Purely for the artistic process redshift is very hard to beat. With a decent gpu setup the feedback is incredibly fast so tweaking this and that is a joy.
That being said I do like the end result you can get in arnold better. This is purely a personal and very subjective thing. Just started playing with Octane 1.5 the (stand alone one)and so far enjoying it. Need to get more alembic animations to test on. ;) ________________________________ From: Andreas Bystrom [[email protected]] Sent: 23 March 2014 09:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Rendering alternative to mental ray needed.. as far as I know, octane is a pure brute-force gpu raytracer, what's unique about redshift is that it introduces biased techniques on the gpu, interpolated gi etc... as for mr, the render engine is quite bad, but don't forget the shaders are excellent, that's one thing good about mental ray. On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Emilio Hernandez <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Well the comparison with MR handling is more in the sense of how we assembled the render tree during all tthe years that we only had MR, and its shaders. RS did an amazing job in make you feel at the home kitchen but in a totally new modern building. So when you need to cook, you know where are all the ingredients and you are serving dinner in no time. -- ------------------------------------------------------- Emilio Hernández VFX & 3D animation. -- Andreas Byström Weta Digital <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table>
