Solid Angle Houdini to Arnold 2.1.3 for Houdini

Solid Angle has released version 2.1.3 of Arnold for Houdini (or HtoA). This add-on provides a tight bridge to the Arnold renderer from within the standard Houdini interface, in a way that is familiar to both Houdini users and Arnold users in Maya or Softimage.

HtoA 2.1.3 Release notes:

4 September 2017

This is a bug fix release, getting rid of .asstoc files and fixing the curvature shader in refraction and reflection.

Enhancements
- When exporting an .ass file, the bounding box is now written as bounds metadata in the .ass file itself instead of being written as a separate .asstoc file. Exporting .asstoc files is still possible but is now disabled by default. We will remove .asstoc support entirely in a future release (htoa#910)
Fixes
- Curvature shading differences when seen through glossy transmission/reflection (core#6128)
- Crash during accel construction if there are over 65k overlapping primitives (core#6135)
- Alpha not fully opaque in output images (core#3319)
- Quad lights do not work with projected textures (core#6104)
- Indirect sample clamp not visible in AOVs (core#6136)
- Black AOV output due to conflicting AOV type redefinition (core#6151)
- AiM4Scaling() does not work in Python (core#6166)
- Crash creating motion blurred min_pixel_width inside a procedural (core#6170)

About Arnold for Houdini. HtoA provides a bridge to the Arnold renderer from within the standard Houdini interface. Having been in beta for several months, the plugin has already been used in production by many studios, including Prime Focus World for Hercules and Vampire Academy, Milk VFX for the Sherlock and Doctor Who TV series, and Framestore NY for the Captain Morgan commercials.

About Solid Angle. Solid Angle is the technology company behind the Arnold rendering software. With offices in Madrid and London, Solid Angle’s customers include ILM, Framestore, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Rodeo FX, Luma Pictures, Image Engine, The Moving Picture Company, Digic Pictures, The Mill and Psyop. Arnold was designed to efficiently process the complex geometric datasets required for feature-length CGI animation and big-budget visual effects, while at the same time simplifying the pipeline. This unique renderer has been used to create the VFX seen in “Guardians of the Galaxy”, “Elysium, “Gravity”, “Pacific Rim”, Marvel's “The Avengers”, and “Alice in Wonderland”, to name just some. Marcos Fajardo is the founder of Solid Angle and lead architect of Arnold. The software is now available as a standalone renderer, as a C++ API and as a set of plug-ins for leading 3D applications such as Maya, Softimage and Katana on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

About Side Effects Software. Side Effects Software is a world leader in the development of Houdini, our advanced 3D animation and special effects software for use in film, commercials and video games. Side Effects Software has been recognized three times with Scientific and Technical awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Houdini family of animation software offers digital artists an unprecedented level of power, flexibility and control based on award-winning procedural technology. The comprehensive feature set includes: modeling, rigging, animation, particle effects, dynamics, compositing, integrated rendering, and more. All Houdini applications work together seamlessly and are available for the Mac OS X, Linux and Windows operating systems.

Product: Solid Angle Houdini To Arnold
Version: 2.1.3
Supported Architectures: x64
Website Home Page : www.solidangle.com
Language: english
System Requirements: PC
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7 x64 (vc14)
Software Prerequisites: Houdini, Houdini FX, Houdini Indie or Houdini Education (Houdini Apprentice is not supported)
Size: 111.7 mb

Compatibility: This release uses Arnold 5.0.1.3 and OpenVDB 4.0.0. Binaries available for the following Houdini, Houdini FX, Houdini Indie and Houdini Education production builds: 16.0.633, 16.0.671, 16.0.705