[oz42]

Those of you longer in the tooth may remember Arnold Renderer? I can remember being impressed with the Pepeland renders back in the 00's http://www.3dluvr.com/marcosss/

It seems like it has been resurrected (maybe it never went away?) by Sony Picture Imageworks (Arnold was use exclusively on Monster House and the new Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs movies) and Solid Angle (who look like they'll be selling it when it finally comes out)

Although it's biased, it's good and amazingly fast; there's a tantalizing glimpse here http://www.cgauiwtalk.com/showthread.php?p=75690
and more info can be found here http://groups.google.com/group/xsi_list ... 9662f4f0fa
and here http://groups.google.com/group/xsi_list ... ff06c27fb8
they're lengthy threads but keep reading there are some more examples as you go on...

Keep watching the skis...

(originally spotted on xsibase, here http://www.xsibase.com/forum/index.php? ... 4;start=10 - you may need to be a member to view this?)

[iker]

...It seems like it has been resurrected (maybe it never went away?)

I think it never went away, simply it never went "public"...

(I did try it inside Maya time ago ...Spain and render engine's developers ...almost a tradition )

[oz42]

more goodies;

The history and benefits of Arnold from it's creator Marcos Fajardo (44mins)
http://vimeo.com/15878348

Arnold inside Softimage demo (56 mins) (it looks well integrated, here's hoping for an release soooon!)
http://vimeo.com/16155555

Again, both found on XSIbase http://www.xsibase.com/forum/index.php? ... 5;start=30

P.S. I love the file format three letter suffix Marcos has chosen!

[sandykoufax]

Nothing to do with this, anybody knows the state of 'hungry cat' renderer?