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It's like one of those old watches that just keeps on ticking, now with Python.
12/15/2023

It's like one of those old watches that just keeps on ticking, now with Python.

Using the image format list and the frame range of the jobs, the Engine will validate that all of the expected frames exist, and will requeue a work unit if any frames are missing or invalid at the end of the work.

Smedge 2021 is here!
02/11/2021

Smedge 2021 is here!

The latest version of Smedge is now available. Fixes related to the new dynamic product system and improvements to the Job window are the biggest changes. The GPU and RAM distribution settings are now hidden by default, to avoid confusion as most users do not use them and it takes some configuration...

Smedge 2020 hotfix released today. Read the blog post for more information.
08/22/2020

Smedge 2020 hotfix released today. Read the blog post for more information.

A few more issues are now fixed in the updated build of Smedge. The official release version is 2020.0-f4, so if you run into problems with any prior version, we recommend you update to the latest as soon as possible. Updating is just an install, like any other version, and the licensing configurati...

Smedge 2020 hot fix released!
07/14/2020

Smedge 2020 hot fix released!

Some issues were found in the initial Smedge 2020 release. These have been addressed in the patched version of Smedge that was released today. The official release version of Smedge is currently 2020.0-f2, which you can see in the About box in Smedge Gui.

New post on the Smedge blog:
06/02/2020

New post on the Smedge blog:

Reports of a problem with the new Smedge 2020 release on Windows Server 2016 have been confirmed here in testing and we are currently exploring a solution. The problem seems to only affect Windows Server 2016. Other versions of Windows Server, including Server 2019, seem to work normally, along with...

Smedge 2020 is here!
05/19/2020

Smedge 2020 is here!

The latest version of Smedge is now available for download on all platforms. For a complete list of all the changes, click to view What’s New in Smedge 2019. Here are some of the highlights of the new version:

New Post: Smedge 2019 Released! The latest version of Smedge is now available for download on all platforms. Here are so...
01/03/2019

New Post: Smedge 2019 Released!

The latest version of Smedge is now available for download on all platforms. Here are some of the highlights of the new version: [bsg_content_box layout="icon-aside" columns="1" inverted="no" title_size="18" icon_font="font-awesome" icon_size="55"] [bsg_content_box_item title="All Products can now distribute work using any combination of CPU, GPU, and RAM resources to run parallel work on a machine." icon="plus-circle"] The…

The latest version of Smedge is now available for download on all platforms. For a complete list of all the changes, click to view What’s New in Smedge 2019. Here are some of the highlights of the new version:

New Post: Deploy Smedge with PDQ Deploy Introduction Smedge can be easily deployed manually on Windows using either the ...
12/04/2018

New Post: Deploy Smedge with PDQ Deploy

Introduction Smedge can be easily deployed manually on Windows using either the MSI or the ZIP archive. You can even deploy Smedge to a file server and run it from the server on every machine if you wish. But if you want to deploy the software locally on your machines but have too many machines…

Smedge can be easily deployed manually on Windows using either the MSI or the ZIP archive. You can even deploy Smedge to a file server and run it from the server on every machine if you wish. But if you want to deploy the software locally on your machines but have too many machines to manage manuall...

New Post: Smedge Plays a Key Role Helping Passengers Find Their Way Check out this fascinating new article about the wor...
11/09/2018

New Post: Smedge Plays a Key Role Helping Passengers Find Their Way

Check out this fascinating new article about the work that Synect Media is doing for the Orlando Airport. Smedge plays a key role in generating content to fill a live video display area that covers over 10,000 square feet, or a total pixel area of 1,329,480 x 1,920. Put another way, Smedge is helping to…

Check out this fascinating new article about the work that Synect Media is doing for the Orlando Airport. Smedge plays a key role in generating content to fill a live video display area that covers over 10,000 square feet, or a total pixel area of 1,329,480 x 1,920. Put another way, Smedge is helpin...

New Post: Render local and copy with Event Commands Sometimes you have a render process that generates a huge amount of ...
10/30/2018

New Post: Render local and copy with Event Commands

Sometimes you have a render process that generates a huge amount of disk traffic that may bog things down. Or perhaps you have nodes that have to write to slower cloud storage. Slow network, slow storage, or excessive I/O by the render process can put a serious damper on render performance. So what can you…

Sometimes you have a render process that generates a huge amount of disk traffic that may bog things down. Or perhaps you have nodes that have to write to slower cloud storage. Slow network, slow storage, or excessive I/O by the render process can put a serious damper on render performance. So what....

New Post: Small Farm or Big Farm? Introduction Smedge is simple enough to use that you can run a render farm simply by s...
10/12/2018

New Post: Small Farm or Big Farm?

Introduction Smedge is simple enough to use that you can run a render farm simply by simply double clicking the icon and letting it handle all the rest. However, this simplicity is actually built upon automated control of several components, which can be run independently. On a small farm, the simple automatic mode of operation…

Smedge is simple enough to use that you can run a render farm simply by simply double clicking the icon and letting it handle all the rest. However, this simplicity is actually built upon automated control of several components, which can be run independently. On a small farm, the simple automatic m...

New Post: Filtering Views in Smedge In a large production environment, where you have hundreds of Engines and thousands ...
08/05/2018

New Post: Filtering Views in Smedge

In a large production environment, where you have hundreds of Engines and thousands of Jobs, it can seem imposing to try to find things. Smedge has had the ability to filter out what shows up in the lists, and Smedge 2018 and later versions have greatly improved on this filtering ability with a simpler interface…

In a large production environment, where you have hundreds of Engines and thousands of Jobs, it can seem imposing to try to find things. Smedge has had the ability to filter out what shows up in the lists, and Smedge 2018 and later versions have greatly improved on this filtering ability with a simp...

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