ButterflyNetRender - Compare versions

New Features

BNR4 GUI updated (screen)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

BNR4 Frame Verification

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

CPU and RAM usage information

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Print Screen feature

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Frame/Thumbnail Viewer (screen)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Reload Scene

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

General Features

Frame Verification

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Negative Frame support

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Drag and Drop support

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Arbitrary Frames

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Modify Output Scene panel (screen)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Modify All supported panels

no

no

yes

yes

yes

RenderNode Information (screen)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Render Status

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Scene Information (screen)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Realtime RenderNode Feedback

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Multi Network card Support

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Dual/Multi CPU Support

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Client Screen Saver

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Test Frame Feature

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

View Frame Directory

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

LightWave 3D

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Modo

no

no

yes

yes

yes

Messiah:Studio

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

Maya, Maya MR, Maya RenderMan

no

no

no

yes

yes

3DSMax

no

no

no

yes

yes

XSI

no

no

no

yes

yes

VRay

no

no

no

yes

yes

Cinema 4D

no

no

no

yes

yes

Pixie

no

no

no

yes

yes

Blender

no

no

no

yes

yes

After Effects

no

no

no

yes

yes

Nuke

no

no

no

yes

yes

Digital Fusion

no

no

no

yes

yes

Combustion

no

no

no

yes

yes

VUE

no

no

no

yes

yes

3Delight

no

no

no

yes

yes

Houdini

no

no

no

yes

yes

Mental ray

no

no

no

yes

yes

Arnold

no

no

no

yes

yes

Terragen 2

no

no

no

yes

yes

MachStudio

no

no

no

yes

yes

*Any command line render program

no

no

yes

yes

yes

Custom Scene Type support

no

no

yes

yes

yes

LightWave Features

(New 4.58) Lightwave 11.5 support

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Lightwave Automatic system setup

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

LightWave Object Viewer

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Lightwave ImageFilter Support

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Lightwave Scene Objects Verified

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

LightWave Scene Load Delay

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Read Lightwave scene Settings

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Lightwave Multi Camera Selection

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

LightWave Image checking (from LWO) (screen)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

LightWave Image Viewer

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

LightWave exrTrader support

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

LightWave DStorm BufferSaver.p

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Messiah Features

Messiah Automatic system setup

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

Messiah Scene reader

no

no

yes

yes

yes

Modo Features

Modo Automatic system setup

no

no

no

yes

yes

Modo LXO Scene reader

no

no

no

yes

yes

Modo Output Format selection (and exr Layers support)

no

no

yes

yes

yes

Modo Frame Verification

no

no

yes

yes

yes

Modo Split frame support

no

no

no

yes

yes

Modo Render Threads

no

no

no

yes

yes

Maya Features

Support to Read Maya scenes (ma)

no

no

no

yes

yes

Maya frame range selection

no

no

no

yes

yes

Maya Multi Camera Selection

no

no

no

yes

yes

Maya Layer support

no

no

no

yes

yes

Maya Render Panel Options

no

no

no

yes

yes

Maya Split frame support

no

no

no

yes

yes

XSI Features

XSI Scene reading (scene settings and passes)

no

no

no

yes

yes

XSI frame range selection

no

no

no

yes

yes

XSI - Pass enable/diable

no

no

no

yes

yes

3DSMax Features

3DSMax frame range selection

no

no

no

yes

yes

3DSMax Output format

no

no

no

yes

yes

3DSMax Output size

no

no

no

yes

yes

3DSMax Frame verify

no

no

no

yes

yes

After Effects Features

After Effects Output format

no

no

no

yes

yes

After Effects Frame verify

no

no

no

yes

yes

After Effects frame range selection

no

no

no

yes

yes

Blender Features

Blender frame range selection

no

no

no

yes

yes

Cinema 4D

Cinema 4D frame range selection

no

no

no

yes

yes

Cinema 4D Output format

no

no

no

yes

yes

Cinema 4D Output size

no

no

no

yes

yes

Cinema 4D Frame verify

no

no

no

yes

yes

Cinema 4D Render Threads

no

no

no

yes

yes

Combustion Features

Combustion frame range selection

no

no

no

yes

yes

Combustion Output format

no

no

no

yes

yes

Combustion Frame verify

no

no

no

yes

yes

Digital Fusion Features

Digital Fusion Scene reading (scene settings and passes)

no

no

no

yes

yes

Digital Fusion Output format

no

no

no

yes

yes

Digital Fusion Frame verify (V5+)

no

no

no

yes

yes

Kray Features

Kray frame range selection

no

no

no

yes

yes

Wake On Lan - Used to turn on/off RenderNode machines (screen)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Support for almost any command line render

no

no

yes

yes

yes

LightWave Render Types (screen)

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

Group Collections (screen)

no

no

yes

yes

yes

RenderNode Grouping

no

no

yes

yes

yes

Priority System

no

no

yes

yes

yes

Split frame Horizontal slicing

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

Split frame Vertical slicing (screen)

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

Split frame support for (BMP, JPG, PNG, TIF, TARGA, HDR, OpenEXR)

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

Post Process Command

no

no

yes

yes

yes

Scene Limiting

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

Email Notification

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

Remote Access Features

HTML Viewer System

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

(New!) Web Server with optional secure socket support

no

no

yes

yes

yes

(New 4.5) Edit Scene Properties from HTML Viewer

no

no

yes

yes

yes

Client Viewer/Submit system

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no

yes

yes

yes

Web Server/Internet Support

no

no

yes

yes

yes

RenderMe Lightwave Support

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

'bnr_submit' Command line application

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

Client OS Supported

BNR Windows Client support

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

BNR Linux Client support

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

BNR OSX Client support

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

RenderNode License Info

5 Render node maximum

yes

-

-

-

-

Supports adding Render nodes

no

yes

-

yes

-

Unlimited Render Nodes

no

no

no

yes

yes