Apache wrote:
> 
> Thanks! I just sent the people of IMP a request for more info.
> 
> I'm wondering about the technical background of IMP. Is it fully automated
> or do I receive parts of the project by mail or something?

As far as I know it is all done through the internet via TCP/IP protocols.
There are "jobs" uploaded to the render queue at the IMP website. When
you fire up IMP-Pov and log on and it will check to see if any jobs are
waiting.

> If it would be
> fully automated I could leave a computer running for weeks without
> intervening and stuff.

Once you have it up and running it is fully automated as long as there
are render tasks left in the queue.  If you have an always on connection,
or an unlimited access dial up connection, you could theoretically render
for months on end.

Note that only individual frames are rendered. It will not split up
single frames across multiple computers.

-- 
Ken Tyler

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