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Quick Access: V3.0 Engine / Spectra / File Formats / TexturesTextures are used to add details to a surface. Textures can be procedural or imported raster files. / Lights / MaterialsA set of attributes or parameters that describe surface characteristics. / Tone MappingA term referring to various methods of “converting” HDR images into a viewable format.

User Interface / Cameras / Volume Support / Supported OS

V3.0 Engine

• Physically-based / Spectral Light TransportA technique in which a scene's light transport is modeled with real wavelengths. Spectral rendering can also simulate light sources and objects more effectively, as the light's emission spectrum can be used to release photons at a particular wavelength in proportion to the spectrum. Source: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_rendering).

• Unbiased and Direct Lighting / Ambient Occlusion
• Custom Sampling Algorithm (Custom MLT-like implementation)
• Multiple GPUThe GPU is responsible for displaying graphical elements on a computer display. The GPU plays a key role in the Octane rendering process as the CUDA cores are utilized during the rendering process. Support
• Geometry Instances
• Render PassesRender passes allow a rendered frame to be further broken down beyond the capabilities of Render Layers. Render Passes vary among render engines but typically they allow an image to be separated into its fundamental visual components such as diffuse, ambient, specular, etc..
• Object Visibility (On / Off for Shadow Casting / Camera Visibility)
• DisplacementThe process of utilizing a 2D texture map to generate 3D surface relief. As opposed to bump and normal mapping, Displacement mapping does not only provide the illusion of depth but it effectively displaces the actual geometric position of points over the textured surface. Mapping
• Object Motion BlurAn optical phenomenon that occurs when a camera’s shutter opens and closes too slowly to capture movement without recording a blurring of the subject.
• Hair / Fur Primitives
• OpenSubDiv Surfaces
• Region Rendering
• Network RenderingThe utilization of multiple CPUs or GPUs over a network to complete the rendering process.
• HDRIAn image which presents more than 8 bit per color channel unlike most common image formats. + Sun Environment
• Packaging to .ORBXThe ORBX file format is the best way to transfer scene files from 3D Authoring software programs that use the Octane Plug-in such as Octane for Maya, Octane for Cinema 4D, or OctaneRender Standalone. This format is more efficient than FBX when working with Octane specific data as it provides a flexible, application independent format. ORBX is a container format that includes all animation data, models, textures etc. that is needed to transfer an Octane scene from one application to another. File (Archive of all Scene Data/Resources)
• Animation Support via AlembicAn open format used to bake animated scenes for easy transfer between digital content creation tools. Format
• Pause / Resume Render
• Built-in Firefly Removal Tool
• Info-Channel Kernel Mode
• Stereo Modes
• Post-Processing Settings
• Out-of-CoreWhen scene assets become too large to load completely onto the system’s GPU, Out-of-Core technology allows the render engine to utilize the CPU to assist in the rendering process. Textures Support
• Integration Kernel Tile and Sampling Control Options
• Volume Rendering
• Texture Animation Support
• Texture BakingA process in which scene lighting is "baked" into a texture map based on an object's UV texture coordinates. The resulting texture can then be mapped back onto the surface to create realistic lighting in a real-time rendering environment. This technique is frequently used in game engines and virtual reality for creating realistic environments with minimal rendering overhead. System
• Deep ImageRenders frames with multiple depth samples in addition to typical color and opacity channels. Rendering
• Export to Octane Render Cloud Option
• Photoshop Compositing Extension

Spectra

• Supports Multiple Color Spaces
• RGB Colors
• Gaussian Spectra
• Blackbody Spectra
• Hue, Saturation and Contrast Control

File Formats

• Alembic Import (Including Animation)
• OTOY's .ORBX (Compressed Archive of Geometry, Textures etc.)
• Import of Wavefront OBJ Format with Parameters and Materials
• Import Supplied Vertex Normals or Calculate Them via Supplied Smooth Groups
• VDBDreamworks’ open-source C++ library housing the data structures and tools implementation for storing and manipulating volume data, like smoke and other amorphous materials. The purpose of OpenVDB is mostly to have an efficient way to store volumetric data in memory and on disk. It has evolved into a more general toolkit that also lets you accomplish other things, such as fracturing volumes, converting meshes to volumes and vice versa. However, it does not include a computational fluid dynamics solver, and therefore it cannot procedurally generate smoke or fire. OpenVDB is fully integrated as a library in OctaneRender. For more information about OpenVDB, please see http://www.openvdb.org/. Import (including animation and velocity motion blur)

Textures

• Image Textures Include Support for Loading over 40 Different Formats
• HDR, Canon RAWIn HDR imaging, this refers to minimally processed HDR image formats. Raw files can have 12 or 14 bits per color channel, although the available dynamic range might be cut down due to noise., and OpenEXR HDRI Image Textures
• Output of Real-Time GPU Tone-Mapped Images
• Output of Raw HDR Images (exr)
• Texture Projection Control (UV / Box / Cylindrical / Flat / Spherical)
• Texture TransformationsTools used to rotate and position 2D and 3D texture maps onto 3D surfaces. (Scale, Rotation, Translation)
• Support for Animated Textures
• Textures Value Range UV Map Displacement

Lights

• Spectral Sun / Sky Daylight with Real-Time Location / Date Control System
• Spectrum or HDRI Environment Lighting
• Customizable Texture and Blackbody Spectra EmissionsThe process by which a Black body or Texture is used to emit light from a surface. from Geometry with Controls for Temperature, Power (Watts), Distribution, Efficiency
• Support for IESAn IES light is the lighting information representing the real-world lighting values for specific light fixtures. For more information, visit http://www.ies.org/lighting/. Light Files
• Lighting Passes (Raw or Filtered Passes)

Materials

• Physically-based MaterialThe representation of the surface or volume properties of an object. Models
• Bump and Normal Mapping
• Opacity / Alpha Mapping
• TransmissionA surface characteristic that determines if light may pass through a surface volume., AbsorptionDefines how fast light is absorbed while passing through a medium. and ScatteringDefines how fast light gets scattered when traveling through the medium.
• Mappable Thin Film Coatings
• Shadow CatcherThe Shadow Catcher can be used to create shadows cast by objects onto the surrounding background imagery. The shadows cast are not limited to simply a ground plane but can be cast onto other surfaces of varying shapes. Option for DiffuseAmount of diffusion, or the reflection of light photons at different angles from an uneven or granular surface. Used for dull, non-reflecting materials or mesh emitters. Materials
• Matte Material Option for Shadow Capture
• Null Material and Mix / Stacking of Materials and Layers
• IOR and Chromatic Dispersion for SpecularAmount of specular reflection, or the mirror-like reflection of light photons at the same angle. Used for transparent materials such as glass and water. Materials
• Access to LiveDB Material Database to Quickly Add Community Submitted Materials to Current Scene
• LocalDB to Store Customer Materials and Textures on Local Drive

Tone Mapping

• Full GPU-based Real-time Tone Mapping Pipeline
• A Selection Of Measured Camera Response Curves
• Simulated Camera Controls for Exposure, F-stop, ISO
• Controls for GammaThe function or attribute used to code or decode luminance for common displays. The computer graphics industry has set a standard gamma setting of 2.2 making it the most common default for 3D modelling and rendering applications., Saturation, Vignetting
• Thin Lens Perspective with True DOFThe distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image. Although a lens can precisely focus at only one distance at a time, the decrease in sharpness is gradual on each side of the focused distance, so that within the DOF, the unsharpness is imperceptible under normal viewing conditions. source: wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field)
• Realtime 3D Anaglyphic Stereo Rendering
• Real-time Control of DOF
• Lens Shift
• Interactive Focal-length Adjustment (Specified Distance or Auto)

User Interface

• Real-time Interactive Editing, Monitoring and Rendering of Scene
• Flexible Node Graph-based User Interface
• Time Slider for Animation Frame Control (Animated Alembic Scenes)
• Build Complex Procedural Objects and Materials by Connecting Nodes
• Sharing of Material, Texture and Emitter Macros Using the LiveDB
• Customizable Mouse Navigation and Commands
• Executable Command Line Parameters for Automation of Rendering
• Customisable Toolbars, Add, Remove and Re-arrange Items and Window Panes

Cameras

• Thin Lens with Orthographic option and Stereo Modes
• Panoramic with Spherical, Cylindrical, Cube Map ProjectionsMethods for orienting 2D texture maps onto 3D surfaces. and Stereo Modes
• Baking Camera Implementation for Texture Baking

Volume Support

• Native VDB support
• Available Volume MediumA shading system designed to render volumes such as smoke and fog. for Color Ramps
• Volumetric Emission Modes
• Support Instanced and Animated Volumes including Velocity Grids for Motion Blur

Supported OSes

• Microsoft® Windows® 64 bit
• Linux® 64 bit
• Mac® OS X® 10.5+

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