Showing posts with label software. Show all posts
Showing posts with label software. Show all posts

05 September 2012

Scripting the backburner.xml file for Amazon EC2

A couple of people have contacted me about the PowerShell script I wrote while setting up 3DS Max Design to run in the cloud. Here it is, complete with comments. I'm also posting the backburner.xml file it modifies.

22 December 2011

Rendering from 3ds Max Design 2011 on Amazon EC2

I've posted a few details of my current project to Google+, but never a full-length description. This is my first practical experience with cloud computing, and one of the most enjoyable things I've done in my fourteen years in IT. Perhaps the experience will help others.

09 December 2011

A review of Picasa 3.9 (beta)

Google rolled out the latest version of Picasa yesterday, which brought with it Google+ integration. I installed the program last night, and spent several hours tagging all of my pictures with places and faces. That probably sounds more ambitious than it actually was, as I don't really have that many photos. The process did give me enough time, however, to evaluate the good and the bad points of the application.