Deadline 8.0 is the latest version of Thinkbox Software’s scalable high-volume compute management solution.

For ultimate scalability, Deadline 8 introduces on-demand metered licensing, which will work with both local and cloud-based farms alongside existing permanent and temporary licenses. Usage is tracked per minute, and can be purchased and managed round-the-clock via Thinkbox’s e-commerce portal. Additionally, the store hosts on-demand per-minute licenses for select third party content creation applications and plugins. Visit the Usage Based Licensing page for more information.

Rock-steady Operation
Deadline’s unique architecture removes the need for a centralized manager application by using a highly-scalable database and basic file sharing to manage the farm. As long as your Database and File Server are running, Deadline is running.

Intuitive User Interface
Built with your creativity in mind, Deadline’s User Interface has evolved in response to extensive feedback from artists. The flexible and intuitive interface provides a unified experience to artists and administrators across all platforms.

For job submission, Deadline offers integrated submission scripts for 3ds Max, After Effects, AutoCAD, Blender, Cinema 4D, Clarisse iFX, Composite, Fusion, Generation, Guerilla, Harmony, Hiero, Houdini, Lightwave, Maya, Messiah, Microstation, Mocha Pro, modo, Nuke, RealFlow, Rhino, SketchUp 3D, Softimage, and Vue, providing a comfortable native environment for cross-application tasks.

Supported Software
Deadline supports over 70 different rendering packages out of the box across various industries, including Media and Entertainment, Broadcasting, Commercial, AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction), and more! See the Supported Software page in the Deadline documentation for more information.

FLEXIBLE LICENSING OPTIONS
Deadline continues to support the traditional Floating license model, and adds support for a new Usage Based licensing model (UBL) in Deadline 8. These licensing models are not exclusive of each other, which means that they can be used separately or together, across local, remote, or cloud-based render nodes.

Home Page - http://deadline.thinkboxsoftware.com/

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