Here is the latest news from Otoy about the plug-in development: we are still waiting on Otoy to release the OctaneX Mac plug-in for Daz Studio. Regarding the Octane-X plugin for Daz Studio on Mac. If you are only running Octance on 1 computer, then this is not an issue. The second Otoy link (above) will directly download the Mac (.dmg) standalone version of the Octane X, which is sounds like you are already running.Īs far as I know, the only difference between the Demo version and the free standalone version of OctaneX that your running, is that the demo version can do Net Rendering which is not part of the free version. Iray vs CMacks You are correct that for the first Otoy link (above), for the demo version of OctaneX, you do need an Otoy account. Iray vs FREE Octane Plug-In for Daz3D (Review & Tutorial) Lots of good info and different perspectives on using Octane in the Daz Forums. Try Octane X™ and OctaneRender® Today (Free for personal & commercial use) OctaneRender™ for DAZ Studio™ User Manual Dowload the free Octane Render Kit (ORK) because it has a lot of free Octane shaders, skin materials, HDRIs, lights, and tutorials.Ĭheck out some more of the online resources and you can see some screenshots of Octane in action. The DAZ plug-in for Octane does a basic conversion of iRay Materials to Octane, but you still need to apply the correct shaders inside the Octane plug-in. But, it can be faster than iRay when rendering an image. On my Windows PC I use iRay, and when I get a Mac, I am planning to test the speed of iRay running via the CPU, compared to 3Delight, but I will most likely end up using Octane X, because I hear it is faster for generating realistic-looking bytescapes Octane will take quite a bit more time to initially set-up, as it's not natively integrated into Daz Studio the way iRay is, since it is a plug-in and shows up in the Octane Render pane (window tab). Keep us updated on your upcoming new Mac system.Īs for Render Engine. I am planning to purchase a newer M1 or M2 Mac sometime in the near future, but for now, I'll have to wait and see what route you and others head in. I then tried to install the 32-bit version of Daz Studio directly (without DIM), but it exhibited the same behavior and would not install. It looks like this Mac Mini of mine is just too old as it is only running OS X version 10.4.11. Today, I downloaded DIM version 1.4.0.80 (32-bit), but after unzipping the file and double-clicking to launch the installer, it would just open-and-close in less than a second and would not install. Currently, I run Daz Studio on a Windows 10 PC, however, I do own an old 2006 Mac Mini that has a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor (32-bit), and you have inspired me to try to install Daz Studio on it. BarrieM That was actually a Mac Mini owned by the user ' mistycomic' in that other forum thread.

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