OctaneRender® 2023.1 Alpha 2 Tweet

[mojave]

Hi all,

We are excited to bring you the second alpha release of 2023.1, which comes with a number of new additions and fixes since the 2023.1 Alpha 1 release.

We are planning for this to be the last alpha build for this version. The next build will hopefully be a beta which will not be stable yet but contain all the features you should expect in the 2023.1 stable release.

As with all experimental builds, we advise to not use this release for production purposes. We are trying to, but we can't guarantee that scenes saved with this version will be compatible in future releases. Changes are still being made daily.



This version supports all current NVIDIA GPUs with compute model 3.5 or higher. Please make sure to use a NVIDIA Studio driver with version at least 456.38 on Windows or 455.23 on Linux.

We strongly recommend that for macOS, you use at least 13.3 or preferably newer.

New features

• Added support for exporting TIFF and JPEG image formats.
• Added new output AOV layer node "Blur" that allows adding a blur effect in post-processing.
• Added new composite texture layer nodes "Adjust white balance", "Comparison", "Adjust color balance", "Mask with layer group", "Apply gradient map".
• Support for time transform animation in the batch rendering script and batch render job node graphs.
• Added support for moving through the items of a menu pressing letter keys.
• Added support for scatter nodes in Vectron node trees.

Changes

• Allow entering a percent symbol when typing a value into a percentage float pin, rather than treating it as an error.
• Changed the way a number of pins are displayed so they are shown as percentages or to always display the value's sign.
• Various UI improvements in the node inspector for output AOVs.
• Disabling post-effects now also disables post volume effects.

LUA

• Added octane.modules module to provide access to external Octane modules.
• Added new image save formats: octane.imageSaveFormat.TIFF_8, octane.imageSaveFormat.TIFF_16, octane.imageSaveFormat.JPEG.
• Added new image save properties: image.PROPS_TIFF_SAVE, image.PROPS_JPEG_SAVE.
• octane.render.saveRenderPasses3 and octane.render.save now support TIFF_8, TIFF_16and JPEGimage formats.

Fixes

• Fixed analytic light post volume tool-tips.
• Fixed potential application crash while loading some scenes.
• Fixed subsurface scattering in areas where something with fake shadows clips something with scattering and without fake shadows.
• Fixed application crash while opening a new project while displaying a material/texture/geometry preview render.
• Fixed an unnecessary render restart when you toggle the aspect ratio lock of the film resolution.
• Fixed some percentage pins not displaying their values in percentages.
• Fixed wrong spacing in pin names after rearranging layers.
• Fixed issue causing to close the preferences window when the focus was not in the "OK" button instead of interacting with the right component.
• Fixed issue causing brightness of caustics to vary depending on the number of samples being used.
• Fixed application crash when changing parallel samples on PMC.
• Fixed wrong Fresnel calculations for fake shadows.
• Fixed various artifacts showing in some cases when using analytic disk lights.
• Fixed directional light's emission visibility not working.
• Fixed light passes when using analytic lights.
• Fixed material picker when used with analytic lights.
• Fixed issue with AI light on OSX causing a wrong output.
• Fixed wrong rendering of some materials after updating its opacity.
• Fixed application crash when analytic light's emission would require OSL shader evaluation.
• Fixed wrong appearance of post-processing fog when used with a daylight environment.
• Fixed issue not allowing to move new empty scatter nodes with the gizmo tool.
• Fixed post volume artifacts on DoF.

Downloads

Downloads for Studio+ subscription users:

OctaneRender Studio+ 2023.1 Alpha 2 Standalone for Windows (installer)
OctaneRender Studio+ 2023.1 Alpha 2 Standalone for Windows (ZIP archive)
OctaneRender Studio+ 2023.1 Alpha 2 Standalone for Linux

OctaneRender Studio+ 2023.1 Alpha 2 Node Windows (installer)
OctaneRender Studio+ 2023.1 Alpha 2 Node for Windows (ZIP archive)
OctaneRender Studio+ 2023.1 Alpha 2 Node for Linux

*We are working on making available the Standalone build for OSX.

Happy rendering
Your OTOY team

[elsksa]

[list]
[*] Added support for exporting TIFF and JPEG image formats.*

Remarkable.
Analogously to the OCIO implementation, day-one with an over-delivered implementation, beyond expectations. Thank you.

[elsksa]

Abnormal "performance hit" when increasing the volume's single scatter amount.

- occurring with both Directional & Analytic Light
- Kernel set to Path Tracer, even with disabled nested-dielectrics
- scene made from scratch straight from this version
- Latest Studio drive to this date, single Nvidia GPU Windows machine

Message for .ORBX and additional information.

[J.C]

Hi all,

We are excited to bring you the second alpha release of 2023.1, which comes with a number of new additions and fixes since the 2023.1 Alpha 1 release.

We are planning for this to be the last alpha build for this version. The next build will hopefully be a beta which will not be stable yet but contain all the features you should expect in the 2023.1 stable release.

Thanks for the update! What are the features we should expect in 2023.1 release?

[mojave]

Hi all,

We are excited to bring you the second alpha release of 2023.1, which comes with a number of new additions and fixes since the 2023.1 Alpha 1 release.

We are planning for this to be the last alpha build for this version. The next build will hopefully be a beta which will not be stable yet but contain all the features you should expect in the 2023.1 stable release.

Thanks for the update! What are the features we should expect in 2023.1 release?

You may find the complete list in the first Alpha post here

[J.C]

Hi all,

We are excited to bring you the second alpha release of 2023.1, which comes with a number of new additions and fixes since the 2023.1 Alpha 1 release.

We are planning for this to be the last alpha build for this version. The next build will hopefully be a beta which will not be stable yet but contain all the features you should expect in the 2023.1 stable release.

Thanks for the update! What are the features we should expect in 2023.1 release?

You may find the complete list in the first Alpha post here

These features are already in current alpha builds. Other are planned for 2023.2

[coilbook]

When will we get a distance map like Vray has for road markings, etc? Thanks.

[elsksa]

I couldn't find a mention on neither of the Alpha release notes: are Analytic & Distant Lights compatible with the Photon Tracing kernel?

From a test I did, the caustics are only converging with the "Quad light".

No biggie, though. If that's a known limitation, it is to be assumed that it will be supported at some point.

[coilbook]

Clouds for vray and corona https://youtu.be/pUTdTLcE1LM?t=29

I wish we had this too

[coilbook]

Why is octane still bad at specular light reflections both with gloss and specular materials even using AI or whatever. Most renderers fixed this problem a long time ago.

Lights and fog make way to much noise. They just dont mix. You should make a volumetric cheat or don't calculate volumetric light part or add more samples when light meets fog or reflect.