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New programs give individuals, studios and companies two new ways to save on cloud-based rendering

LOS ANGELES – Apr 4, 2012 – Render Rocket LLC, an advanced cloud-based rendering services company, announced that it has added Free, Unlimited Test Rendering and a new Referral Program to its list of services. The free unlimited test renders include support and training, giving customers the ability to test up to five frames of their project before they pay for it. In addition, Render Rocket has just launched the Rocket Referral Program, which enables customers to get 100 free credits per month for an entire year for every customer they bring to Render Rocket. Render Rocket will be showcasing both new programs at this year’s NAB (CloudMediaHUB booth #N3222I – North Hall, Middle of the Cloud Computing Pavilion).

The Free, Unlimited Test Renders option, which is the only cloud-based, self-service test option for rendering on the market, gives customers a number of advantages, including:

• Getting familiar with Render Rocket’s cloud-based service and rendering interface, Mission Control, for free;
• Identifying any potential issues or needed tweaks to a project before spending any money;
• Enabling Render Rocket’s sales team to assist customers in scoping a project’s costs and finding the best pricing options;
• Giving customers confidence that Render Rocket is the right fit for their workflow and project needs.

Test renders are limited to five (5) frames, and all final rendered images are watermarked. All test renders come with access to training and support. There is no limit to how many tests a customer can run. In addition, test renders do not use pre-paid Render Rocket credits, nor will a customer’s credit card be charged for these tests.

“The creative process is iterative, and sometimes takes a bit of trial and error to get it right,” said Ruben Perez, CEO of Render Rocket. “For our customers, the new Free, Unlimited Test Renders give them a way to test their creative ideas before they spend any money. Those new to Render Rocket can test our rendering service without having to pay upfront for their project. Either way, it’s a win for the customer.”

Render Rocket is also launching the new Rocket Referral Program, which kicks off immediately and gives Render Rocket customers a great way to load their account with free render credits to use on current and future projects. Under the program, customers who are currently using Render Rocket’s service can gain access to 100 extra render credits per month (which equates to 100 monthly core hours of processing) just by bringing a new customer to the cloud-based service. Referring customers get the same amount of credits every month for a year for each customer they refer (1200 core hours of processing per year / per customer). The 100 credits are monthly credits and do not carry over from month to month.

To find out more about either program, contact sales@renderrocket.com, visit www.renderrocket.com or visit Render Rocket at NAB (CloudMediaHUB booth: (#N3222I – North Hall, Middle of the Cloud Computing Pavilion).

About Render Rocket
Render Rocket began selling remote rendering services to the media and entertainment industry in 2005 with a vision to deliver professional-level rendering power on-demand to any 2D and 3D production team, regardless of its size or location. Today Render Rocket is the leading cloud-based rendering solutions company and offers it’s services to film, post production, visual effects, broadcast, universities, industrial design, automotive, architecture, game cinematics, and graphic design companies. It counts among its numerous customers companies such as Nike, Nokia, Superfad, Nickelodeon, Sony Imageworks, Lockheed Martin, THQ, The Antfarm, Picture Mill, NYU, Columbia University and Engine Room and many others. For more information, visit www.renderrocket.com or email contact@renderrocket.com.
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Thinware Media Announces Partnership with Render Rocket

Thinware Media Ltd., developers of StudioCAP workflow automation and asset management for animation studios, and Render Rocket LLC, an advanced cloud-based rendering services company based in California, have announced a new strategic partnership and technology integration that will enable animation studios to fully automate the process of rendering completely managed via cloud computing.

StudioCAP (CAP=Computer Aided Production) is a completely new workflow automation and asset management solution for animation studios. Its cloud-based system enables studios to more efficiently store, track, and move 2D and 3D CGI (computer generated image) assets through the creation process without having to install and manage a costly IT infrastructure to do so. Render Rocket is a cloud-based, high-end rendering service that provides professional-grade rendering power on-demand to any 2D or 3D production team regardless of size or location.

Together, StudioCAP and Render Rocket will enable studios to manage their files more effectively, and automatically trigger a render job by simply submitting an image or shot after an artist has completed it. This will immediately package and send all the files to Render Rocket for rendering. Render Rocket will quickly return the files to StudioCAP fully rendered. The entire process not only automates rendering for artists, it alleviates the need for studios to purchase and maintain dedicated file servers and rendering machines, since both StudioCAP and Render Rocket operate in the cloud.

“We are very excited that Ruben and his team are onboard with Thinware Media,” said Mark Rocchio, CEO of Thinware Media Ltd. ”Render Rocket is a well-established, easy-to-use rendering solution that works seamlessly with StudioCAP, and this will undoubtedly simplify how our customers take content from concept to final render.”

Ruben Perez, CEO of Render Rocket, added: “StudioCAP is the perfect complement to our cloud-based rendering solution. Now studios of all sizes can create content more efficiently, manage projects and assets more efficiently, and render more efficiently – all within the cloud and without massive capital investment. This partnership has the potential to re-define how all types of media are produced.”

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Render Rocket Launches Mission Control 3.0
at SIGGRAPH 2011

Improved Web-based render job “control center” and programmable API speed and simplify Render Rocket’s cloud-based rendering service

LOS ANGELES – Aug 3, 2011 – Render Rocket LLC, an advanced cloud-based rendering services company, announced that it is launching a new version of Mission Control, its Web-based “control center” for starting, monitoring, controlling and downloading render jobs. Launching at SIGGRAPH 2011, Mission Control 3.0 will enable individual artists and animation studios working with Render Rocket to experience a more streamlined user interface, faster file transfer times, multi-user access and a programmable cloud rendering API for integrating Mission Control directly into 3D tools and production pipelines. Render Rocket will be attending SIGGRAPH 2011 to showcase all of Mission Control’s latest features.

Render Rocket is a cloud-based, high-end rendering service that provides professional-grade rendering power on-demand to any 2D or 3D production team regardless of its size or location. Those production teams access Render Rocket’s private network and control their render jobs through its highly secure, Web-based interface or “control center”, which is called Mission Control. The newly launched version of Mission Control was built to further speed and simplify the management of self-service rendering jobs as demand for the Company’s rendering services grow.

“Since 2010, we’ve experienced more than a 30 percent increase in the demand for our rendering services, worldwide,” said Ruben Perez, CEO of Render Rocket. “To meet the demands of this growing user base, we’ve been working on a number of ways to make our solution faster, more user friendly, and easier to integrate into existing production environments. Mission Control 3.0 is the culmination of all of that work, and we’re really excited to be showing it off at this year’s SIGGRAPH.”

On the front end, Mission Control 3.0 features a more streamlined user experience that makes it easier for users to start, monitor, control, and download render jobs. The upgraded Mission Control also includes options for secure, multi-user access, which enables studios to more effectively work with teams of artist and managers by setting permissions on individual projects and files as needed during the production process.

On the back end, Render Rocket has completely upgraded its network in order to meet rising demand and speed render job times. The new upgrade includes faster servers, more scalable network storage built on the latest Isilon technology, and expanded render farm capacity to handle last-minute, highly complex render jobs.

“Rendering in film and design is becoming more and more data intensive,” said John Morales, COO of Render Rocket. “Working with our technology partners, we’ve increased our storage capacity five-fold since last year. Our service platform is more robust and more secure, with stronger file security and system redundancy. This enables us to take on render jobs from single users and massive film studios alike, without any adverse affects on our system.”

In addition, Mission Control 3.0 will now allow studios to streamline the remote rendering process by integrating Render Rocket directly into their animation pipeline using a programmable cloud rendering API. This API allows studios with in-house developers to integrate Render Rocket to automatically handle overflow renders, and to integrate Mission Control data into existing in-house dashboards or other monitoring applications.

Pricing and Availability

The Render Rocket team will be at SIGGRAPH 2011 to show off Mission Control 3.0. Studios interested in seeing all of the latest features should contact sales@renderrocket.com.

For more information on Render Rocket pricing, visit: http://www.renderrocket.com/pricing.

About Render Rocket

Render Rocket began selling remote rendering services to the media and entertainment industry in 2005 with a vision to deliver professional-level rendering power on-demand to any 2D and 3D production team, regardless of its size or location. Today Render Rocket is the leading cloud-based rendering solutions company and offers it’s services to film, post production, visual effects, broadcast, universities, industrial design, automotive, architecture, game cinematics, and graphic design companies. It counts among its numerous customers companies such as Nike, Nokia, Superfad, Nickelodeon, Sony Imageworks, Lockheed Martin, THQ, The Antfarm, Picture Mill, NYU, Columbia University and Engine Room. For more information, visit www.renderrocket.com or email contact@renderrocket.com.

Leading cloud-based rendering solutions company ramps up sales efforts with seasoned sales director

LOS ANGELES, CA – June 6, 2011 – Render Rocket LLC, the leading provider of cloud-based, self-service rendering solutions for digital content creation companies, today announced the hiring of Tracey Farrar, a highly experienced sales veteran formally of GPL Technologies and PipelineFX, as Vice President of Business Development. Farrar will be responsible for growing Render Rocket’s media and entertainment customer base, expanding services into new markets, and developing strategic partnerships that bring further value to Render Rocket’s offerings.

As a cloud-based, self-service rendering solution, Render Rocket allows companies to tap into a powerful computing network to solve critical render resource challenges without having to purchase and maintain huge render farms. Using Render Rocket’s service, with its multitude of servers and competent support staff, studios can augment their workflow to meet deadlines, address production overflow or simply handle all of their rendering needs remotely. Render Rocket’s Mission Control application offers a state-of-the-art, programmable API that enables seamless integration into any existing production pipeline and allows renders to be transferred to the cloud as production needs require. What’s more, Render Rocket supports most 3D applications, and the licenses for those applications are included on Render Rocket’s machines, which saves companies the cost of purchasing extra licenses just for rendering.

To grow Render Rocket’s media and entertainment customer base, and to help the Company expand into new markets, Render Rocket has hired Tracey Farrar, a seasoned professional with over 25 years of sales experience. Farrar comes to Render Rocket after working with GPL Technologies, where she headed up sales for the studio-focused pipeline company. Prior to GPL, Farrar managed sales for PipelineFX, a render farm management company that sold its solution, Qube, primarily to the media and entertainment industry.

“I’m really excited to join Render Rocket and work with their team to grow their customer base and evangelize their offerings,” said Farrar. “I have been following Render Rocket for several years and have watched their growth, thinking that their powerful solution was exactly what companies with rendering jobs needed. It’s really exciting now to be part that same company’s fast growth.”

“We’re extremely happy to have someone of Tracey’s caliber and experience leading our sales efforts,” said Ruben Perez, founder and CEO of Render Rocket. “Tracey knows the media and entertainment industry inside and out, she thoroughly ‘gets’ our technology, and will be an invaluable addition to our team as we bring our services to a broader market. We’re really looking forward to what we’ll be able to create together.”

About Render Rocket
Render Rocket began selling remote rendering services to the media and entertainment industry in 2005 with a vision to deliver professional-level rendering power on-demand to any 3D production team, regardless of its size or location. Today Render Rocket is the leading cloud-based rendering solutions company and offers it’s services to studios, universities, industrial design and architecture companies, game cinematic companies, graphic design companies and more. It counts among its numerous customers companies such as Nike, Nokia, Superfad, Framework LA, Sony Imageworks, Lockheed Martin, THQ, The Antfarm, Picture Mill, NYU, Columbia University and Engine Room. For more information, visit www.renderrocket.com or email contact@renderrocket.com.