Laptop hooked up to Desktop as render machine?


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Laptop hooked up to Desktop as render machine?
by michael zoppo (MikeyForVFX) on Jun 15, 2008 at 4:19:39 pm

Would it be possible to hook a laptop up to a desktop and use the Laptop as a render machine?

Thanks

Zoppo
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Re: Laptop hooked up to Desktop as render machine?
by Aharon Rabinowitz on Jun 15, 2008 at 5:08:38 pm

Depends on what you mean.

If you own a valid license of AE, you can install the render engine on as many machines as you'd like. That means you can have network machines rendering your AE project without actually having AE on the machines - read the help files for more on this - and take note of any issues you may have with 3rd party plug-ins - they'd have to be installed on each of those machines if you are using those effects.

As far as how your network is set up computer to computer or computer to Router to Computer - that's a whole other thing. You do need to have a network set up though, even if it's a network of 2.

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