Setup guide

Optional Lustre Components
You can expand the features of your Lustre system and improve the efficiency
of your workflow by adding any of the following components.
Control Surface The Autodesk control surface provides improved interactivity
when colour grading film and video footage. You can perform many of the
same tasks you do in the Lustre user interface using the control surface.
Video I/O Video I/O is provided by the DVS Centaurus
®
board, which consists
of an HD/SD board and a breakout box. This configuration provides real-time
SDI input and output of uncompressed 8- or 10-bit HD or SD video in both
YUV (4:2:2) and RGB formats (4:4:4 or 4:2:2).
For a list of supported video formats, see the Autodesk Lustre 2011 User Guide.
Audio I/O Audio I/O is provided by the DVS Centaurus board, which consists
of an HD/SD board and a breakout box, and an ADAT Converter such as the
Lucid ADA 88192. This configuration offers eight audio input and eight audio
output channels. They all use 24-bit audio resolution.
Slave Renderer The Slave Renderer is a rack-mounted server that is connected
directly to the Lustre workstation. It frees system resources by off-loading
render tasks on an 'as-needed' basis, thus ensuring real-time interaction on
the Lustre system.
Background Renderer Background rendering frees up Lustre workstations
for colour grading. You can use up to eight background rendering machines
to process your final frames.
NOTE For a list of Incinerator system components, refer to the Autodesk Incinerator
2011 Installation and User Guide
Typical Configuration Overview
The following illustration shows a typical configuration, including the Master
Station, Lustre Station, and other optional components.
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