DrQueue is an

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software tool used to manage a

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. It provides distributed render

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on a per-frame basis and management of these tasks. It is primarily used for animations used as visual effects in films and advertising.

Overview

The application is composed of three main tools: ''master'', ''slave'' and ''drqman''. A task in DrQueue is composed of multiple jobs all of which require a script which is distributed to the ''slave'' nodes of the cluster by the ''master''. The master acts as a central server, where all tasks are stored. The slave software is run on each node in the cluster and it reports its status back to the master periodically. ''drqman'' is the

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used to control jobs. Typical tasks are to reprioritize jobs, stop them, restart specific frames, change frames to be rendered and so on. It has direct control of

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, XSI,

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, Mantra (in Houdini), Turtle (Illuminate Labs),

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, Shake,

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, and Pixie. There is also a small

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called ''DrKeewee'' that allows you to check the status of the queue using a

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Script generators

Drqueue comes with a number of script generators for render applications as well as support for general batch processing applications. It also has bindings for

as well as (in beta) bindings for

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Script generators exist for, *

* 3ds Max (formerly 3D Studio MAX) *

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Supported platforms

DrQueue supports any mix of

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and

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with no restrictions on

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Production use of DrQueue

The following productions have used DrQueue, *

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One Night with the King ''One Night with the King'' is a 2006 American religious epic film produced by Matthew Crouch, Matt Crouch and Laurie Crouch of Gener8Xion Entertainment, directed by Michael O. Sajbel, and starring Peter O'Toole, Tiffany Dupont, John Rhys-Davies, a ...

* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest * Exorcist: The Beginning *

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* Dark City *

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("Vendredi ou un autre jour") * Donkey Xote (Spain) *

The Hairy Tooth Fairy ''El Ratón Pérez'' is a 2006 film directed by Juan Pablo Buscarini, starring Delfina Varni, Nicolas Torcanowsky and the voices of Alejandro Awada as ''Ratón Perez'', Mariano Chiesa as ''Commander Fugaz'' and Roly Serrano as ''El Rata''. The ...

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