Once Octane is selected as the render engine, rendering with Octane is done using the OctaneRender Viewport (Figure 02). The latest version of Octane now includes a menu item as well which can be used to set Octane as the current renderer (Figure 01).įigure 01: Octane can be set as the Production Renderer from the Octane menu Much of Octane's functionality can be found in the Render Setup window. Octane is tightly integrated into 3ds max. For more detailed information, please reference the online documentation. This includes the use of progressive rendering, illumination basics, and material design. Octane X accelerates modern creative workflows with ACES, OCIO and deep pixel EXR rendering, a powerful node-based material, shader and scene graph editor, and the industry’s most advanced production ready AI Denoiser.The goal of this quick start article is to provide the three most relevant topics for getting started quickly in Octane for 3ds max. This exclusive version of Octane X for the App Store features multi-GPU rendering, network rendering (through an additional Octane Enterprise Render Node license) and Apple M1 native GPU rendering support. Octane X is optimized for maximum rendering performance on AMD Polaris, Vega and Navi GPUs as well as Intel SkyLake GPUs on macOS Big Sur 11.1 and later.

Some introductory material is available on our forum: Octane X is the world’s first and fastest unbiased, spectrally-correct GPU production renderer for macOS, built from the ground up for maximum performance on Apple Metal and Apple Silicon, and empowering artist workflows across visual effects, motion graphics, gaming, design, concept art and architectural visualization.

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