Concerning volumes, you can read vdb cache in softimage with the openvdb plug in. https://vimeo.com/82154098 Then render it with mr or arnold. Also same can be done with emfluid if you have it. For hair you can cache them to curves with alembic, and then readjust parameters like thickness in ice and render with whatever you want.
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 8:11 AM, Gerbrand Nel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys. > I have been doing most of my jobs in houdini since the start of 2015, and > I'm loving the work flow. > Most things just work, and although I have to re-learn allot of skills, I > feel like this is an upgrade to my skill set. > There is one huge problem though. > Everything needs to get rendered at the end of the day. > Mantra is beautiful, and amazingly powerful, and can get the job done, but > its kinda slow. > Well slow in my incapable hands. > I've done a few tutorials on rendering, but no matter how much I tweak, a > render still takes around 15 to 20 min per frame. > As far as cpu renders go, this is not so bad, but I'm a freelancer, and > most of the other freelancers around me have switched to redshift. > I've done a few comparisons, and most of the times redshift will give you > the same results in 1/5 of the time. > Rendering normal geometry via alembic in soft or maya is not the end of > the world, but how would I render fur or volumes? > I'm using houdini indie, so 3rd party renders in houdini are out of the > question for me. > Do you guys know of a way to get fur or volumes from houdini into > maya/softimage? > I would like to give Blender/Cycles a go, but I have never used blender > for anything other than camera tracking. > Cycles seems like it is up for the task, but without alembic, how would > this work? > Any input on this matter would rock!! > Thanks guys > Gerbrand >
