Saturday, October 20, 2012

Arnold vs. V-Ray (significant difference)

The Arnold render took 1min 41 secs and V-Ray 11min 38sec. Also note: I am a lighting TD and have been working with V-Ray for over 3 years in production. I have V-Ray in the DMC workflow using QMC GI with 3 bounces and 8 subdivs (default). Arnold is also at 3 diffuse bounces.



7 comments:

  1. Wow~!!! "Arnold" so Fast!
    could i ask something?
    is Arnold Distribute Rendering possible?
    likes V-ray style

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  2. Hey, I am not sure how to setup DR with Arnold but it is pretty nice :]

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  3. ah~ ha
    yes so pretty nice
    Your picture tells it

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  4. Get an interior shot in Arnold and try to render that with brute force only. Exterior sunlit balls?! I find this "comparison" way off and injustice, to say the least...

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    1. I can do that ^__^...

      Definitely interior multi-bounce diffuse path tracing is the most difficult thing to resolve quickly...

      The lighting situation for the exterior is with IBL and camera projection (this is a typical setup for VFX pipeline).

      I am a hardcore V-Ray guy but I am appreciating Arnold for sure.

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    2. For sure Arnold is probably the fastest brute force renderer of the two, but VRay strength lies in the Irradiance and Light Cache algorithms to produce equal results in a fraction of time. If brute force was the only option trough, Arnold would be the better choice.

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  5. when it comes to rendering skin shaders and hair, arnold is not so fast at all.

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