Supported Software

Deadline offers extensive out of the box support for third party applications, as well as an Application Plugin API and Event Plugin API for custom plugin development. The following applications (and associated renderers) are supported out of the box.

3ds Max

Highlighted Features

Supported Renderers

Supports Versions 2010 to 2017 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design Integrated Submission RPManager Submission Keeps Scene In Memory Tile Rendering Jigsaw Support Interactive VRay Distributed Rendering Interactive Corona Distributed Rendering Offload (Dynamic) VRay Distributed Rendering Offload Mental Ray Distributed Rendering Render To Texture Support Maxscript Jobs Scene States/Sub-States Custom Sanity Check Local Rendering Sticky/Default Settings Configuration Shotgun Support ftrack Support Draft Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path Path Mapping Of Pre/Post Script Paths Path Mapping Of Path Config File Path

Autodesk ART Brazil r/s Corona finalRender finalToon Krakatoa Maxwell NVIDIA iray NVIDIA Mental Ray Quicksilver RenderPipe RedShift Scanline VRay/VRay RT

Documentation: 3ds Max Documentation, 3ds Command Documentation

After Effects

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Supports Versions CS3 to CS6 and CC to CC 2017 Integrated Submission Local Rendering Multi-Machine Rendering Submit Layers As Separate Jobs Custom Sanity Check Shotgun Support ftrack Support NIM Support Draft Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output Path Path Mapping Of Scene File Contents (.aepx format only)

Documentation: After Effects Documentation

Arion Standalone

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Supports Version 2 and Later Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output Path Path Mapping Of Scene File Contents

Documentation: Arion Standalone Documentation

Arnold Standalone

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Supports the Pre-Release Beta and Version 1 Local Rendering Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Input File Paths Path Mapping Of Output Path Path Mapping Of Plugin Folder Paths

Documentation: Arnold Standalone Documentation

AutoCAD

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Supports AutoCAD 2015 to 2016 Integrated Submission Local Rendering Plotting Exporting Shotgun Support ftrack Support Draft Support

Documentation: AutoCAD Documentation

Blender

Highlighted Features	Supported Renderers
Supports Version 2.5 and Later Shotgun Support ftrack Support Draft Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output Path	All

Documentation: Blender Documentation

Cinema 4D

Highlighted Features	Supported Renderers
Supports Versions 12 to 18 Integrated Submission Keeps Scene In Memory Local Rendering Automatic Scene Exporting Custom Sanity Check Shotgun Support ftrack Support NIM Support Draft Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output Path	All

Documentation: Cinema 4D Documentation

Clarisse iFX

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Supports Versions 1 to 3 Integrated Submission Automatic Render Archiving Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Config File Path Path Mapping Of Module Paths Path Mapping Of Search Paths

Documentation: Clarisse iFX Documentation

Combustion

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Supports Versions 4 and 2008 Shotgun Support ftrack Support Draft Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Scene File Contents

Documentation: Combustion Documentation

Command Line

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Run Arbitrary Command Line Jobs Run The Same Command For Different Frames Run Different Commands For Different Tasks Path Mapping Of Executable File Path Path Mapping Of Arguments

Documentation: Command Line Documentation, Command Script Documentation

Composite

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Supports Versions 2010 to 2016 Integrated Submission Shotgun Support ftrack Support

Documentation: Composite Documentation

Corona Standalone

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Override number of passes and render time during submission Specify multiple configuration files to use when rendering Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path Path Mapping Of Config File Paths

Documentation: Corona Standalone Documentation

Corona DR

Highlighted Features	Supported Applications
Submit DR Jobs to Reserve Machines Interactive Distributed Rendering Existing Server Process Handling Slave Auto Session Timeout Controls	3ds Max (fully integrated) DR Server (server launching only)

Documentation: Corona Distributed Rendering Documentation

CSiBridge

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Submit Solver, Analysis and Reporting jobs Cleanup Options to Optimize Data Size Optionally Perform Design after Analysis Optional Automatic Compression of Output

Documentation: CSiBridge Documentation

CSiETABS

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Submit Solver, Analysis and Reporting jobs Cleanup Options to Optimize Data Size Optional Automatic Compression of Output

Documentation: CSiETABS Documentation

CSiSAFE

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Submit Solver, Analysis and Reporting jobs Cleanup Options to Optimize Data Size Optionally Export to external Database Optional Automatic Compression of Output

Documentation: CSiSAFE Documentation

CSiSAP2000

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Submit Solver, Analysis and Reporting jobs Cleanup Options to Optimize Data Size Optionally Perform Design after Analysis Optional Automatic Compression of Output

Documentation: CSiSAP2000 Documentation

DJV

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Image/Movie Type Conversion Shotgun Support ftrack Support Draft Support Path Mapping Of Input File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path Path Mapping Of Slate Input Path

Documentation: DJV Documentation

Draft

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Deep Integration With Deadline Create Movies From Rendered Images Perform Other Image Processing Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Template File Path Path Mapping Of Template Arguments

Documentation: Draft Documentation, Draft Event Documentation

EnergyPlus

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Off-load US Gov. Energy Analysis Jobs Optional Weather EPW Files Multithreading/DEBUG Options Post-Processing Options Optional Automatic Compression of Output

Documentation: EnergyPlus Documentation

FFmpeg

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Up To 10 Input Files or Sequences Path Mapping Of Input File Paths Path Mapping Of Output File Path Path Mapping Of Video Preset File Path Path Mapping Of Audio Preset File Path Path Mapping Of Subtitle Preset File Path

Documentation: FFmpeg Documentation

ftrack

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Create new Asset Versions on job submission Update Version status on job completion Automatic thumbnail generation and upload Automatic component upload

Documentation: ftrack Event Documentation

Fusion

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Supports Versions 5 to 8 Integrated Submission Keeps Scene In Memory Custom Sanity Check Quicktime Generation Shotgun Support ftrack Support Draft Support

Documentation: Fusion Documentation, Fusion Quicktime Documentation

Generation

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Integrated Submission Submit Comp Jobs To Fusion

Documentation: Generation Documentation

Guerilla

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Integrated Submission Submission From Guerilla Plugin for Maya Support For Pre, Frame, and Post Job Types Automatic Job Dependencies Distributed Rendering

Documentation: Guerilla Documentation

Harmony

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Supports Versions 10 to 14 Integrated Submission Path Mapping Of Scene File Path

Documentation: Harmony Documentation

Hiero

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Integrated Submission Submit Transcoding Jobs To Nuke Draft Support

Documentation: Hiero Documentation

Houdini

Highlighted Features

Supported Renderers

Supports Versions 9 to 16 Integrated Submission Tile Rendering Jigsaw Support Submit ROPs as Separate Jobs Submit Wedge ROPs as Separate Jobs Submit HQueue Simulation Nodes IFD Export Jobs Job Dependencies Based on Node Dependencies HServer Reserve Jobs Custom Sanity Check Shotgun Support ftrack Support Draft Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path Path Mapping Of Scene File Contents Path Mapping Of IFD File Path

All

Documentation: Houdini Documentation, HServer Documentation

Lightwave

Highlighted Features	Supported Renderers
Supports Versions 8 to 11 and 2015 FPrime Rendering Integrated Submission Keeps Scene In Memory Custom Sanity Check Shotgun Support ftrack Support Draft Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Config Folder Path Path Mapping Of Content Folder Path Path Mapping Of Content File Contents	All

Documentation: Lightwave Documentation

LuxRender

Highlighted Features

Path Mapping Of Scene File Path

Documentation: LuxRender Documentation

LuxSlave

Highlighted Features

Submit Luxconsole Jobs to Reserve Machines Interactive Distributed Rendering Existing Slave Process Handling Slave Auto Session Timeout Controls

Documentation: LuxSlave Documentation

Mantra Standalone

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Supports Versions 7 to 16 Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of IFD File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path Path Mapping Of IFD File Contents

Documentation: Mantra Standalone Documentation

Maxwell

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Supports Versions 2 to 4 Cooperative Rendering Automatic MXI Merging Local Rendering Resume Rendering from MXI Files Override Time and Sampling Level Values Override Extra Sampling Values Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of MXI File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path

Documentation: Maxwell Documentation

Maya

Highlighted Features

Supported Renderers

Supports Versions 2010 to 2017 Integrated Submission Keeps Scene In Memory Tile Rendering Jigsaw Support Custom Sanity Check VRay Distributed Rendering Local Rendering Submit Layers As Separate Jobs Submit Cameras As Separate Jobs Mental Ray Export Jobs VRay Export Jobs RenderMan Export Jobs Arnold Export Jobs GPU Affinity Support for RedShift Jobs Melscript/Python Script Jobs Shotgun Support ftrack Support NIM Support Draft Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output Folder Path Path Mapping Of Project Folder Path Path Mapping Of Scene File Contents

3Delight Arnold Caustic Visualizer Final Render Gelato Iray Krakatoa Maxwell MayaSoftware MayaHardware MayaVector Mental Ray Octane Redshift RenderMan RenderMan RIS Turtle VRay/VRay RT

Documentation: Maya Documentation

Media Encoder

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Local Rendering Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Input File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path

Documentation: Media Encoder Documentation

Mental Ray Standalone

Highlighted Features

Local Rendering Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Input File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path

Documentation: Mental Ray Standalone Documentation

Messiah

Highlighted Features

Integrated Submission Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output Folder Path Path Mapping Of Content Folder Path

Documentation: Messiah Documentation

MetaFuze

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Batch Folder Submission Path Mapping Of Scene File Path

Documentation: MetaFuze Documentation

MetaRender

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Path Mapping Of Input File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path

Documentation: MetaRender Documentation

MicroStation

Highlighted Features	Supported Renderers
Supports MicroStation v8i SS3 Integrated Submission Keeps Design File in Memory Animation Renders Single View Renders Batched View Renders Export to modo scene file Export to DWG / DXF Export to ACIS SAT Export to flat DGN Export visible edges Print jobs Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path	Luxology (modo) All built-in renderers

Documentation: MicroStation Documentation

Mocha Pro

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Supports Mocha Pro 5 Integrated Submission Supports Rendering Supports Exporting Shapes Local Rendering Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path

Documentation: Mocha Pro Documentation

modo

Highlighted Features	Supported Renderers
Supports Versions 3xx to 10xx Integrated Submission Keeps Scene In Memory Modo Distributed Rendering Tile Rendering Jigsaw Support Pass Groups Support Submit Pass Group As Separate Jobs Shotgun Support ftrack Support Draft Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path Path Mapping Of Scene File Contents	modo’s default renderer VRay

Documentation: modo Documentation

Moho (Anime Studio)

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Supports Version 8 to 12 Shotgun Support ftrack Support Draft Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output Path

Documentation: Moho/Anime Studio Documentation

Naiad

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Simulation Jobs EMP to PRT Conversion Jobs Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of EMP File Path

Documentation: Naiad Documentation

Natron

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Supports Versions 0.9 to 1.0 Specify Writer Node to Render Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Project File Path Path Mapping Of Project File Contents

Documentation: Natron Documentation

Nuke

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Supports Versions 6 to 10.5 Integrated Submission Keeps Scene In Memory Submit Write Nodes As Separate Jobs Submit Write Nodes in Precomp Nodes Specify Views to Render Render Using Proxy Mode Nuke Studio Support Studio Frame Server distributed rendering Studio Sequence Submission Custom Sanity Check Shotgun Support ftrack Support NIM Support Draft Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Scene File Contents

Documentation: Nuke Documentation

Octane Standalone

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Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path

Documentation: Octane Standalone Documentation

Puppet

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Sync applications and plugins across render nodes Automatically sync when render nodes are idle

Documentation: Puppet Event Documentation

Python

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Supports Versions 2.3 to 2.7 and 3.0 to 3.2 Submit Python Scripts as Jobs Path Mapping Of Script File Path Path Mapping Of Script Arguments

Documentation: Python Documentation

Quicktime

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Generate Quicktime Movies from Images Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Input File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path Path Mapping Of Audio File Path

Documentation: Quicktime Documentation

RealFlow

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Supports Versions 4 to 5, 2012 to 2015, and 10 Integrated Submission Submit IDOCs as Separate Jobs Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path

Documentation: RealFlow Documentation

REDLine

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Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output Folder Path Path Mapping Of RSX File Path

Documentation: REDLine Documentation

RenderMan (Pro Server)

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Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Input File Path Path Mapping Of Working Directory Path

Documentation: RenderMan Documentation

RenderMan (RIB)

Note that while this plugin supports RenderMan, it is recommended that you use RenderMan’s dedicated plugin instead if you are using that renderer.

Highlighted Features	Supported Renderers
Shotgun Support ftrack Support Draft Support Path Mapping Of Input File Path	3Delight AIR Aqsis BMRT Entropy Pixie RenderDotC RenderMan RenderPipe

Documentation: RenderMan (RIB) Documentation

Rendition

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Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path

Documentation: Rendition Documentation

Rhino

Highlighted Features	Supported Renderers
Supports Versions 4 and 5 Integrated Submission Render Bongo Animations Shotgun Support ftrack Support Draft Support Tile Rendering Jigsaw Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path	Brazil r/s Flamingo Raytrace Flamingo Photometric Maxwell Penguin Rhino TreeFrog VRay

Documentation: Rhino Documentation

RVIO

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Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Input File Paths Path Mapping Of Audio File Paths Path Mapping Of Output File Path

Documentation: RVIO Documentation

Salt

Highlighted Features

Sync applications and plugins across render nodes Automatically sync when render nodes are idle

Documentation: Salt Event Documentation

Shake

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Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path

Documentation: Shake Documentation

Shotgun

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Create new Versions on job submission Update Version status on job completion Automatic thumbnail generation and upload Automatic movie generation and upload Automatic film strip generation and upload

Documentation: Shotgun Event Documentation

SketchUp

Highlighted Features	Supported Renderers
Supports Versions 7 to 8 and 2013 to 2016 Integrated Submission Export 3D Models Export 2D Images Export 2D Image Sequences Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Export Directory Path	All

Documentation: SketchUp Documentation

Softimage

Highlighted Features	Supported Renderers
Supports Versions 2010 to 2015 Integrated Submission Keeps Scene In Memory Tile Rendering Local Rendering Submit Passes As Separate Jobs Fx Render Tree Jobs GPU Affinity Support for RedShift Jobs Shotgun Support ftrack Support Draft Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path Path Mapping Of Workgroup Folder Path	All

Documentation: Softimage Documentation

Terragen

Highlighted Features

Supports Versions 2 to 4 Local Rendering Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path

Documentation: Terragen Documentation

TVPaint

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Supports Version 11 Sequence/Animation Rendering Layer Exporting Custom Script Jobs Shotgun Support ftrack Support Draft Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path

Documentation: TVPaint Documentation

UnrealSwarm

Highlighted Features

Supports the Unreal Swarm Agent application Submit Jobs to Reserve Machines for distributed light calculations

Documentation: UnrealSwarm Documentation

VRay DBR

Highlighted Features	Supported Applications
Submit Spawner Jobs to Reserve Machines Interactive Distributed Rendering Dynamic Add/Remove Nodes Realtime log streaming	3ds Max (fully integrated) Maya (fully integrated) Rhino (spawner launching only) SketchUp (spawner launching only) Softimage (fully integrated) VRay Standalone (server launching only)

Documentation: VRay Distributed Rendering Documentation

VRay Standalone

Highlighted Features

VRIMG to EXR Conversion PLY to VRMESH Conversion Region, Tile, Jigsaw Rendering Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path Path Mapping Of Output File Path Path Mapping Of Scene File Contents

Documentation: VRay Standalone Documentation, Ply2Vrmesh Documentation, Vrimg2Exr Documentation

VRED

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Supports VRED 2015 to 2017 Local Rendering Single Frame and Animation Rendering Sequencer and RenderQueue Supported Shotgun Support ftrack Support Draft Support

Documentation: VRED Documentation

VRED Cluster

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Supports VRED 2015 to 2017 Submit Cluster Jobs to Reserve Machines

Documentation: VRED Cluster Documentation

Vue

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Supports Versions 7 to 11 and 2014 to 2015 Integrated Submission Shotgun Support ftrack Support Path Mapping Of Scene File Path

Documentation: Vue Documentation

xNormal

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Path Mapping Of Scene File Path

Documentation: xNormal Documentation