Parallel scene initialization means faster renders with less time to first pixel, taking advantage of all the cores and threads in today's CPUs.

The Arnold Denoiser is a standalone tool ('noice') that offers the temporal stability and high-quality needed for final frame denoising.The OptiX Denoiser based on Nvidia AI technology is now integrated into Arnold for use with IPR.Two new denoising solutions give you the option to use much lower quality sampling settings to optimize your rendering process:.Adaptive sampling offers a streamlined way to easily tune image fidelity, so users can reduce render times without jeopardizing final image quality.A new Profiling API and structured statistics provide an extensive set of debugging tools that will help technical users to maximize render throughput. A fully native Alembic procedural and material assignments and overrides offer ultimate flexibility to keep pipelines running smoothly and efficiently. And since 5.1 is fully binary compatible with 5.0, upgrading is easy.Īmong the key updates, major advancements in sampling and denoising give artists more control over image quality, while a new Toon shader and enhancements to built-in shaders deliver a more satisfying out-of-the-box experience.

We're excited to bring you Arnold 5.1 featuring a set of powerful new tools to help deliver a better rendering experience to artists everywhere.īuilding on the core architecture updates introduced with 5.0, many of the new features are in direct response to artists' requests, providing solutions to some of the most complex rendering challenges. Image courtesy of Lee Griggs Introducing Arnold 5.1

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