Dana's Animated Mind

Right now, I am very close to wrapping up production of "Creeping Around". As it stands right now, I got 1 16 second shot and 1 28 second shot to complete, and all principle shots will be fully rendered. I will take a lot of lessons from here.

One very useful I tool I have found is the ability to remote desktop. This marvelous piece of software allows me to take control of one of my render computers over the network.

How useful is that?

Imagine it this way. My render computers are in a closet approximately 50 feet away from me. (May be a bit of an exaggeration, but think of it like that). It is hooked by a KVM switch, and yes I could sit at my Dad's computer to hook up my machine with the next render.

Think of that inconvenience. Also think of the fact that to check on the status, I have to go "Let me check something", and switch to the other computer. Argh.

Plus some of the content I am doing tend to be a little...you know. So what to do in those situations? I did try Logmein, and it works marvellously. I wasn't keen on the idea of going over the internet, but still it works nicely. Except for the fact Carrara doesn't like that idea at all. So, I had to explore other options.

Keep in mind, when I first discovered Remote Desktop, I read the description and got discourage I needed a terminal service. However, later down the road found this was indeed false. Well, you do need a terminal server running to use the browse function, but not to connect to the machine.

Since setting up Remote Desktop, I have found it to be a very time-saving tool. I can check on how the render it going without even leaving my room. I was getting mad frustrated cause it is a pain in the ass.

So with the latest clips I did out of the way, I can decide how to do the two big ones, and get this complete for post work, and then publish it for the devil finally..:)