Kyle H.

3D Graphics Artist

Media Production

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/19/2016

"Octane Render used for Building Environments"

4/5

What do you like best about OctaneRender?

The speed of Octane Renders is very fast for visualizing the final look without having to spend minutes or hours to preview a shot. Of course this varies off complexity and Sample Size, among other settings, however you can get good results much faster than traditional methods. Being able to group nodes to organize a scene is beneficial when handing a project off to another artist for collaboration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OctaneRender?

Often the settings of a render Node can be changed unintentionally when moving around the scene. Being able to see the pivot and adjust it for imported geometry meshes would be nice to know especially when importing a group of models as one mesh. Having manipulator controls for objects would be better than manually applying values in the Placement and 3D Transform nodes as the current solution. Not sure if it's in the camera settings but a way to visualize areas of importance for lighting to know where the light interacts at. Would also like additional features for generating 3D previews within the software itself, similar to playblasts or quick preview videos rather than rendering out PNG sequences. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OctaneRender:

Have everything in place in the 3D Content software of our choice before exporting to Octane. Also make sure the folder structure and file names make sense so that you don't have to go back in forth between different software packages. Soon Octane might become a new software standard with its support for multiple content packages. For VR Octane is really leading the charge. Make sure you have the correct graphics card before purchasing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We are using Octane Render to actually build Environments that our Characters reside in. Using physics based lighting gives accurate and realistic looking results. Node based setups allow a clear visual representation of how our lighting is setup in relation to the camera and geometry. Currently we use Octane Render's stereoscopic Camera to set up our scenes for Holographic uses and potentially VR. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.