Arnold 7 released
Autodesk has released Arnold 7.0, the latest version of the production renderer, adding support for Open Image Denoise, extending the post-processing framework, and reducing memory usage in Arnold GPU. The update also significantly extends USD workflows, adding support for deep AOVs and light linking; adds support for MaterialX 1.38; and makes ACEScg the default colour space for rendering. Support for Open Image Denoise The 7.0 update makes Arnold the latest renderer to integrate Open Image Denoise (OIDN), Intel’s AI-trained CPU-based render denoising framework. It is provided in parallel with Arnold’s old CPU-based denoiser and Nvidia’s GPU-based OptiX denoiser. Both the OIDN and OptiX denoisers can make use of Arnold 7.0’s new denoise_albedo_noisy AOV, which adds specular reflections and refactions to the albedo, potentially improving denoising quality. Post-processing: new imager for colour correction, support for LUT-based looks Arnold 7.0 also expands the framework of ‘imager’ pos...