Solid Angle Katana 2.6 and 3.0 to Arnold 2.2.1.1

Solid Angle has released version 2.2.1.1 of Arnold for Katana (or KtoA). This plug-ins provides a bridge to the Arnold renderer from within the standard Katana interface. KtoA is now shipping with the latest Arnold: 5.2.1.0 core.

Incompatible Changes
– Override behavior for built-in Katana parameters for Arnold plugins: Katana produces four built-in parameters for Arnold procedural, volume and implicit locations (frame, shutter, cropwindow and katanaFullName). These can conflict with parameters on the Arnold plugin, and it was previously difficult to override the built-in values. Now, any parameters of the same name that are explicitly set will override the built-in values without complaint. (#342)

Bug Fixes
– #342 Override renderer procedural built-in parameters when set directly
– #345 Invalid curves num points array causes crash
– #346 Potential crash for procs/plugins with zero-sized arrays
– #348 geometry.point.constantwidth attribute is ignored on pointclouds in KtoA 2.1.X and up

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About Solid Angle. Solid Angle is the technology company behind the Arnold rendering software. With offices in Madrid and London, Solid Angle’s customers include ILM, Framestore, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Rodeo FX, Luma Pictures, Image Engine, The Moving Picture Company, Digic Pictures, The Mill and Psyop. Arnold was designed to efficiently process the complex geometric datasets required for feature-length CGI animation and big-budget visual effects, while at the same time simplifying the pipeline. This unique renderer has been used to create the VFX seen in "Guardians of the Galaxy", "Elysium, "Gravity", "Pacific Rim", Marvel’s "The Avengers", and "Alice in Wonderland", to name just some. Marcos Fajardo is the founder of Solid Angle and lead architect of Arnold. The software is now available as a standalone renderer, as a C++ API and as a set of plug-ins for leading 3D applications such as Maya, Softimage and Katana on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

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Product: Solid Angle Katana 2.6 (3.0) to Arnold
Version: 2.2.1.1
Supported Architectures: x64

Language: english
System Requirements: PC
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7+ on x86-64, with VC++ 2015 redistributable installed
Software Prerequisites: The Foundry Katana 2.5v6+, 2.6v1+, 3.0v1+
Size: 534 MB