‘Free Fire ‘Project Cobra’’ for Garena Games, Directed by Jon Saunders at Passion Animation Studios
house all of their data. When they work on a project that requires cloud compute, every time they publish a new version of their data, whether it is a 3D model, an image file or a cache file, an automated push to the cloud server and storage using ngenea is triggered. ngenea offers the ability for
artists to share, access and use their data across the entire company, wherever they are located. ngenea wraps existing file, Cloud and object storage in a global namespace with a single view of the data, retaining the full path and filename wherever that may be. With ngenea, they can quickly and securely transport data to and from globally distributed cloud, object storage, traditional Network Attached Storage (NAS) files and tape resources, automatically moving data into the ‘right cost’ resource according to value and usage as your work teams and business needs demand. When Passion Pictures starts
the rendering process, the scene files that need to be rendered are pushed into the cloud to be queued and pre-warmed for rendering. Once renders have been completed, a script pushes the data back home to Passion’s on-premise solution. To handle project deadlines, Passion Pictures use Thinkbox Deadline with
AWS Spot instances that start up on demand to view the storage and prioritises the order of files that need to be rendered. Passion Pictures is ahead of the
curve in how animation production studios are using the cloud to meet the need of their customers. Thanks to ngenea, they transport data from on-premise to an intermediary AWS S3 bucket. They can then run a small pixstor system in any AWS region, much smaller than any other cloud storage offerings, to provide compute storage for their render nodes. This ensures huge cost savings, as they do not have to overprovision large amounts of underlying storage to service their cloud compute. “A lot of the team at pixitmedia
says Jason Nicholas, Head of CG at Passion Pictures.
being able to respond to a client bringing a deadline forward and paying extra for that render capability to
to not be limited by resources but also
“Having the ability
get it to them faster, we now have that.”
Tim Wharton
Head of Systems at Passion Pictures
have worked within the industry and have been through these pain points themselves so you can have these solution orientated conversations with them. pixitmedia has helped us take that next step again with ngenea to allow us to have a more linear scalability to the business,”
The Confidence to Meet the Future In helping Passion Pictures scale to meet the needs of the business, pixitmedia’s team of technical specialists have re-architected the way they move files into the cloud with minimal disruption to the pipeline. Previously render files were being downloaded unnecessarily which incurred AWS egress costs, these included incomplete sets, temporary or intermediate files and failed render files. By integrating ngenea and pixstor into their Autodesk ShotGrid (Shotgun) and Thinkbox
Deadline publishing tools, Passion Pictures now have complete control over their data flows and egress costs; tailoring their workflows to only queue and receive complete render sets back from the cloud. Tim Wharton, Head of Systems
at Passion Pictures, adds, “There are two sides to this technology. On the
one slide, it is an enabler for us as a business. We do not want technology to be the reason we don’t do a job. We shouldn’t be resource limited and we have now got more capability and more confidence in growing that. “The other side is from the client
perspective. In our line of work, deadlines can get tighter, resolutions can get bigger and the number of projects you’re doing simultaneously can suddenly all land at the same time. “Having the ability to not be
limited by resources but also being able to respond to a client bringing a deadline forward and paying extra for that render capability to get it to them faster, we now have that. It’s not a limiting factor anymore.” The result is a complete
solution which respects their entire hybrid cloud studio pipeline, that is completely cost efficient and scalable into the future. Passion Pictures can now confidently deliver their speciality of shortform projects and expand into producing more longform content, ultimately focusing on their craft; telling award-winning stories that connect and inspire through animation.
For more stories of how we’ve helped the world’s leading creative organisations do their best work, visit:
www.pixitmedia.com
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