{{Infobox Software
| name                   = Octane Render
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| screenshot             = 
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| developer              = [http://www.refractivesoftware.com/index.php Refractive Software]
| latest_release_version = beta 2.46b
| latest_release_date    = {{release date|2011|4|14}}
| operating_system       = [[Cross-platform]]
| genre                  = [[Rendering system]]
| license                = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] [[commercial software]]
| website                = {{URL|www.refractivesoftware.com}}
}}
'''Octane Render''' is a real-time 3D [[unbiased rendering]] application developed by the New Zealand based company [http://www.refractivesoftware.com/index.php Refractive Software], and is currently in [[Software_release_life_cycle#Beta|beta]] release. It is the first commercially available unbiased renderer to work exclusively on the GPU ([[Graphics Processing Unit]]) and has the ability to work in real time<ref>[http://www.cgchannel.com/2010/05/octane-render-gpu-based-rendering"Octane Render- GPU based rendering"], 2011-05-09</ref><ref>[http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=6031-"CGsociety.org- 2010 Retrospective List"],2011-05-09 </ref>. This allows the user to change materials, lighting, and render settings on the fly with any changes made being reflected within the rendering viewport immediately.
Octane Render runs exclusively on [[Nvidia]]'s [[CUDA]] technology, meaning that it runs only on [[Nvidia]] [[video card|video cards]] and not [[ATI]] cards<ref>[http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/04/30/requires.nvidia.based.gpus"macnn.com- Nvidia card requirement"]</ref>.

==Overview==

Octane Render is the first GPU based unbaised renderer to be released to the public <ref>[http://www.blender3darchitect.com/2010/01/octane-render-fully-gpu-unibased-render-engine"blender3darchitect.com- review"], 2011-05-09</ref><ref>[http://createdigitalmotion.com/2010/05/octane-render-shows-awesome-power-of-gpu-rendering"crearedigitalmotion.com- Octane Render demo"], 2011-05-09</ref><ref>[http://www.vizworld.com/tag/octanerender"vizworld.com- Octane Render"], 2011-05-09</ref><ref>[http://www.productionhub.com/video/view.aspx?item=6133"SIGGRAPH 2011- Octane Render demo"]</ref>
. It uses the GPU to calculate all measures of light, [[reflection]] and [[refraction]].<ref>[http://www.evermotion.org/tutorials/show/7961/octane-render-review"Evermotion.org- Octane Render review"], 2011-05-09</ref>


==Features==
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'''USER INTERFACE'''
*Real-time interactive texturing and lighting
*Node-based user interface allowing complex procedural materials
*Sharing of materials between users via OctaneLive

'''ENGINE'''
*Physically based / spectral light transport
*Choose [[Unbiased rendering|unbiased]] or [[ambient occlusion]] modes
*[[Motion blur]] (for camera movement only)
*Pause/resume render
*Multiple GPU support

'''SPECTRA'''
*Gaussian spectra
*[[Blackbody]] spectra
*Supports multiple [[Color space|colour spaces]]

'''TEXTURES'''
*Loads 40 different image file formats
*HDR, Canon RAW, and OpenEXR [[HDRI]] image textures

'''LIGHTS'''
*Spectrum or [[HDRI]] environment lighting
*Sun-sky daylight with location / date control system
*Emissive materials - emitter texture or [[blackbody]] spectrum

'''MATERIALS'''
*Glossy, diffuse, translucent, and emissive materials
*[[Bump mapping]] and [[normal mapping]]
*Opacity / [[alpha mapping]]
*[[Thin film]] coatings
*Mixing/stacking of materials and layers
*OctaneLive online community material database

'''CAMERAS'''
*[[Thin lens]] perspective with true [[depth of field]]
*3D [[Anaglyph image|stereo anaglyph]] rendering
*Realistic camera controls:
**[[Depth of field]]
**[[Focal length]]
**[[F-stop]]
**[[Shutter speed]]
*[[Tonal response curve|Camera response curves]] to simulate dozens of cameras
*Real-time [[tone mapping]] pipeline
*Built-in noise ("firefly")removal tool
}}

==Integration with other software==

Octane Render (commercial version) comes with free plugins for the following software:

* [[Autodesk 3ds Max]]
* [[Autodesk Maya]]
* [[Autodesk Softimage]]
* MAXON [[Cinema 4D]]
* [[Google Sketchup]]
* [[Blender (software)]]
* [[Luxology]] [[Modo (software)]]
* [[LightWave 3D]]
* [[Rhinoceros 3D]]

== See also ==
*[[Nvidia]]
*[[CUDA]]
*[[Unbiased rendering]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://Refractivesoftware.com Official Octane Render site]
*[http://Refractivesoftware.com/forum Octane Render Community Forum]
*[http://www.refractivesoftware.com/gallery.html Octane Render Gallery]

[[Category:Rendering systems]]
