Autodesk Z800 - Manual (Page 11)

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.
You connect the Autodesk Control Surface to a Master Station or HD Station, and configure the Control
Surface on the workstation to which it is connected.
Video I/O Card and Breakout Box On the HP Z800 workstation, video I/O is provided by the AJA card.
The video I/O card consists of an HD/SD card 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 User Guide.
The drivers for the video card and breakout box are installed by the Discreet ® Kernel Utility (DKU).
Slave Renderer The Slave Renderer is a rack-mounted server that frees system resources by automatically
off-loading render tasks, thus ensuring real-time interaction on the Lustre system.
Connect the Slave Renderer to a switch on your house network. Note that only one Lustre Master station
or HD station can use it.
You install the Slave Renderer software package on the Slave Renderer.
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.
You install background rendering software on each background render node.
Other Components | 7