AutoDesk公司收購大名鼎鼎的物理渲染器阿諾德(SolidAngle Arnold)！ 
說到SolidAngle也是渲染器中的一把利劍，SolidAngle公司的阿諾德Arnold渲染器是一款高級的、跨平臺的渲染 API。與傳統(tǒng)用于 CG 動畫的 scanline（掃描線）渲染器（Renderman）不同，Arnold 是照片真實(shí)、基于物理的光線 追蹤渲染器， 是基于物理算法的電影級別渲染引擎，目前由Solid Angle SL 開發(fā)。正在被越來越多的好萊塢電影公司以及工作室作為首席渲染器使用。SolidAngle之前也一直為眾多CG軟件開發(fā)插件，有Maya, Softimage, Houdini和Katana，還有去年冬季才放出C4D版的插件，不曾想，沒過多久竟然被autodesk看上了，熟悉傳媒娛樂行業(yè)的朋友一定對Solid Angle公司和他的渲染器 Arnold 不陌生。Arnold是一款基于 Monte Carlo Ray tracing 的渲染器，很多好萊塢大廠和一些工作室都在使用。尤其是Sony Pictures Imageworks 基本上全線采用Arnold渲染。Arnold也幫助創(chuàng)造了很多優(yōu)秀的影片，比如2006年獲得奧斯卡提名的Monster House（怪獸屋）, 還有諸如Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs（美食從天而降），Alice in Wonderland（愛麗絲夢游仙境），Pacific Rim（環(huán)太平洋）， Gravity（地心引力）等等佳作。 autodesk公司的max和maya一直以來占據(jù)CG業(yè)的半壁江山，隨著c4d不斷的發(fā)展，不斷吞噬著autodesk的市場占有率，Autodesk可能發(fā)現(xiàn)了自己在渲染器上面的短板，因?yàn)镃4D自從發(fā)布以來就在軟件中集成了號稱渲染最快的渲染器，C4D渲染引擎效果好速度快。C4D擁有世界聞名的的快速渲染引擎AdvanceRender（高級渲染器），這個(gè)引擎具備強(qiáng)大的渲染能力而又具有多樣性，包括許多重要的功能，如全局照明、焦散、光能傳遞、HDRI、3S等等。在對硬件的需求上，它比其它的三維軟件要求要低，但是卻能取得更好的渲染效果．因此，即使很多用慣了其它3D軟件的人，也愿意在Cinema 4D的高速引擎中渲染。 Cinema 4D內(nèi)置基于Ray-Trace（光影追蹤）的AdvanceRender（高級渲染器），其Scanline（掃描線）渲染方式至今仍然是世界上速度最快、真實(shí)感最強(qiáng)、操作最簡單的非GI（非全局照明）渲染解決方案。 而且C4D與一直在于其它渲染器有合作，像vray和Arnold以及Octane、team等都有開發(fā)C4D的插件。Autodesk雖然也有眾多渲染器為之開發(fā)插件，但自己沒有渲染器，江山必定不穩(wěn)，為此可見Autodesk要誓與maxon cinema 4d干到底了�，F(xiàn)在，隨著Arnold加入Autodesk大家庭， Autodesk在渲染方面的短板將得以補(bǔ)充。 大家如果關(guān)注這次合并的細(xì)節(jié)的話，可以看Solid Angle 的官網(wǎng)關(guān)于這次合并的一些詳細(xì)說明：https://www.solidangle.com/news/solid-angle-joins-autodesk SolidAngle關(guān)于本次收購公告原文如下： Solid Angle has joined Autodesk Big news today! We are proud and excited to let you know that our team at Solid Angle has made a move that expands in a big way our capacity to keep pushing rendering forward. We’ve joined Autodesk! We are now part of the passionate Media & Entertainment team that includes Maya, Shotgun and RV, working to help artists create beautiful animation and VFX faster and easier across platforms and pipelines. The full story is here but we want to call out the most important things directly. First, what you love about Arnold isn’t going to change. The Solid Angle team is still leading and driving Arnold’s technology direction, development and support. We have not handed Arnold over – we have joined Autodesk to keep moving it forward at the speed you know and expect, working closely with you as always. We are still here to help you with licensing, sales and support. Second, development of Arnold plug-ins for Katana, Cinema4D, Houdini and Softimage – and other software will absolutely continue. Openness is everyone’s goal. Please see the FAQ for more information. In addition, fxguide interviewed Marcos and the Autodesk team, you can read the full article here. Why are we doing this? To scale. When we started Solid Angle we always envisioned that Arnold adoption would someday grow to where it was used on the world's top productions, but we didn't anticipate the impact that massive worldwide growth would have on our business. It's thrilling to see how far Arnold now reaches. But with 500 studios and thousands of artists now using Arnold and more joining the Arnold family every day, it is becoming more complex to meet the needs of a user community growing that fast and what has become a multi-national business. Joining Autodesk allows us to focus more on developing elegant numerical methods and algorithms to improve rendering performance and quality, while giving us access to the resources and expertise we need to grow our business and make our technology accessible to more users around the world. Autodesk understands how critical rendering is to the production workflow, and is committed to supporting us in our mission. They share our passion for solving tough problems through technology. We have never been more dedicated to bringing artists the best rendering tools than we are today, and we believe that joining Autodesk is the best way to do that. Thank you for using Arnold and helping us push rendering forward. We’re excited for what’s ahead. Please call or email any of us if you have questions about what this all means for you or Arnold. – Marcos and the Arnold team | 
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