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Do you have an idea for an animated movie created in Blender, but you don't have enough computing power? The Slovak rendering farm ViribusFarm.com offers you its computing capacity - now in a special mode. We are looking for animators who are willing to participate in the beta testing of render farm services. It is best tested in real operation, so we offer our services in exchange for your patience. If you accept the fact that an error may occur, or your project will be completed with a delay, you can use our services for free - during a limited period (until the end of the test mode).

What is important to know about the testing phase:

• We look forward to everyone who cooperates with us.
• ViribusFarm.com render farm provides rendering only for Blender.
• To use our services, you need to register.
• If you are interested in using the services for free, it is necessary to provide your phone number (or skype contact, eventually other contact) and complete a short interview. Your phone number will not be shared with anyone else.
• Credit for using services is renewed weekly. Unused credit from last week is forfeited.
• The number of open jobs for one user is limited to a maximum of 10. A job is considered open after it has been sent, unless it is processed by the rendering process or canceled by the user.
• The user undertakes (during the test phase) to immediately inform the operator of the render farm about detected errors and shortcomings - especially about incorrect output of the rendering process, errors during file upload or errors when working with the web interface of the render farm.
• The testing phase ends when no error is found 21 days after the last one was solved.
• We welcome suggestions for adding or improving the functionality of the render farm, which would make it easier for you to use the services.
• Supported render engines: Cycles, Eevee, Blender Workbench
• We will gradually add more rendering cores, such as Octane, V-ray and more. If you are using an engine that we do not yet support, please let us know as soon as possible.
• During the testing phase, we do not guarantee the continuous availability of our services or the delivery of output.
• The test account (registration) can be canceled (even without prior notice), without compensation, in case of violation of the general conditions, or in case of an attempt to abuse the server in an unauthorized way.

Frequently asked questions:

• Why do I have to provide my phone number and complete an interview?

  Since we provide the service for free (during testing), it may happen that someone would want to abuse our offer and create several (or even many) test accounts, which would overwhelm our render capacity and leave no computing power to others. With a telephone conversation, we want to eliminate multiple registrations of the same user.

• Why does the provided credit expire after a week and the next one is renewed?

  It is in our interest to perform as many tests as possible with different users and different requirements. Therefore, it is best to test as intensively as possible. Loss of credit could motivate you to perform tests (send files for rendering) as soon as possible. In this way, we motivate you to perform :-)

• Why is the number of open tasks limited?

  For the same reason as in the previous question. Our goal is to test the operation of the farm with diverse requirements from several users. If the number of tasks was not limited, and someone sent a lot of small tasks, it could overwhelm the processing - because the processing overhead of the task also takes some time. If there were too many small tasks, it could result in the service becoming unavailable to other users. If during testing we determine that more open tasks can be enabled, we will increase this number.

• Why only Blender?

  Blender is a great and comprehensive tool for creating 3D content, and it's free. It is used by a large community of people and supported by many 3D artists. That's why we decided to start by creating a farm for Blender. In the future, we can also provide services for other 3D programs if there is interest in them. Currently it's just Blender.

• I need a lot of processing power for my project, much more than I can have for the "allocated" weekly credit. Can you provide it to me?

  You can spread the creation of the desired output over several weeks and thus get the output you need. During the testing phase, our priority is to try the management software of the render farm in real operation - when there are many parallel requests and several users are active at the same time. If we were to "dedicate" ourselves to only one big project, we would not achieve what we need - a test in real operation.

• Do I still have outputs (animations, images) created during the test phase even after it ends?

  Yes, you have. The storage of files is governed by the terms of use, where the volume of stored data and the duration of their storage are determined. You can also save the outputs to your storage at any time, where you can have them for as long as you see fit.

• Can I, the farm user, use the output (animation, image) rendered during the test phase at my discretion? For example, for commercial purposes?

  Yes of course. It is the result of your creative work and we provided "only" computing capacity. Copyright remains with you even if you use our services.

• Can ViribusFarm.com use animations or images (user rendering results) at its discretion? For example, for his own promotion?

  No, we can't. Such a thing is possible only after mutual agreement - with the express consent of the user.