Oliver Markowski Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I want to begin with the closed beta testing at the end of this 1Q, so I hope to have the 1.0 version (or at least a public beta) plugin ready along the summer. -Juanjo thx for the quick reply...it's gonna be even hotter this summer with full load on all GPUs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanjgon Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Working with the Octane gradient node. With this node, the full set of Octane shading nodes is complete running inside Houdini. In this video the Octane plugin is working inside H14 without problems so far. -Juanjo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narbuckl Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Awesome Work Juanjo! Looking forward to a beta! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanjgon Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 The Octane spare parameters functions for the OBJ nodes are ready. With this parameters you can configure for example the object visibility or layer options, the Octane OpenSUBD feature or the light emission parameters for the object. With the light emission parameters you can use any object in the scene as light source. From simple shapes like spheres, planes or cubes, to any other object available in the scene. You can also use the Octane emission nodes to configure any material as emitter, but the spare parameters at OBJ level are easier to configure to make light sources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netvudu Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 we should convince SESI to allow third party renderers with the Indie license. Many freelancers would benefit from Octane. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McNistor Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Yep. IMO it is the freelancers/CG boutiques who would need a GPU renderer the most. These are nowhere near the production renderers (PRman, Mantra, Arnold) in terms of versaility, shading writing and obviously quanitity of RAM usage - GPU renderers are fast but can render small amounts of geometry which is exactly the type of projects freelancers usually work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgcris Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Yep. IMO it is the freelancers/CG boutiques who would need a GPU renderer the most. These are nowhere near the production renderers (PRman, Mantra, Arnold) in terms of versaility, shading writing and obviously quanitity of RAM usage - GPU renderers are fast but can render small amounts of geometry which is exactly the type of projects freelancers usually work with. This is a good point actually. I would love to give octane a go for personal projects, but if it means I have to buy a houdini license just to be able to play at home it's probably a step too far. I would however happily buy indie + octane, since at the moment I can live with only apprentice at home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanjgon Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 I want to make possible that the Octane plugin can work in the Indie version. This is one of goals of the project. -Juanjo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netvudu Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Are you going to talk to SESI about this, Juanjo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgcris Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I want to make possible that the Octane plugin can work in the Indie version. This is one of goals of the project. Hi Juanjo, I really hope you succeed.. I guess it will depend if they clasify it as a renderer or not based on the fact that runs on the GPU. Out of curiosity, is this the first serious GPU renderer for Houdini? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanjgon Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Are you going to talk to SESI about this, Juanjo? I was talking about this with SESI and I should say that finally the Octane plugin is not going to work in the Indie version. Sorry. The Indie version is not going to support the Octane ROP node, and anyway the Indie license doesn't allow third party renderers. So finally, the Octane plugin, at least currently, is going to work only with the commercial standard Houdini and HoudiniFX licenses. -Juanjo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tar Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 To quote every Indie owner after reading this "ah shite!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netvudu Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I feared so. SESI is pretty adamant about third party renderers on Indie licenses, which I only understand to a point. They should simply forbid network rendering with them, which would keep studios away from using Indie on their projects and still allow freelancers to use it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgcris Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 (edited) It makes sense they are consistent with their policy, if you think how crazy cheap indie is. Hopefully in the future the will have an Indie "Pro" version which would allow this. Edited February 13, 2015 by cgcris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 you can rent a full license... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tar Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Sorry if this has been covered, but does Octane for Houdini render Deep passes? Then we can use it for specific elements and comp them with Mantra passes. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanjgon Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Sorry if this has been covered, but does Octane for Houdini render Deep passes? Then we can use it for specific elements and comp them with Mantra passes. Thanks! In Octane you have the render passes (diffuse, specular, reflection, refraction, SSS, Z, position, motion vectors, IDs, AO, etc,), the render layers (to render sets of objects with all their passes in discrete files), and the light passes (to group the light emitters in passes for scene relighting in post). I think that with all this information, work with compositing tools should be easy. -Juanjo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeLetellier Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 They should simply forbid network rendering with them, which would keep studios away from using Indie on their projects and still allow freelancers to use it. Ah, no. As a freelancer & Indie user, this would kill me right from the get-go. Network rendering on several workstations is what allows me to work quick and stay successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanjgon Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 The OctaneRender for Houdini plugin is about to be moved to closed beta testing and we are looking for a small group of people to be part of this early testing and provide valuable input into bug finding, fixing and feature testing. If you own (and are familiar with) Houdini for 64-bit Windows and are an experienced, licensed, octane user familiar with octane's features and are interested in getting in on the ground floor to beta test this plugin please post your interest here or send us an email to support@octanerender.com http://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=44995 -Juanjo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narbuckl Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I have formerly sent a request to the support but I figured I would post as well. Our studio would love to be part of the beta release, we use octane extensively in our maya pipeline and would love to see how it translates into our houdini pipeline. -N contact: nathan@fellowla.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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