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Acting as a Render Master has no significant impact on render performance. The system
resources consumed are insignificant. However, there are specific steps you must take to make
one of your computers a Render Master.
To set up the Render Master:
1 Install a copy of Fusion Studio on the computer you want to be the Render Master.
2 In Fusion Studio, choose Fusion Studio > Preferences on macOS or File > Preferences
on Windows and Linux
3 In the Preferences dialog, select the Global > Network Preferences panel.
4 Enter the name of the Render Master in the Name field and enter the IP address.
5 Enable the Make This Machine a Render Master checkbox.
6 If you want to use this computer as part of the render farm, enable the Allow This
Machine to Be Used as a Network Slave checkbox as well.
To have the Render Node act as the Render Manager:
 Select a node in the Render Manager and choose Set Default Master from the
contextual menu.
Once a computer is enabled to act as the master, use the Render Manager to add the Render
Nodes it will manage. The Render Manager dialog is described in detail later in this chapter.
Preparing Render Nodes
Before you can begin rendering on the network, the Render Nodes must be set up to accept
instructions from the Render Master.
In Fusion Studio, you can enable the computer to be used as a Render Node in two ways:
 Choose File > Allow Network Renders.
 Enable the Allow This Machine to Be Used as a Network Slave in the Global >
NetworkPreferences.
On a macOS Render Node computer:
 Click the Render Node icon in the menu bar and choose Allow Network Renders.
The Render Node menu accessed in
the macOS menu bar.
On a Linux Render Node computer:
 Right-click the Fusion Render Node icon in the App Launcher and choose Allow
Network Renders.
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