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Is there a trial of Octane?

Testing6790Testing6790 Posts: 1,091
edited December 1969 in The Commons

Hi all!

Yesterday there was a little hubub about promo renders using Octane, which got me looking at it and it looks really cool. It's also equally impressive in it's cost, which I can totally understand.

Is there a trial for DAZ or anything that I could fiddle around with? Even barring that, what do users of it think? How's the learning curve? Does it speed up or slow down render speeds? I'm a huge stickler for render speeds!

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  • TjebTjeb Posts: 507
    edited December 1969

    I’m a huge stickler for render speeds!

    In that case, don't bother. Nothing beats 3Delight.

    And, while on their site, have you noticed you need a CUDA capable NVIDIA graphics card.
    There is a GET DEMO button.

  • Testing6790Testing6790 Posts: 1,091
    edited December 1969

    tjeb said:
    And, while on their site, have you noticed you need a CUDA capable NVIDIA graphics card.

    Yup! I have an NVidia 760, which has CUDA.

    There is a GET DEMO button.

    Well aren't I a fool? lol

  • TugpsxTugpsx Posts: 738
    edited December 1969

    Octane as you may have discovered by now, is a very capable renderer. The render process uses GPU hardware acceleration and is very fast. The learning curve is simple and the Daz plugin makes it very familiar for Daz Studio users.

  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,739
    edited December 1969

    There is a demo version of the Poser plugin for Octane, but not for DS. The PDF manual that comes with the demo version of Octane has suggested settings for exporting your scenes from DS to Octane. There is a plugin for DS in beta, but no demo version yet.

    If you have Poser, the Poser plugin demo is a great way to test Octane. After playing with the Poser demo for about a week, I took the plunge and got Octane and the DS beta plugin (the betas are half price with a free upgrade to the full version(s) when released). The DS plugin isn't as "polished" as the Poser plugin, but it is quite good and very usable, especially for a beta version.

    The attached image was done in DS=>Octane, with no post at all (for the Aiko contest). and it took about 15 min. to render, which is quite fast considering all the reflective materials in the scene. Most of the materials are Octane shaders slightly modified from the LiveDB samples (except of course the skin). Octane is a fairly big investment, but IMHO it's well worth it. It's really amazing to have this kind of speed with an unbiased render engine.

    Aiko_SiFi.jpg
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  • Fixme12Fixme12 Posts: 589
    edited December 1969

    dustrider said:
    There is a demo version of the Poser plugin for Octane, but not for DS. The PDF manual that comes with the demo version of Octane has suggested settings for exporting your scenes from DS to Octane. There is a plugin for DS in beta, but no demo version yet.

    If you have Poser, the Poser plugin demo is a great way to test Octane. After playing with the Poser demo for about a week, I took the plunge and got Octane and the DS beta plugin (the betas are half price with a free upgrade to the full version(s) when released). The DS plugin isn't as "polished" as the Poser plugin, but it is quite good and very usable, especially for a beta version.

    The attached image was done in DS=>Octane, with no post at all (for the Aiko contest). and it took about 15 min. to render, which is quite fast considering all the reflective materials in the scene. Most of the materials are Octane shaders slightly modified from the LiveDB samples (except of course the skin). Octane is a fairly big investment, but IMHO it's well worth it. It's really amazing to have this kind of speed with an unbiased render engine.

    15min render?

    what system do you have? what kind of GPU card?

  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,739
    edited December 1969

    fixme12 said:

    15min render?

    what system do you have? what kind of GPU card?


    It's a quadcore i7 laptop with a Geforce 670M/3Gb VRAM (about same as a 560 in a desktop).
  • TugpsxTugpsx Posts: 738
    edited December 1969

    This was cooked for only 3 min. Octane is very fast and easy to use.

    Sauna1a.JPG
    1057 x 676 - 97K
  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    does it do sss for skin?

  • TugpsxTugpsx Posts: 738
    edited December 1969

    Same scene added a fog layer with Octane internal tools, cooked for shorter time since fog will obscure quality.

    Sauna2.JPG
    1056 x 679 - 88K
  • TugpsxTugpsx Posts: 738
    edited January 2014

    Misty Whisky said:
    does it do sss for skin?

    Yes, but there is no" make art" button. You will have to work on the material to get your preference. There are too many skin types including animals and monsters.

    This image used SSS on V6HD
    http://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#images/18373

    Post edited by Tugpsx on
  • Testing6790Testing6790 Posts: 1,091
    edited December 1969

    Ugh I'm going to have to re-learn Poser.

  • TugpsxTugpsx Posts: 738
    edited December 1969

    Paradigm67 said:
    Ugh I'm going to have to re-learn Poser.

    Were you able to try the stand alone?
    If so let me know I can send you a material to test. There are several materials in the online material room
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