OctaneRender 2.45 screenshot/preview

Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:24 pm

cornel wrote: Although the 'note' node will be useful for sure - in my opinion it´s saturated blue colour it does not fit into the interface very well, it´s a little distracting.
The Attached picture shows an alternate version of it´s colour scheme. Just my suggestion for the upcoming 2.5

The sample image of the note node states that you can change its color. So you should be able to make the note node any color you want.

Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:16 pm

I would love to see that node having a grey gradient in the header, similar to all other nodes.

Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:48 pm

Thanks!!

Did ies lights make it in or will that be 2.5?

also, can you shed some light on the new render kernel? What is it? I'm guessing you mean we can choose between direct light, path tracing, and the new one? How does it differ? Or is it more of an update to the current ones to fix some issues?

Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:22 pm

Quote from radiance on page 1

"So besides those, we also have the new 'note' node, so you can document your macros and scenes, aswell as IES and image texture distributions and watt/efficiency inputs for area lights/emitters support, which roeland has already shown in another thread."

So yes it looks like we will be able to play with IES lighting on friday.

Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:29 pm

Does the new render kernel include that promised MLT-like engine?
That MLT-thing would replace the classic pathtracing, as it can be seen as it´s successor, right?

Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:48 pm

Jaberwocky wrote: So yes it looks like we will be able to play with IES lighting on friday.

Woohoo! Must have missed that completely, thanks!

Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:36 pm

cornel wrote:Does the new render kernel include that promised MLT-like engine?
That MLT-thing would replace the classic pathtracing, as it can be seen as it´s successor, right?

The new render kernel will allow you to render more difficult light scenarios, but we will very likely also keep the path tracing kernel, because it has it's advantages, too.

And just to clarify: The upcoming release does not contain the new render kernel.

Cheers,
Marcus

Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:55 pm

sounds great, abstrax, go on!

Beppe OctaneRender™ Italia Blue Sky · Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:50 pm

abstrax wrote:The new render kernel will allow you to render more difficult light scenarios, but we will very likely also keep the path tracing kernel, because it has it's advantages, too.

wow! sounds very interesting

thanks for sharing, marcus

ciao beppe

Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:54 pm

I've always felt like the panels on the right side get really hard to read when everything is broken open -- especially materials. It's hard to instantly see where one material end and another begins. I would suggest either a dark gray bar between items in the list, or maybe a little more separation.

The last version of Octane has been great. Way fewer crashes than I was usually getting, and the speed is amazing. Any further improvements to render speed in 2.45?

I would say my biggest issue is with fireflies. Is that something we'll always have to deal with, or is something being planned to get rid of that problem?