DUX Soft Pvt Ltd : SPARX

Asingle second of a movie scene is made up of 25 very high resolution frames,

while that of a television scene is made of 50 — 60 normal resolution frames.

Depending on the complexity of the scene, rendering a single frame may take up

to hours. If we have enough resources, each frame can be rendered by different

computers. For example, if one has 100 Computers, 4 seconds or 100 frames of the

scene can be rendered in the same time that it takes to render one frame. Such

an array of computers is called a 'Render Farm'. Managing a Render Farm is a

challenge, as one has to deal with multiple frames being rendered

simultaneously. SPARX, is a software application that aims to automate the

complete production life cycle of digital content creation, right from

requirement capture to final delivery and archival. SPARX's web interface has

been developed on PHP 5.2.x and uses various additional plug-ins. SPARX can be

integrated with Microsoft Active Directory Service or any other LDAP service to

provide a common authentication and single sign-on to any SPARX module in

future.