My experience was that it took a loooong time to reduce fine noise. It got to the level you have fairly speedily but after that the curve really began to flatten out. Maybe it was just my vanilla 500 series nvidia card was too slow, not sure.
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Toonafish <ron...@toonafish.nl> wrote: > just to show off the speed ;-) > > stopped after 10 minutes rendering: > https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4271217/octane_classroom_10min.png > > > > > On 2/13/2013 17:37, Emilio Hernandez wrote: > > Thanks Ronald. Too bad developers are only aiming at Maya and Max from > AD "suite". I admire the job that independent developers are putting into > this. I think I'll pass until the viewport is integrated in Softimage. > Hope it will not take as long as V-ray... > > Even that Maxwell for rendering uses it's own. The workflow beween > Softimage and Maxwell is great with Fire. No fooling around or tweaking > things outside the software. I hope that Next Limit will add the GPU > processing and perhaps it will be as fast as Octane. > > > 2013/2/13 Toonafish <ron...@toonafish.nl> > >> Nope, this is the best there is for SI at the moment as far as I know. >> >> - Ronald >> >> >> On 2/13/2013 17:14, Emilio Hernandez wrote: >> >> Is the interactive window in softimage plugin available yet? Personally >> I don't like switching between apps to see how the render is coming. >> >> >> 2013/2/13 Toonafish <ron...@toonafish.nl> >> >>> Just watch the video in this thread and install the addon: >>> http://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=24365 >>> >>> Make sure you also download and replace the dll that is mentioned later >>> on in the thread, and if your SI camera does not export correctly, try >>> changing the default units in the Octane prefs to meters. >>> >>> - Ronald >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2/13/2013 16:27, Jimmy Marrero wrote: >>> >>> If you have the time, can you explain the workflow with using both >>> octane and softimage without an interactive viewport in soft?? >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Toonafish <ron...@toonafish.nl> wrote: >>> >>>> an I7 3930 with a Geforce GTX 960 with 2048 MB, but I'd go for more >>>> memory on the card if possible. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2/13/2013 16:08, Ed Manning wrote: >>>> >>>> mind sharing your system config? I'm debating what card to put in a >>>> box for Octane >>>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Toonafish <ron...@toonafish.nl> wrote: >>>> >>>>> yep, been playing with it the last few days and I'm really impressed >>>>> by the speed and quality of Octane. >>>>> >>>>> But comparing both Arnold and Octane, all I can say is for most stuff >>>>> Arnold is still better suited and production proven, but Octane is a nice >>>>> addition. Some scenes I tested that took forever to render in Arnold >>>>> render >>>>> in just a few minutes in Octane. >>>>> >>>>> Can't wait for the interactive viewport plugin for Softimage though. >>>>> >>>>> - Ronald >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 2/13/2013 15:00, Emilio Hernandez wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Anyone here has used octane render within Softimage? >>>>> >>>>> If so I will appreciate your comments and your point of view of >>>>> Octane vs other renders you have used. >>>>> >>>>> And if you have used Arnold and Octane, which one you prefer. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I have the Octane experience only from the videos and the demo. It >>>>> seems to me that it is like Maxwell but a lot faster. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> > > > -- > > >
