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Like most environment variables, you can put the license server in the Global Preferences via
the Prefs text file. EnvironmentVars: fu:SetPrefs(“Global.EnvironmentVars. FUSION_LICENSE_
SERVER”, “10.0.0.23;*”) fu:SavePrefs()
See Chapter 15, “Preferences” in the Fusion Studio manual for more information on using
environment variables.
NOTE: The use of straight quotes (“ “) in the environment variables above are
intentional and should not be replaced with typographer’s, or curly, quotes (“ ”).
Configuring the Render Master and Render Nodes
There are two roles played by computers involved in network rendering.
 The Render Master manages the list of compositions to be rendered (the queue) and
allocates frames to Render Nodes for rendering. Metaphorically speaking, the Render
Master is the traffic cop of this process.
 The Render Nodes are the main computers used for the rendering process. All
computers involved in network rendering must be on the same network subnet, and
they all must have access to the various files (including Fonts and third-party plug-
ins) used to create the composite. The path to the files must be the same for each
computer involved in rendering.
Preparing the Render Master
The Render Master manages the list of compositions to be rendered (the queue) and allocates
frames to Render Nodes for rendering. The Render Master is also used to maintain the Render
Node list and to push updates to the various Render Nodes when needed. At least one
computer in the render farm must be configured to act as the Render Master.
Any copy of Fusion can act as a Render Master by setting up the Fusion Network Preferences.
The Network panel sets up computers as Render Masters.
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