Standard | Standard Studio | Pro | Pro Studio |
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Kray Features
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Personal Edition | Standard | Standard Studio | Pro | Pro Studio |
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Client OS Supported
(Mouse over Feature for brief description) |
Personal Edition | Standard | Standard Studio | Pro | Pro Studio |
| BNR Windows Client support | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| BNR Linux Client support | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| BNR OSX Client support | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
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RenderNode License Info (Mouse over Feature for brief description) |
Personal Edition | Standard | Standard Studio | Pro | Pro Studio |
| 5 Render node maximum | yes | - | - | - | - |
| Supports adding Render nodes | no | yes | - | yes | - |
| Unlimited Render Nodes | no | no | no | yes | yes |
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Advanced Features
(Mouse over Feature for brief description) |
Personal Edition | Standard | Standard Studio | Pro | Pro Studio |
| Wake On Lan - Used to turn on/off RenderNode machines | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Support for almost any command line render | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| LightWave Render Types | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Group Collections | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| RenderNode Grouping | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Priority System | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Split frame Horizontal slicing | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Split frame Vertical slicing | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Split frame support for (BMP, JPG, PNG, TIF, TARGA, HDR, OpenEXR) | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Post Process Command | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Scene Limiting | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Email Notification | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
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Remote Access Features
(Mouse over Feature for brief description) |
Personal Edition | Standard | Standard Studio | Pro | Pro Studio |
| HTML Viewer System | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Web Server with optional secure socket support | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Client Viewer/Submit system | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Web Server/Internet Support | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| RenderMe Lightwave Support | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 'bnr_submit' Command line application | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Butterfly Network Render Pricing
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BNR v4 Edition |
Total Nodes |
Software Support |
Client Support | Price |
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Buy Standard with Split frame support, Email notification, Scene limiting and much more.. |
15 (expandable) |
Lightwave only |
Windows, Linux, OSX |
$180(£115) |
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Buy Standard Studio with Split frame support, Email notification, Scene limiting and more. |
Unlimited |
Lightwave, Modo, Messiah Studio, Custom |
Windows, Linux, OSX |
$599(£375) |
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Buy Professional (5) You can start with this version and add nodes later with the 'Add on Pack' |
5 (expandable) |
Lightwave, Maya, Modo, Messiah, 3DSMax, XSI, VRay, After Effects, Nuke, Digital Fusion, Custom Scene Type support and More... |
Windows, |
$125 (£79) |
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Buy 5 node add-on pack Add nodes to the Professional edition |
5 |
As above. |
Windows, |
£125 (£79) |
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Buy Professional (15) You can start with this version and add nodes later with the 'Add on Pack' |
15 (expandable) |
As above. |
Windows, Linux, OSX |
$375 (£235) |
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Buy Professional Studio with no limit on the number render nodes! |
Unlimited |
As above. |
Windows, Linux, OSX |
$1,999 (£1,250) |
Pricing in GBP is for guidance only. Pricing subject to change with exchange rates.
After purchasing your software you
will be sent a link to download the software.
For more information or to discuss your specific needs please call
us on 01462 433558
or email
info@pixelution.co.uk