Octane Render Commercial v1.02 beta2 Released

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radiance
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Hi everyone,

Refractive Software LTD is proud to announce the availability of version 1 beta2 of Octane Render.
This release is for PC's running MS Windows, Apple Mac's running Leopard or Snow Leopard or Linux Systems.

The software is released for commercial customers only, we will supply updated public demo versions in a short while.

New Features

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- New Platforms:
	- x64 version for MS Windows
	- Apple Mac OS X Native 32bit version
          (x64 is not possible due to cuda toolkit constraints at this time)

- Daylight system with sunlight and physically based sky

- Material Channels: 
   - bump maps         			(also read from OBJ MTL file)        
   - normal maps                
   - opacity (alpha) maps       	(also read from OBJ MTL file)                     
   - thin film coating maps

- OBJ and Mesh import:
   - Option on mesh node to relink/reload a modified OBJ mesh, keeping materials by name.
   - Use of smooth groups (option in OBJ prefs panel)
   - Loading/Saving of OBJ import preferences

- Universal executable for all Geforce 8000 and up,
  no more separate 8000 and 9000+ executables.

- Improved User Interface scheme

- Uses new Cuda 3.0 toolkit - with new drivers
- Better UI response while rendering on single GPU systems
- Linear and Logarithmic toggle buttons for easier control of many parameters
- HDR Images (OpenEXR and HDR) now take 50% space of video memory.
- Can Zoom the render viewport using CTRL + mousewheel.
- No more need for Visual Studio redistributable package installation.

Yours,
The Octane Render Team
Win 7 x64 & ubuntu | 2x GTX480 | Quad 2.66GHz | 8GB
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nuverian
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Thanks Radiance..! Awesome!
When can we expect the demo? ;) Hope soon...
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GeoPappas
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nuverian wrote: When can we expect the demo? ;) Hope soon...
+1
Win 7 Home Premium (64-bit) | Intel Core 2 Q9550 2.83GHz Quad-Core | GeForce GT 240 1GB PCI Express 2.0 x16 (NVIDIA driver v. 266.58 WHQL) | 4 GB DDR2 RAM |
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radiance
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in a few hours...

Radiance
Win 7 x64 & ubuntu | 2x GTX480 | Quad 2.66GHz | 8GB
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PhilBo
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Location: Warren, Michigan USA

The public Demo's are now live here:

http://www.refractivesoftware.com/downloads.html

Phil
Win7 64| Two GTX 470s | Phenom II 920 | 8 GB
Win7 32| GTX 260 | Athlon X2 5000+ BE | 2 GB
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mlody47
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Hey Congrats on beta2 and new site look :) I really love it :) I feel honored to see many of my renders in the gallery.
i7 2600K + 2X gtx 580 + GTX 560 Ti + 8gbram + Win7 +
AUTODESK SOFTIMAGE 2012
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GeoPappas
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Is there a FAQ that gives info on what needs to be installed for Octane to run?

I am on WinXP SP3 (32-bit) and have an NVIDIA 9400 GT (w/ 195.62).

I downloaded the following:

- Octane 1.02 Beta2
- CUDA Toolkit 3.0 for Win
- NVIDIA driver 197.13 (the latest one on the NVIDIA site)

Does that look correct?

Is there anything else that is required?

Does it matter what order things are installed?
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radiance
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you don't need the cuda toolkit.

just read the included readme txt file for instructions...

Radiance
Win 7 x64 & ubuntu | 2x GTX480 | Quad 2.66GHz | 8GB
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Axt
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great job, cool site!
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motopiku
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Location: Italy

just seems a good product

Congratulations also to the new site graphics

But I tried to install the demo version for OSX, I do not recognize the drive CUDA.
Many of my contacts are eager to try the Mac version, I hope to solve the problem.
now I'm too tired, hello to all
Happy Easter.
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