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PipelineFX,
makers of Qube!™ software have recently announced that South
Park Studios has chosen Qube! as their render farm management
system.
South
Park is an award-winning and highly-acclaimed animated
series created and executive produced by Matt Stone and Trey
Parker. Airing on Comedy Central since 1997, South Park
satirizes American culture and current events. South Park
Studios has integrated Qube! into their Maya animation and
rendering pipeline, running primarily on Apple Macintosh hardware.
“One
of the mandates of my position as Technology Supervisor of
South Park is to be on a constant lookout for technologies
that can increase the efficiency of South Park's production
pipeline,” said J.J. Franzen. “Due to the breakneck pace with
which we produce the show, anything that can smooth out the
process is something we are very interested in. When we met
with PipelineFX about Qube!, I was immediately impressed with
the knowledge and enthusiasm they brought to the table, and
once I tried Qube!, I was even more impressed with the stability,
performance, and extensibility of the product.”
“Having
been part of the team that wrote South Park's original queue
management system, I am very familiar with the challenges
such a project faces, and Qube! not only faces those challenges,
it does so with ingenuity and intelligence. In less than a
week, I was able to incorporate Qube! into the existing production
pipeline, making the transition practically seamless! I can't
recommend PipelineFX and Qube! enough. I will definitely be
using them whenever I have a render farm to manage" he
added.
South
Park will be using Qube! to manage the rendering of each
episode of the show; it was selected because of its speed,
reliability, and the open architecture that allows them to
quickly integrate it with their custom-built tools.
“Everyone at PipelineFX are fans of the South Park
series, so we are delighted that Qube! is a part of the South
Park production pipeline,” said Troy Brooks, CEO of PipelineFX.
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