Arion 2.5.0 is out any news about Octane update ?

[krzychuc4d]

Arion new update looks like big step in GPU rendering
they got all most important functions like MLT, Render region, multipass , very big frame buffer
all GPU supported

http://www.randomcontrol.com/downloads/ ... r-web.html

any news about new octane ?

[acc24ex]

"The most typically extreme case for IBL-IS is an HDR photograph of the sky, because most pixels are even in brightness and color, except for the sun ball." - from arion


Is importance sampling working the same way in octane - driven by a HDR and the optimal scenario of a sky?

..also this feature from arion

"LightMixer light layers are back.

It's now possible to output all the LightMixer layers in a multi-layer EXR file and tune it in your favorite editing software such as Photoshop, After Effect, Nuke..."

.. it's been a few months without updates, no pressure octane team - just blow us away with new features already

[bepeg4d]

it seems that only kepler cards are supported for gpu rendering
does the fermi architecture is blocking the new features for octane?
ciao beppe

[matej]

Looks impressive. The price tag for the standalone is also in line with Octane (didn’t Arion used to be way more expensive?)

But I don't see any mention of a Linux version... somebody tell them its 2013, not 2000

[Proupin]

Very interesting things... exit color, LightMixer, AOVs and advanced render region are very nice

[artdude12]

Looks interesting, but since I'm not a Max, XSI or Rhino user, Arion is off my radar.
The stand-alone will import obj, but to me that's too much "import-fiddling-around".

[Silverwing]

Oh now that are interesting news!
Especially the new pricing really is interesting!
I remember it being around 1000$ per license.

It seems like they just got competitive to Octane!

Cheers,
Silverwing

[Refracty]

My first (and last) Arion experienced was this.
Wow great feature list. Lets install it. Import took forever, then it crashed. Done.

I hope they (Arion dev) have put some energy in the kernel.
In the past it was just buggy.
The features read nice, though.

[Rikk The Gaijin]

They have very useful features such as Render Region, Metropolis Sampling, and HDR Light Studio connection.
I hope Octane can catch-up quickly!

[gueoct]

...All the features we have been dreaming of............((((