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Verified User in Animation

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/20/2023

"One of the best fast Rendering engine"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Arnold?

Arnold rendering engine is very fast and it gives very realistic output , best part of this it is a plugin of one of the best 3D software MAYA Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arnold?

Sometimes when files are heavy it crashes without autosave Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Priyanuj D.

Senior Learning Content Producer

E-Learning

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/29/2023

"Superfast & HQ Rendering"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Arnold?

The intuitive integration with my preferred tools and seamless rendering of scenes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arnold?

Sometimes the viewport crashes and need to restart the whole software to fix. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Simone G.

Rigger - Animatore - Animatore tecnico

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/6/2022

"Good render engine, comes nativa with Maya"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Arnold?

It's very easy to use, installation is built in Maya. Plugin can be unloaded for faster start. It's pretty well integrated with Maya nodes and also Bifrost. Renders in the viewport are supported for immediate preview and initial tuning Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arnold?

Materials lack some advanced settings, interface is sometimes a little bit messy. Over the years I've encountered some performance issues, many of them were related to memory leaks in big batches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Prudhvi Krishna M.

Lighting and Composting Artist

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/1/2020

"Game changer."

5/5

What do you like best about Arnold?

The best I like in Arnold is its ai standard surface shader and cryptomatts.

We can give the best quality of output but we need a good configured machine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arnold?

I can't able to render associate passes in gray scale like mental Ray. If anybody know about how to please give me a solution. It would be grate if we have a separate option to control reflections and n shader itself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Arnold:

I recommend everyone to use Arnold. Compare to some other render engines Arnold is best and cost efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Arnold solving and how is that benefiting you?

There are lots of benefits using Arnold like Giving best quality of output and optimising man days with user friendly shader. We can reduce the render time which are too much expensive in our feild. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shridhar H.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/14/2020

"My view of Arnold"

5/5

What do you like best about Arnold?

Arnold is best rendering engine out there. Sky and physical light just works perfect.Rend

ers are bit slow but are photo-realistic Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arnold?

The only downside of Arnold is the rendering time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Arnold:

Just make a nice PC setup. So that you can obtain nicer outputs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Arnold solving and how is that benefiting you?

The benefits that I have overcome is it is the best photo realistic rendering engine. The problems I can solve it is I get better scenes through credit window Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Goran L.

Senior Lighting Artist

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/10/2020

"amazing"

5/5

What do you like best about Arnold?

user friendly, easy to control and great renders Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arnold?

when i change standin path, "use file sequence" field goes to default unchecked (still frame)

i guess that is maya problem, but anyway, still annoying Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amanda M.

3D Modeler

Animation

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/22/2019

"Arnold can be a bit tricky but it's an excellent both for PBR workflow and stylized rendering"

5/5

What do you like best about Arnold?

I use the Arnold plug-in for Maya. It has excellent results and it's pretty easy to use - I was taught this in university and I've always loved the results. Arnold's raytracing and lighting options are particularly appealing. Considering that the only other option I was taught in school was Maya Hardware and Maya Software, it's a great option for me. I don't know how it compares to other options like RenderMan and Occulus, but what I need it for, it's excellent Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arnold?

It can be difficult to learn more nuanced techniques - there are weird settings you need to do to use a lot of features, like turning opacity off in model geometry to make things transparent. It's also not compatible with some of Maya's older features that worked with Mental Ray. I've also had a lot of issues with spec maps and getting them to work properly - but that could be me just not knowing how to plug them in properly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Arnold:

I would compare Arnold to other major renderers, especially in terms of being able to render using the GPU and not CPU renderers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Arnold solving and how is that benefiting you?

Arnold helps me create photo-realistic product renders as well as environments. The benefits of Arnold are that it's a good, cheap alternative to Maya Hardware and Maya Software as it comes built in to Autodesk Maya when you purchase it. It's pretty easy to learn how to use (at least, the basics are) and any issues that you have, you can find the answers in the forums and in YouTube videos Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Architecture & Planning

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/29/2020

"its great I love it"

5/5

What do you like best about Arnold?

works with everything in Maya. quick and fairly straightforward great product docs and amazing support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arnold?

lacking real caustics which would be great and a function like multi light in Maxwell but get on well without them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/11/2020

"Great!"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Arnold?

Helps me to create realistic comps for clients Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arnold?

sometimes it crashes and doesn't autosave my work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/8/2018

"No pain No gain attitude"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Arnold?

Physical based renderer with adaptive sampling.

Photorealistic feel from the final render.

Organic shaders, hair and fur shading looks and feels natural.

Used in international movies for CG and Visual effects.

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What do you dislike about Arnold?

CPU Based, in the world of GPU accelerated rendering, this is still on the CPU side.

Another piece of software which is trying to re-invent the wheel maybe.

Autodesk's lame attempt to get people to give them more money.

VRAY still beats it for single machine output. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Arnold:

Another piece of software which is trying to re-invent the wheel maybe. Costly for something why Autodesk gives for free.

Please try GPU based rendering solutions (like Keyshot) before going for another CPU based renderer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Arnold solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mental ray was what people were used to , this is not the greatest way to integrate. Until VRAY is there, other renderers will have to work quite hard to compete in the same space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.