Arnold 7.4.4.0

7.4.4.0

Features

• usd#2418 - Deprecate legacy parameters "threads", "debug" and "hydra" in the procedural
• usd#1633 - Ignore verbosity settings from USD files when rendering with "kick -v"
• usd#2331 - Support multiple AOVs with the same name in hydra render products
• usd#2390 - Add support for the MeshLightAPI
• usd#2408 - Fix render region calculation when based on windowNDC
• usd#2404 - Support asset_searchpath as a replacement for procedural & texture search paths.
• usd#2407 - Add support for RenderPass prim when using hydra2.
• usd#2440 - Support render settings resolution with windowNDC
• usd#2436 - Support cryptomatte with instances in hydra2
• usd#2441 - Fix invalid motion ranges caused by motion_start / motion_end attributes
• usd#2452 - Imager updates should not restart IPR renders
• usd#2415 - Incorrect transform when exporting complex object hierarchy to USD

Bug Fixes

• usd#2391 Remove warnings when rendering with an Arnold camera

Arnold 7.4.3.2

7.4.3.2

Bugfix

• usd#2422 - Fix regression on frame changes in the usd procedural

Arnold 7.4.3.1

7.4.3.1

Bug Fixes

• usd#2349 - Husk renders with the Arnold product type overwrites the same output path when rendering multiple frames in the same process
• usd#2392 - Fix a warning due to additional metadata parameters, typeName and colorSpace introduced in USD 25.05.

Arnold 7.4.3.0

7.4.3.0

Features

• usd#2307 - DomeLight connections are taken into account twice when written from an arn
• usd#1405 - Combine DomeLight texture, color and temperature properly in usd and hydra
• usd#2310 - Support volume shaders on points with hydra
• usd#2320 - Use overwrite mode for stats and deprecate the render setting stats:mode
• usd#2337 - Don't disable CER error reports through the hydra procedural
• usd#2346 - Registry should explicitely consider the usd.hide metadata instead of DCC-s
• usd#2352 - Changing the frame should not re-initialize the procedural

Bug Fixes

• usd#2333 - Fix crash in USD writer when the outputs string contains asterisk
• usd#2364 - Fix crash render delegate when using indexed uvs and shared arrays.

Arnold 7.4.2.2

7.4.2.2

Bug Fixes

• usd#2340 - Fix warnings when nodes are deleted during batch sessions
• usd#2334 - Fix random crashes with husk and cryptomatte

Arnold 7.4.2.1

7.4.2.1

Bug Fixes

• usd#2303 - Improve detection of hidden primitives that should be skipped
• usd#2309 - Fix recent conflict between primitives visibility and purpose
• usd#2296 - Proper support of stats mode in the render delegate

Arnold-7.4.2.0

7.4.2.0

Features

• usd#2264 - Skip translation of invisible primitives in the render delegate
• usd#2277 - Ensure child nodes are properly destroyed in the hydra procedural
• usd#2276 - Improve default interactive FPS settings in the render delegate
• usd#2284 - Use a single display driver in the render delegate
• usd#2231 - Fix velocity motion blur coherence when there is varying number of instances
• usd#2285 - Use point instancer angular velocity in the render delegate
• usd#2260 - Deepexr settings were not set properly with husk renders
• usd#2287 - Fix mismatch in default value for GI_transmission_depth between USD and Hydra

Bug fixes

• usd#2298 - Fix a potential crash when multiple hydra readers initialize concurrently.
• usd#2300 - Animated sequences render an incorrect filename in hydra mode

Arnold 7.4.1.1

7.4.1.1

Bug fixes

• usd#2269 - Connections are not processed correctly during hydra procedural updates
• usd#2268 - Reenable instancer motion blur on the first rendered frame by recomputing the transform matrices when the shutter is updated.

Arnold 7.4.1.0

7.4.1.0

Features

• usd#2148 - Leverage new Shared Arrays API in the render delegate.
• usd#2227 - Hydra procedural breaks the Arnold logging settings
• usd#2228 - Release usd stage after the hydra procedural translation
• usd#2240 - Default volume shader should be assigned in the usd procedural
• usd#2242 - Support HDARNOLD_DEBUG_SCENE env var in the hydra procedural
• usd#2248 - Enable the hydra mode of the procedural by default

Bug fixes

• usd#2208 - Fix unnecessary allocations in the instancer and mesh.
• usd#2218 - Fix Hydra warning with orthographic cameras
• usd#2219 - Fix race condition in hydra with node names
• usd#2225 - Fix crash in point instancers with missing prototypes
• usd#2224 - Fix warning "HdArnoldDriverMain is already installed"
• usd#2234 - Fix warning "Selected hydra renderer doesn't support prim type 'RenderSettings'"
• usd#2232 - Fix incorrect husk render of left handed indexed meshes with normals.
• usd#2239 - OpenVDB asset with explicit fieldName does not render in hydra
• usd#1402 - Incorrect transform when exporting parented objects to USD

Arnold 7.4.0.0

7.4.0.0

Bug fixes

• usd#2201 - Hydra procedural should not modify the input usd stage with shutter range
• usd#2197 - MaterialX textures not applied properly in hydra through mayaHydra