The new features were announced earlier today during a livestream to mark Isotropix’s 10th anniversary.Ī hybrid set dressing, look development and rendering toolĬombining features of conventional renderers, compositors and DCC tools, Clarisse is designed to enable artists to develop heavy production scenes while interacting continually with the final image.įirst released in 2012, the software has quickly carved out a niche in high-end visual effects, and is now in use at a number of major facilities, including ILM and Double Negative.Īlthough initially described as a hybrid 2D/3D rendering system, the software also features well-developed toolsets for shot layout – particularly set dressing and object scattering – and look development.Ĭlarisse 5.0: new unified architecture for Clarisse iFX and Clarisse Builder The software’s ray tracing core has also been updated, with general ray traced renders now “up to 1.5x faster”, and larger speed boosts when rendering hair and volumes with multiple scattering. Other major changes include a new USD exporter, new set dressing tools, a new Arnold-compatible standard material, and a ‘revolutionary’ new lighting engine, enabling any scene geometry to be used as a light.

The update introduces a new unified architecture for the two versions of the software, making structural improvements developed for the high-performance edition, Clarisse Builder, available in Clarisse iFX.

Isotropix has released Clarisse 5.0, a major update to its layout, lighting and rendering software.

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