The issue: exported animated USD camera from Houdini resulted in unexpected behavior in Octane (screenshots below for better understanding):
1. 12.000 frames once imported instead of 530 frames while exported.
2. camera shifted to the left while it was static.
3. where to plug an imported USD camera is quite confusing. (see "expected behavior" below).
4. no control over editing camera options (f-stop, focus distance, etc). (not an issue at the moment).
Expected behavior: import USD camera -> use USD node output to plug into Render Target Camera input.
Actual behavior: either import the whole USD stage (with geo, lights, etc) or use Octane native cameras.
Additional thoughts:
1. Using native cameras isn't the case as keyframing.. is it possible out of the box? I found a post from 2014 that uses a plugin.
2. Importing the whole USD scene isn't the case either as it gives limited control over the whole set. I prefer importing lights, geo, cameras, etc separately, not combined.
Please let me know if I doing everything as it is supposed to be or if I did something incorrectly.
P.S. - I wasn't able to post under "Octane Licensed Customer Forums" due to limited access. That's why posting here.
Thank you for all the work!
Screenshots for better understanding
Expected VS Actual camera placement. Both Houdini and Octane are set to Meter units
Unexpected number of frames + camera shift for no reason
No option to modify imported USD camera settings
