Render Farm Blog

Rendering can be expensive. Whether you're used to investing in your own rendering hardware or buying render credits for your favorite render farm, the appeal of free render farms can be irresistible.

Are you interested in the world of 3D rendering? Then it’s time to learn 3ds Max. It won’t be easy, but you’ll be glad you did. 3ds Max is the most versatile of the 3D software options; no matter where a 3D file starts and no matter where it ends, 3ds Max is by far the best for importing, editing, and exporting.

Beginner, intermediate or an advanced user, when it comes of creativity we all keep learning new tips and tricks to express our art. Never stop learning!

Is Maya for you? Is Maya easy to learn? Is Maya the best 3D software? Learn what Autodesk Maya can do and whether it’s the 3D software for you.

From feature films, to games and archviz, 3ds Max is one of the top 3D packages around. In this article, we highlight four of the best 3ds Max renderers for artists and studios using 3ds Max.

What is 3D rendering? What is the difference between 3D rendering and 3D modelling? This article aims to make important distinctions for the learning 3D artist.

The 3D animation process varies depending on what you specialize in, but the fundamental principles remain the same. If you're interested in trying your hand at different types of animation, read on!

What makes Cinema 4D one of the most versatile and flexible software solutions on the market, which creative industries decided to adopt, how they used its potential, and much more.

Check out the features, fixes, and improvements to our render farm software released between September and October 2022.

While 3ds Max modeling features are the most robust, as a whole, Max is more limited than other tools. However, with a few plugins, it becomes the most powerful for creating photo-realistic scenes.

In today’s industry, how can a 3D artist succeed? Jad Fenergi argues that focusing on art and design fundamentals is a sounder approach to success than focusing on just mastering 3D tools.

Learn and compare the pros and cons of some alternatives to Cinema 4D – Blender, Houdini, and 3ds Max.

3D Artist Mel goes over his experience testing GarageFarm.NET and other farms as he prepares for a 3D animation project. We're happy to report that he ended up rendering with us!

GPU rendering has quickly become a staple of Maya workflows. But, as is the question with most tried-and-true methods, is GPU rendering worth the cost and effort?

Texturing in Cinema 4D shares a lot in common with other 3D software, and is just as important as part of the 3D artist's pipeline. Read on to learn some tips on C4D texturing.

How to optimize your 3ds Max files to bring render times down significantly, without sacrificing quality. In this article, we’ll break down tips for the project setup, render settings, a few tips on materials (briefly), and more.

Will AI image generation be the death of Art as a time-honored human practice and a means of livelihood? Read on to hear a 3D artist's take on the impending CG Artpocalypse.

Check out the features, fixes, and improvements to our render farm software we released between July and August 2022.

The latest Maya software updates are packed with long-awaited features and exciting additions to boot! Read on to learn what's in store in Maya 2023 and 2023.1!

If you use Cinema 4D and Blender, or collaborate with other artists and studios, Alembic can be your best friend. Learn to use Alembic to apply C4D's Jiggle Deformer on an animated pig from Blender!

Check out the features, fixes, and improvements to our render farm software we released between May and June, 2022.

In this article we go over a list of some of our favourite new features and improvements in Blender 3.2. Some well known, and some less talked about but equally important!

In this article, we take a look at how to use Light Groups on a scene rendered on our Blender render farm. You'll be able to access the files and follow along to learn about this game-changing feature

Learn about the differences between Cinema 4D and Blender to find out which software is for you.

Prerendered game footage is a controversial topic for gamers and creators alike, but with the advantages it can provide, the approach is difficult to ignore in modern game development.

Lighting a 3D scene can be time-consuming and a very high stakes part of 3D CGI creation. Blender 3.2's Light Groups will help us in that regard! Read on to learn about this long-awaited feature!

Rigify Animbox can quickly generate quadruped movement for your Blender animation. Read on to learn about how Marco used it to create a walking horse for a shot in no time.

Check out the features and improvements to our render farm software we released between March and April, 2022.

Parenting is an essential concept in 3d animation and CG filmmaking. Learn how it can be used to solve production problems in creating character animations in Blender or similar software!

Learn what NFT is, how it began, and how it can help 3d artists earn from their digital art.

Improve your archviz workflow in 3ds Max with 10 simple but essential tips for setting up your 3ds Max Workspace, courtesy of CG BBQ's Andrew.

Corona 7 was released with some pretty interesting features, but the developers are not slacking off in 2022. Corona 8 is already planned for release and includes five great new features.

Check out the features, improvements, and bug fixes to our render farm software we released between January and February 2022.

As NFTs gain traction in the art scene, it's a valuable skill to know how to develop single images into larger NFT collections. This guide will walk you through developing a project capable of generating thousands of individual artworks.

Learn about the differences and intersections between pre-rendering (also called offline rendering) and real-time rendering.

Victor is a digital artist, whom we have had the pleasure of conversing and collaborating with on multiple occasions, and has sat down with us to discuss the new digital frontier of NFT art.

Today, we’ll be taking a look at the most useful tips to know for switching to Quixel Mixer coming from Substance Painter.

Learn how to prevent bill shock and save money when rendering online with GarageFarm.

Illya Mozzhukin and Illa Kuzuk of VIVX share their story and work in progress with our resident hosts, DJ and Amiel in a special episode for anyone who makes or enjoys 3d animation content!

Check out the features, improvements, and bug fixes to our render farm software our developers released between October and November 2021.

Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse has been hailed as one of the best animated movies of all time. A big reason as to why it was so successful was because of its comic-inspired look, paying homage to the printing process used back during the golden age of comic books.

Dj and Amiel sit with Kevin He and Ergin Dervisoglu of Deepmotion to discuss Animate 3d - a game-changer, for 3d animation and content creation.

Check out the features and improvements made to our render farm software our developers released between August and September 2021.

Know all about Ghz hour, OctaneBench points and other jargon that surround pricing of render farm services.

Plugins are a great way to quicken your Archviz workflow without sacrificing quality. In this article, you'll find 12 of the best plugins for architectural work in 3ds Max.

Here’s a list of features and improvements made to our render farm software our developers released between June and July 2021.

V-Ray offers a lot of versatility when it comes to dealing with problematic buckets. In this article, we'll explore different ways to eliminate or minimize the unwanted effects of a hanging bucket.

Lighting is integral to creating a successful image with any degree of faithfulness to real life. In this post, we'll share what it really is and what it can do for us as 3d artists.

Blender has grown to become a reliable and powerful 3d modeling tool. This article provides an overview of the different types of modeling workflows available to newbie Blender artists.

In this article, Amiel continues to develop his procedural X-Box in Substance Designer and sets up the resulting textures in Blender for the final render.

Would you believe that this X-Box Series X was made almost entirely in Substance Designer? Read on to find out how Proceduralism and Substance can replace vertex pushing in cases like this!

Learn what a render farm is and its benefits for 3d artists and studios. Find out when you'd need a farm and its true cost.

Meet Vaughan Ling, more known as Heavypoly, a 3D artist-slash-app creator who has worked on Oscar-winning movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, critically-acclaimed Love, Death & Robots, and Tron: Uprising.

In this article, we've collected all the plugin updates on GarageFarm.NET from the last two months for Cinema 4D, 3ds Max, Maya, Blender, and Modo, plus a new plugin release for After Effects!

Auto Rig Pro for Blender is a rigging tool with features that bring more control to Mocap Data. Learn how to leverage both Mixamo, Blende's NLA, and Auto Rig Pro to add more nuance to your animation.

We have prepared a list of all render farm updates that we added to our plug-ins over the first two months of 2021.

In this article, we are proud to present a very inspiring chat with Sayan Mondal, a long-time Blender user and founder of blueinversion.com.

Motion Capture is becoming more accessible to the home user, and Deepmotion takes the workflow to a whole new level. Here's a short introduction to Deepmotion and how it might be used with Blender!

In this breakdown of CG Talks, DJ, Andrew, and Marco sit down with Blender Node wizard Erindale to discuss the future of proceduralism and its impact on the 3d workflow.

Making a 3d animation can is always a huge task. Here are 5 tips that can come in handy on your next Blender project!

Here's a list of features that we added to our render farm plugins in November and December 2020. Featuring updates for Web Manager, renderBeamer, 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, V-Ray, Maya, Blender, and more.

In this post, we’ll be taking a look at Substance Painter’s Auto UVs feature and find out the answer to the age-old question: Can we finally skip UV unwrapping?

In this article, we'll be taking a look at why creating Smart Materials inside Substance Designer can help you make more flexible materials for your material library.

In this breakdown/ tutorial Marco goes over a workflow for combining fur textures with actual fur simulation to achieve a fox that can be used for animation.

In this article, we take advantage of some downtime to geek out over our recently acquired GPU nodes and new GPU server types to compare GPU and CPU rendering across our services.

In this article, we go over Marco's method for blending and adjusting multiple Mixamo animation clips in Blender's NLA Editor.

In this article we breakdown Amiel's 5 incredibly useful Substance Painter tips for working faster and achieving more detail in your work.

Veteran Architectural Visualizer Joni Mercado shares his thoughts on the principles of Composition.

Light plays a key role in our perception of the world, to say nothing about art, and by understanding it, we become all the better as CG artists. Read on and let Joni be your guide!

With colors, we can set moods, tones, and themes. Color is the charismatic brother of Light, and both interact as one in this regard. From a psychological point of view, you can use a determined color to energize or to cool down a particular scene.

An overview of the often-overlooked craft of creating a story within an image, particularly for Architectural Visualization

Here's a list of upgrades that we added to our plug-ins from September to October. Featuring updates for renderBeamer, Web Manager, Cinema 4D, 3ds Max, Maya, and many more.

In August we've celebrated our render farm anniversary, but also made a lot of plugin updates for Cinema 4D, Blender, 3ds Max, Lightwave 3D, and Modo. Here's a roundup of updates in August ‘20.

The tech industry is constantly evolving. Learn how switching to ACES can not only help and improve your art but also future-proof your workflow for the next generation.

10 years of ups and downs recounted by our CEO, Tomek S, and General Manager Michal O. Here's the story of GarageFarm.NET's first ten years .

A decade of perseverance, determination, and learning. Here's the story of GarageFarm.NET's ten years as told by our Director of Operations, Lucas B!

In July we've focused on improving renderBeamer, but there are also a lot of updates for V-ray, Adobe After Effects, Modo, Maya, 3ds Max, and LightWave plugins. Here's a roundup of our recent updates.

Seeing a 3d project to its completion is a daunting task. Render Farms and other online services can save time and ensure deadlines are met. Learn what online resources are available to 3d artists.

10 years of struggle, learning and moving forward - read on to learn about GarageFarm.NET's humble beginnings, and how the rendering service grew to become what it is today.

Learn about the different types of displacement mapping and how to use displacement effectively in 3ds Max and V-Ray care of Michal Mos!

Displacement techniques are used in CG both aesthetically, and to drive realism in renders. This article covers the different forms of displacement, and how they can be configured for optimal rendering.

The main milestone in the rapid advancements of 3d rendering is the development of ray tracing. Read on to learn about how ray tracing paved the way for the astounding renders we see today.

Here's the list of new features we added to our plugins in June 2020! Featuring updates for renderBeamer, Lightwave, Modo, Cinema 4d, Maya, 3ds Max, and VUE.

Here is a list of all the updates that we added in May to our plug-ins for 3ds Max, LightWave, Cinema4D, Rhinoceros3D, Modo, and Terragen as well as new features in our Web Manager and renderBeamer.

For those in the comfort of our shelters, it’s a silver lining to be able to keep eyes on the ground.

As we move toward the end of this crisis, here's some news to look forward to! Read on to learn about the latest updates added to our renderBeamer plugin for your favorite DCC!

Leveraging powerful GPUs is never a bad way to go when working in 3d. Here are 5 situations where having a good GPU really pays, plus a little bit of good news at the end!

Here's a bit of good news for 3d artists in need of some serious GPU rendering power - We finally support GPU rendering over at GarageFarm.NET! Read on to learn more!

Marco, DJ, Tomas, and Andrew are back to pin down the ever-elusive idea style in the third episode of CG talks. Elo returns to criticize.

Here's a rundown of the latest updates we've made to kick off 2020 at GarageFarm.NET.

Having trouble landing decent jobs? Yeah. We sat down with Fabio Palvelli for strategies, answers, and some hard truths.

Last year has been busy for us, and we're happy to share some key updates from 2019. We're looking forward to serving you better this 2020!

The world of Archviz is on the brink of some serious change. Elo disseminates some thoughts expressed in our first podcast and adds his own insight into today's rapidly changing industry.

Now that we have renderBeamer, things are much easier. You can use our DCC plugin to quickly prepare and send the scene, have the project uploaded and the rendered frames downloaded back to you – all automatically.

Your portfolio is your golden ticket to the career you've been working for. Learn how you can showcase your work to communicate what work you enjoy and can excel in with this article!

Hardware is a key consideration for 3d artists, but buying the best of every component of your future workstation is rarely feasible. This article describes the role hardware plays in your 3d needs.

Building your own render farm and outsourcing to third-party services both have their pros and cons. This article sheds some light on the two and which may be the best choice for you.

Creating with 3d has its perks. The control you have over your scenes is unparalleled by any other medium.

Starting off a big archviz project is a messy and tricky thing to handle especially as a Freelance 3d Artist. Everything is at your pace and ways on how you can deliver on time.

Read our thoughts on Medusa’s hair from the Inhumans clip and why it is not an accurate representation of the physical properties of real hair.