Solid Angle Maya to Arnold 3.2.0 for Maya 2017-2019 x64-Maya阿諾德渲染器插件
SolidAngleMayaToArnold(MtoA)是一款Maya阿諾德渲染器插件，提供了一個阿諾德渲染器與標準Maya界面橋樑，更新支持Maya2019。

ArnoldRender阿諾德渲染器是著名的逼真渲染系統”無偏蒙特卡羅光能傳遞”，支持Win,Mac與Linux系統，插件語言:英語（無中文漢化），目前所使用的有索尼，Glassworks,Sega,Framestore,DigitalDomain,TheMill,Psyop,Ubisoft,Zinkia,Kandor,737shakeramong等,為廣告、動畫系列電影怪物´s房子,《貝奧武夫》、《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》,2012oLluviade西班牙等等。

主要特性：
無縫集成與Maya形狀、相機、燈光和陰影
基於圖像的照明支持,包括一個先進的物理天空
交互式渲染(IPR)允許快速預覽參數變化而不中斷你的工作
支持與Maya流體體積渲染
支持Maya的頭髮和nHair的
支持粒子和nParticles,包括粒子實例
推遲的創建幾何在呈現時的替身佔位符節點
生產力的提高:覆蓋集,抵抗鋶,影子捕手,流逝,UDIM風格紋理,和任意primvar數據
通過插件擴展(Golaem,FumeFXforMaya,Yeti,Shave&Haircut)
XGen集成
Texturable幾何燈
深度EXR
曲線渲染

SolidAngleMayatoArnold3.2.0forMaya2017-2019| 
SolidAnglehasreleasedversion3.2.0ofArnoldforMaya(orMtoA).Thisplug-insprovidesabridgetotheArnoldrendererfromwithinMaya'sstandardinterface.MtoAisnowshippingwiththeArnold5.3.0.0core.

3.2.0-ReleaseDateMarch20,2019

MtoA3.2.0isamajorfeaturerelease,whichisbinarycompatiblewith3.1.*versions.

Itincludesthefollowingimprovements:

GPURendering(BETA):

YoucannowswitchbetweenCPUandGPUrenderdevicesinteractivelyandexpectvisuallysimilarresults.NVIDIAGPUsfromTuringtoMaxwellarchitecturesaresupported,andArnoldwilltakeadvantageofmultipleGPUs,NVLinkandNVIDIARTXhardwareacceleratedraytracingifavailable.NotethatduetobetastatusofGPUrendering,anumberoffeaturesaremissing,performanceisnotfinal,anduseinproductionisnotadvised.Weplantograduallyimprovethisinsubsequentreleasesandwouldappreciateyourfeedback.

ImprovedSampling:
-Improvedadaptivesampling:Adaptivesamplingisnowmuchmoreeffectiveandpredictablethanbefore.
-Improvedskydomesampling:Skydomelight'ssamplinghasbeenimproved,inparticularindarkerareas.NotethatexistingsceneswhichwereadjustedwithpreviousversionsofArnoldwillnowneedtolowerdowntheamountlightsamplesforanequivalentresult.
-Fastersamplegeneration:SceneswithahighnumberofAAandlightsamplescouldtakeaverylongtimetostartrendering.Thisisnowmuchfaster(someusecaseswentfrom11minutestoafractionofasecond,beforetherenderstarts).
ImprovedShading:
-Microfacetmultiplescattering:TheGGXmicrofacetBSDFusedinthestandard_surfaceshaderhasbeenimprovedtoaccountformultiplescatteringbetweenthemicrofacets,whichismorephysicallycorrectandreducesenergylossonreflection,especiallyathigherroughnesssettings.Thereflectionfromroughmetalsinparticularwillbesignificantlybrighterandmoresaturatedasaresult.
-ImprovedrandomwalkSSS:Anewrandomwalk_v2SSSmodehasbeenaddedthatscattersmoreaccuratelyanddeeplythroughhighly-transparent/optically-thinobjects,whichproducesSSSwithmoresaturatedcolorsaroundfinesurfacedetailandheavilybacklitregionsofanobject
-Smartopaque:Whenusingbuiltinshaders,arnoldwillnowautomaticallysettheopaqueparameterintheshapes.Settingtransparencyonlyintheshaderswillnowbeenough(exceptionsarecurves/pointsusingmin_pixel_width).Customshaderscansupportthisfeaturebysettingmetadatasopacity_termandtransparency_termintheshaders.
-Improvedbumpandnormal_mapping:bumpandnormalmappingnowcorrectfornon-physicalshadingnormals(eg.extremevalues)whilepreservingdetail.
-AnisotropycontrolsforcoatinaiStandardSurface
-Supportfornegative"TransmissionExtraRoughness"inaiStandardSurface
-NewaiUvProjectionshaderallowstodospherical/cubic/etc..projectionsonasurface
-ExposingArnoldshadersaiCameraProjection,aiRampRgb,aiRampFloat,aiRgbaToFloat
VisibleLights:
-AreaLightsandpointlightscannowbemadevisibletocameraandtransmissionraysbyincreasingparameterscameraandtransmission
StandIns&gpuCacheworkflowimprovements:
-NewUIforshaderassignmentsandoverridesusingarnoldoperators:AnewUIinStandinsandgpuCacheallowstointrospectnodes,assignshaderstospecificelements,overrideparameters,etc…inauserfriendlyway.ItwillallowtocreateandeditoperatorsattachedtotheStandin,thatwillthereforebeportableacrossscenereferences.
-Standinscannowloadalembicfiles
-Showselecteditemintheviewport:WhileintrospectingaStandincontents,selectingitemswillhighlightthemintheviewport.PickingintheArnoldRenderViewwillalsoselectthecorrespondingitem.
-NewworkflowforStandin'sproxygeometriesintheviewport:AnewparameterignoreGroupNodeswillskipallthenodesbelowtheStandinhierarchyforrendering.ThedesiredproxygeometriesjustneedtobeparentedtotheStandin,andtheywillonlyappearintheviewportwhenthisparameterisenabled.
-SubivisioncreasessupportedinAlembic
ExportShadingtreesasMaterialXfiles:
-NewmenuExportSelectiontoMaterialXallowstoexporttheselectedshadingtreestoamaterialxdocument.It'salsopossibletoappendseverallookstoasinglemtlxfileandthentoswitchbetweenbothinthematerialxoperator.Geometrie'sproperties(subdivisionsettings,etc…)canalsobebakedtothefile.
Operators:
-AddedoptiontoExport/Importoperatorgraphs:NewmenuExportOperatorGraphallowstoexportanoperatorgraphtoa.assfile(eithertheselectionorthescene'sgraph).It'sthenpossibletoimportitbacktoMaya,oreventoanotherDCC.
-Newinclude_graphoperator:Includesanoperatorgraphthatwaspreviouslyexportedto.ass
Other:
-ImprovedworkflowformotionvectorsAOV:newattributeInstantaneousShutterinthemotionblursettingsallowstogetcorrectmotionvectorsAOVwhilerenderingastillimage.TheshutterrangewillnowbetakenintoaccountintheAOV.
-Faster.assfilewriting:Writingto.ass,especiallyoverWindowsnetworks,canbedramaticallyfaster(upto51xreported)
-FasterOSLUDIMtexturereads:ReadingUDIMtexturesinOSLisnowmuchfaster(upto10xreported)
-DisabledSwatchrenderingbydefault,toavoidnon-necessaryexcessiveslowdowns
-Exposing"autobumpvisibility"inmeshestosolveartefactsforobjectsappearingthroughsharpreflections/refractions.
-UpdatedtoOIIO2.1.0
Bugfixes:
-Fixesontriplanarusedfordisplacement
-AdaptivesamplingwasbeingresettoOFFduringIPRupdates
-InteractivityoptimizationswhenIPRisstopped
-Texturerepeatwasn'tworkingwithcustomuvsets
IncompatibleChanges:
-Defaultspecular_roughnessinaiStandardSurfaceisnow0.2.Existingscenesthathadleftthisparametertoitsdefaultvaluemightnowlookdifferent.
-Changesinskydomesamplingrequiretolowerdowntheskydomesamplesonexistingscenesforanequivalentresultandrendertimes.Forthesamesettingsasbefore,theresultwillbelessnoisybutupto30%longer.
-RemovedsupportforNVIDIAKeplerGPUs
-SpecularAOV:ThesheencomponenthasbeenremovedfromthespecularAOVs
-RemovedSSSoncurves

AboutSolidAngleMayatoArnold.Arnoldisthehigh-qualityrenderingengineinMaya.RealisticrenderingiseasierthaneverwiththisbruteforceMonteCarloraytracer.Physically-basedrenderinginArnoldaccuratelysimulateslightintherealworld,butallowsbreakingphysicallawstoachieveartisticstyles.
Arnoldisoneoftheleadingrenderpluginsintheworldof3Dgraphics.Therealismthatitdelivers,addedtothesimplicityofitsinterface,iswhatmadeSolidAngle’smasterpiecesopopular.

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Product:SolidAngleMayatoArnold
Version:3.2.0
SupportedArchitectures:x64
WebsiteHomePage:http://www.solidangle.com
Language:english
SystemRequirements:PC
SupportedOperatingSystems:Windows7andlater
SoftwarePrerequisites:AutodeskMaya2017-2019