Alembic... how?

[PAQUITO]

Might sound silly, but... how do I load an alembic file into Octane? I´m now using the 1.33 version, and I can´t find how to do that. Can someone enlighten me?

[face]

In the node editor rightclick -> Geometry ->Scene.
Now you can select the .abc file to open.

face

[PAQUITO]

Ook, cool.

Sorry to bother with this, but... then what? Can you show me the basic procedure to have the animation working. What I want to load is a flying camera from a Modo scene. I can´t find any info on how to make it.

[face]

Make your animation in Modo, save the scene with File -> Export As...
Change the type to Alembic Format, setup a filename and hit save.
Import it in Octane like above, create a render target with rightclick in the node window and connect the corresponding in/outputs together.
You can also connect materials in the alembic node.

To render the animation, select the render target, use Script -> Render Imported Animation.
Setup what you want and hit "Start"
This will render the animation and export it as png image sequence.

face

[PAQUITO]

Awesome! Now I can start testing it. One more thing: I managed to make an animated scene work, but when applying materials, I cannot get the emitters to work. What am I missing?