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Despot wrote:I really wish you'd add a threshold or a tightener to Bloom and Glare.

The ability to be able to focus the effect on just the brightest pixels in the image gives a much more realistic result.

+10000

J.C wrote:

Despot wrote:I really wish you'd add a threshold or a tightener to Bloom and Glare.

The ability to be able to focus the effect on just the brightest pixels in the image gives a much more realistic result.

+10000

Yep agree with this massively.

On the todo list

Pixar USD

https://graphics.pixar.com/usd/docs/index.html

Can we get a 'reload geometry' button on FBX nodes in Octane Standalone (v3) ? I'm now exporting FBX and it's a pain to test...

i'm new to Octane so only most important)

1) be able to pass geo data (attribs) to octane - i know that houdini is light years ahead of any software on the market in terms of passing and using data, but even there i have to use uvs to sample textures (on discs or generated on the fly in COPs) and use some attribs in Octane. it's... ridiculous.
2) some packed geo -> instance implicit conversion + delayed load procedural support (houdini plugin)
3) disc primitive for points, curve primitive (tube, strand)
4) volumes - be able to sample parameters of the shader from a field. i would appreciate having checkbox with "Slows down your render considerably" instead of "not implemented for perfomance reasons" hint in manual.
special cases:
- vector field to color density field
- 2 scalar fields for density and emission (heat and temperature)
5) nested dielectrics

Goldorak wrote:On the todo list

That's music to my ears (that's if your reply was in answer to my bloom threshold request).

Any idea if this will be in Octane 4 or 2018 ?

Thanks

J

Any chance to have an octane 4.0x version to get issues solved and have minor improvements and new features ?? I need a new pass : a normal volume pass to get lighting in game engine with sprite sheets from fire/ smoke effect ...

bloomendale_1 wrote:i'm new to Octane so only most important)

1) be able to pass geo data (attribs) to octane - i know that houdini is light years ahead of any software on the market in terms of passing and using data, but even there i have to use uvs to sample textures (on discs or generated on the fly in COPs) and use some attribs in Octane. it's... ridiculous.
2) some packed geo -> instance implicit conversion + delayed load procedural support (houdini plugin)
3) disc primitive for points, curve primitive (tube, strand)
4) volumes - be able to sample parameters of the shader from a field. i would appreciate having checkbox with "Slows down your render considerably" instead of "not implemented for perfomance reasons" hint in manual.
special cases:
- vector field to color density field
- 2 scalar fields for density and emission (heat and temperature)
5) nested dielectrics

We are focusing heavily on Houdini features and support with v2018.1+

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=69461&p=350213#p350213

MistAjuliax wrote:Any chance to have an octane 4.0x version to get issues solved and have minor improvements and new features ?? I need a new pass : a normal volume pass to get lighting in game engine with sprite sheets from fire/ smoke effect ...

4.01 is nearly done, but all new features are going into 2018.1 (see post above), and 2019.x