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Rendering and the GPU farm

Render anywhere, at the price you choose.

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This is where takes become video. Chapterframe doesn’t lock you into one service. You choose where each render runs and how much you pay for it.

Choose where to render

Select one take, several takes or the whole chapter, then choose Render Selected…. The render window is where you pick the service. In the video it is set to a GPU farm: graphics cards rented from Vast.ai and running Chapterframe’s own render server. You can also render with providers such as fal, Higgsfield and OmniRogue.

Flat-rate Seedance with OmniRogue

OmniRogue offers Seedance at a flat rate, and Chapterframe has a dedicated integration so you can use Seedance’s full set of features at that rate. The catch is that OmniRogue adds waiting periods when you render a lot, so you will finish fewer renders in a day than you could on the GPU farm.

Check what is sent

Before you submit, the render window shows which characters will be used as references and the full rendering prompt, including details like sound effects and continuity notes. You can edit the prompt. Sometimes it helps to remove one of those elements. If you would rather render somewhere else, export all the parts of the request and run it outside Chapterframe.

Renting a GPU

The Vast Servers window lists the GPUs available to rent. For each one it shows the price, how fast it is and how much memory it has. The total at the bottom is what you will be charged per hour for the servers you selected.

In the video, one GPU costs 72 cents an hour, which is enough for roughly 15 renders. Your numbers will vary with the card, the model and the length of each take. Remember that a rented server keeps billing until you stop it, even if Chapterframe is closed.

In short

  • Render on a rented GPU or with a provider.
  • Check the references and prompt before you send.
  • About $0.72 an hour for roughly 15 renders.

Practise it

These lessons turn the video into step-by-step exercises with troubleshooting notes:

AI generation and GPU rentals are billed by the provider you choose. Prices and offers shown in the video are examples from when it was recorded.

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