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Anime in Hydra
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:09 pm
by blastframe
Hello,
I have installed the RC2 of Octane 2021.1. How do I find/use Hydra, specifically the anime renderer?
Re: Anime in Hydra
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 2:34 pm
by elsksa
Hi,
OTOY (Jules, more specifically) did show a preview of the dedicated Anime Kernel in the GDC talk videos. Are you referring to it, perhaps?
It is not yet available. There is not any ETA as far as I can remember.
Re: Anime in Hydra
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:49 pm
by blastframe
elsksa wrote:Hi,
OTOY (Jules, more specifically) did show a preview of the dedicated Anime Kernel in the GDC talk videos. Are you referring to it, perhaps?
It is not yet available. There is not any ETA as far as I can remember.
Hi elsksa,
Yes. The Anime Kernel has been promised with each coming release for over 3 years (as can be seen in this video for Octane Render 5):
https://youtu.be/nxctddnqA-g?t=500
Re: Anime in Hydra
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 1:00 am
by elsksa
blastframe wrote:
The Anime Kernel has been promised with each coming release for over 3 years (as can be seen in this video for Octane Render 5):
https://youtu.be/nxctddnqA-g?t=500
A rule of thumb with software development is to not make any promises. I do not think OTOY ever made one. Software development do take time, as much time as required for
an as reliable release as possible.
We
could, eventually, expect it to come with Octane 2022.
It is worth to mention that after Octane 4, the versioning became yearly based i.e. Octane 2020, Octane 2021 (current/still in development), Octane 2022 (upcoming).
In the meantime, the "anime like N.P.R. (non photorealistic rendering)" is still possible with current Octane versions. Obviously not using a dedicated anime kernel but the currently available ones (e.g. DL or PT), toon shading and some "shading R&D".