Hi there,

We (Digital Cinema Arts) will be opening a training center in Vancouver, B.C. soon and as part of our teaching environment we'll be providing our students access to a render/simulation farm, queue manager, asset control/version manager, shot tools, etc. and our primary render engine will be mantra, though we'll also have 3Delight and mental ray eventually as well.

So, while in the process of flushing out our business plan, the question has arisen a few times if it makes sense to offer mantra rendering services to commercial/vfx clients as well. We've always focused on education needs but considering the changes in the economy, and the CG biz in overall, maybe it makes sense to explore that market … we're clearly not sure, thus I'd like to pose the question to the general Houdini community:

If there was a remote rendering service offering mantra, would you see a need for that service in your business model?

Thanks!


Mark