I've been checking in once in a while to see if the new IPR is ready. Glad to see it finally here! It's already a big improvement over the old one, looking forward to the final release later in the year. Also nice to see so many other quality of life updates, especially all the color management ...

I don't have any inside info, but I'm assuming it will be a much better fit into Houdini's interface. I'm thinking like Redshift in Houdini or Octane in C4D where you have access to everything you could ever want in the IPR. The current OpenGL IPR is a bit bare bones. Anyway, just guessing about ...

Thanks for the update. Looking forward to the release! I have a feeling it's going to be a game changer for Houdini users.

Any news about when the new Qt 5 IPR will be available? Excited to try it in Houdini!

Hi all, we've been exploring a potential bug with Spectron lights over on Discord. Attached is the original Houdini scene, an ORBX export and a clip showing the issue. Steps to reproduce:

1. Set the two mesh lights to 0 power and the two Spectron lights to 2 power.
2. Render resulting scene and ...

Great to see OCIO integration! Also excited about the new QT IPR. Any estimate on when that feature will be working?

Update: just tried this out and it looks GREAT. The key was unplugging the diffuse texture from the diffuse shader and setting it to black instead. Not very intuitive, but excellent results!

fantome wrote:this is standalone but very informative.

Thanks!

I'm curious what the optimal approach is to setting up skin in Octane. I read the docs and tried a bunch of things, but I'm still unsure since the workflow seems so different compared to other renderers. I'm especially confused by the need to pick a transmission color for the diffuse shader. I have ...

Exciting to see this taking shape! Solaris has such great potential. There is some super jank on the Houdini end though, so that's holding things back for now. In particular, depth of field breaks constantly. I emailed SideFX about it and they say it will be getting better soon. The Octane delegate ...