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Arnold 6Increase efficiency with Arnold

John Paul Giancarlo

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#MEdays2020

Arnold 6Update

▪ Path tracing in production pioneer

▪ Scales well for large scenes

▪ Addresses complex rendering challenges

▪ Comprehensive C++ and Python API

▪ Compatible CPU and GPU rendering

▪ Ships with Maya and Max

▪ Integrated in prominent 3rd party DCCs

What is Arnold?

Game of Thrones 8Image Engine

Love, Death and RobotsDigic Pictures

The Spongebob MovieMikros Animation

The Chemical Brothers - Free YourselfThe Mill

Nike Hypervenom IIMan vs Machine

Power StationCalder Moore

Volkswagen

NikeRob Bryant, Jr

Skanska Civil

▪ Arnold Core: 14 releases

▪ MtoA: 13 releases

▪ MAXtoA: 15 releases

▪ HtoA: 14 releases

▪ C4DtoA: 21 releases

▪ KtoA: 15 releases

Release Pace2019

Component Number of Releases

Arnold Core 11

MtoA 12

MAXtoA 13

HtoA 14

C4DtoA 18

KtoA 13

#MEdays2020

Arnold improvements:The little things that really matter

Lens distortionCompatible with 3ds Max

Classic Cubic 3ds Max Inverse Cubic

Lens Tilt & ShiftCompatible with 3ds Max

Microfacet Multiple ScatteringSingle Scattering

Microfacet Multiple ScatteringMultiple Scattering

Microfacet multi-scatter for dielectricsArnold 6

Boolean Operationsclip_geo shader

Bifrost ProceduralStrands

Bifrost ProceduralAdaptive Volumes

#MEdays2020

#MEdays2020

Arnold GPUUpdate

#MEdays2020

ARNOLD 5.3• Shading networks

• Hair

• SSS

• Atmospherics

• Instancing

• Procedurals

ARNOLD 5.4• Open Shading Language (OSL)

• OpenVDB volumes

• Volume displacement

• Randomwalk v2 SSS

• Transmission dispersion

• Support for more lights

• Reduced noise

ARNOLD 6• Improved OSL support

• Improved OpenVDB support

• On-demand texture loading

• Shadow Matte shader

• Support for most LPEs

• Support for most lights

• Support for all cameras

• Support for most shaders

• Noise now on par with CPU

Moving Fast with Arnold GPU

Live Device Switching

3DS Max

Houdini

Cinema4D

Texturing.xyz

Serjan Burlak

Chad Ashley

#MEdays2020

USDUpdate

▪ Render delegate

▪ Procedural

▪ Schemas

▪ …

Arnold USD is open source!github.com/Autodesk/arnold-usd

Arnold USD ProceduralNew in Arnold 6.0.2

Arnold Hydra Delegate

Houdini Solaris

Arnold Hydra DelegateMaya

Arnold Hydra DelegateOmniverse

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