Hi all,

We are very excited to bring you the second alpha of Octane 2027. This version includes a preview of new features as well as improved support for features already included in the first alpha build.

https://render.otoy.com/downloads/12/e9/17/2b/octane-splash-2027.1.jpg

Octane 2027.1 ...

Hi all,

We are excited to bring you OctaneRender 2026.4. Thanks again to all those who sent us feedback and continuously help us improve Octane.

This version includes a number of fixes as well as improved support for Gaussian splats and Neural Radiance Cache.

https://render.otoy.com/downloads/09 ...

Question: when working with “heavy scenes” (not even that heavy actually), but I do have some displacement, turning lights becomes extremely slow, and it looks like it evaluates the whole scene again.

When I delete all the displacement, it’s way more responsive for lighting. Is there an option to ...

Hi all,

We are excited to bring you OctaneRender 2026.3. Thanks again to all those who sent us feedback and continuously help us improve Octane.

This version includes a number of improvements and fixes especially targeting, but not limited to the latest features.

https://render.otoy.com ...

I have a subscription license, but a watermark appears when I disconnect the camera's image sensor node.


This is usually a sign that the Octane executable is corrupted, likely due to a download or filesystem issue. Could you please download again and reinstall?

Please let us know if you still ...

Is it possible to add a transparent (alpha) background feature in the dynamic viewport so that the checker grid is not visible?
This will greatly help with color adjustment in interactive mode. I'm surprised this wasn’t integrated from the start.


Not sure if this would achieve what you want ...

Hi all,

We are happy to bring you OctaneRender 2025.6. This is the final 2025 maintenance release including various fixes for those who still could not upgrade to the 2026 version.

Thanks again to all those who sent us feedback and continuously help us to improve Octane.

https://render.otoy.com ...

Elvissuperstar007 wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2026 7:41 am bug

The viewport turns black and a small piece becomes visible in the corner.

Can you provide more details about this? It is not too clear what you are showing us here.

Thank you.

I can't find where the DLSS function is? I think this function needs to be put in a more obvious place. If I can't find where it is, then the average user definitely won't know about it.


Hi.

It can be found in the Upsampler section of the Imager node, just like previously existing up-sampling ...

Hi all,

We are incredibly excited to bring you the first alpha of Octane 2027. This version includes an early version of some of the features that will be included in the final 2027 release.

https://render.otoy.com/downloads/12/e9/17/2b/octane-splash-2027.1.jpg

2027.1 Alpha 1 Feature ...