OTOY® is proud to announce the availability of the new DCC plugin OctaneRender for Solaris V2020.2.5 - for Houdini 18.5.633.
The world's fastest unbiased GPU rendering engine on CUDA and Metal now integrate completely with Houdini 18.5 Solaris.
What is OctaneRender for Solaris?
The OctaneRender for Solaris plugin is based on Pixar’s USD (Universal Scene Description) and Pixar’s Hydra API to empower artist workflows across look development, scene layout, lighting, and final rendering.
Pixar's USD pipeline
https://renderman.pixar.com/stories/pixars-usd-pipeline
-Installation steps-
Insert the OctaneRender® plugin folder path to the houdini.env file. Houdini®creates this file after launch it for the first time.
On Linux and macOS® systems, append a single line to enable OctaneRender®:
HOUDINI_PATH = "/path/to/octane;&"
On Windows® systems, you need to set the PATH to point to the plugin bin folder as well:
PATH = "C:/path/to/octane/bin;$PATH"
Setting this environment variable outputs any error related to loading the OctaneRender® plugin on the command line for diagnosing installation problems:
HOUDINI_DSO_ERROR = 2
- Changes since 2020.2.4.0 - 08-04-21 [Test]-
- Implemented python dropdown UIs
- Implemented Render passes tab for Info and cryptomatte pass in global settings
- Implemented Octane Light IDs
- Fixed Daylight Enable Texture Environment tab
- Fixed Camera transform update
- Fixed Light transform update
- Fixed Domelight intensity issue
- Fixed DOF resetting
- Fixed Autofocus override
-Known Issues-
- In some cases interactive viewport render output scale may shrink when navigating the viewport. We are investigating and will improve for the next build.
As a workaround for now, please Reload the scene to fit the scale.
- Octane Color response is disabled because Hydra buffer expects linear output
- Light Linker is yet to be supported as we are investigating if we could assign the Octane light IDs internally.
Octane X builds will be added shortly
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Enterprise Subscription Downloads
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2020.2.5.0 Houdini 18.5.633
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Studio Subscription Downloads
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2020.2.5.0 Houdini 18.5.633
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Demo build Download
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2020.2.5.0 Houdini 18.5.633
Happy GPU Rendering !!
Your team
OTOY