ARION v1.0 has been released! At RandomControl we're resolute to pioneer the next step in light simulation. To this end we have taken all the expertise we have gathered in the making of our flagship product fryrender and worked on an entirely new technology designed to produce comparable output, but using every single computing device at your disposal. Arion makes use of our novel proprietary multi-CPU / multi-GPU / multi-IP interactive rendering technology. | | 
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What is Arion?
| | - Arion is an interactive WYSIWYG editing application.
- Arion is a super-high performance production renderer.
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Arion uses all the GPUs -and- all the CPUs in your system simultaneously, not wasting a single flop available. Additionally, Arion can use all the GPUs and all the CPUs in all the other computers in your network forming a cluster for massive computation. In that regard, Arion is a grid-computing solution to the problem of light physics simulation. Simultaneous GPU+CPU+LAN, combined with our exhaustively optimized code, is what we call hybrid acceleration. | |  Rendered using Arion v1.0 | |  Rendered using Arion v1.0 | |  Rendered using Arion v1.0 | |
Arion in product visualization A photographer observes reality, adapts illumination and moves around in position to take a perfect shot. That is exactly what Arion brings you: the ability to take your scene, configure your lighting setup, and set the camera position and optics to take a digital photograph of your model. Forget about endless trial-and-error, and also forget about long waits to see what the DOF and your specular highlights look like. Just move around naturally like you would in real life, adjust your camera using real photography parameters, and watch your digital model with final quality all the way. When you're done setting up your photograph, just let the framebuffer refine and... there you go. Render done. | |  |
Arion in architecture Having a clear understanding of space, illumination and materials is key to producing great architectural images. With Arion you will be able to walk through your scene like a photographer would, picking the right camera angle and settings. You will be able to edit the light sources comfortably and fine-tune each material to get the exact look you're after. You will also be able to change the sky interactively, getting the illumination and the Sun shadows to look the way you want. Such natural workflow will let you focus on being more creative. But that's just 50% of what Arion will offer you. Even under complex GI situations, renders that used to take hours before will be clean in minutes now. In other words, Arion will bring more comfort and more productivity to your daily workflow. | |  |
Arion in design & engineering Design is an iterative process. At certain stages you need to stop and stare at your creation, or share it with others so you can brainstorm about what changes to make. In this process, an efficient tool capable of visualizing your ideas, or even better, take virtual photographs of those ideas, is priceless. With Arion you will be able to visualize your models instantly, and inspect them from all angles. You will be able to drag and drop materials from your library onto your digital prototype and see what the finishes look like. | |  |
Pricing & Licensing
| | | Single-GPU
| Multi-GPU
| | | | New customers | 795 EUR | 995 EUR | | | | Existing fryrender customers | 595 EUR | 795 EUR
| * Only until 2010.04.15 |
Arion makes use of our new licensing system, which no longer needs activation or re-activation. The license file acts as a software dongle which carries your personal details encrypted inside, and which you can copy on your computer, even if you re-format your hard drive, buy a new computer, or move to a new location. In other words, the software is licensed to you, and is not bound to a particular workstation. Arion will help you cut down your costs in: - Hardware - With Arion, you get an immediate near 2x performance boost by simply adding an extra GPU. With other engines you would need to buy an extra workstation to get an equivalent boost. A workstation can be up to 10 times more expensive than a GPU. So with Arion it is easy to add great horsepower for cheap.
- Render times - Renders that would take hours with other render engines will take minutes in Arion. This means less precious time wasted, a cheaper electricity bill, and the ability to handle more workload in less time.
- Workflow - Being able to configure your scene interactively suppresses the lenghty trial-and-error process of fine-tuning the material properties and the camera settings. With Arion you will see your scene with final quality, while you edit, all the way.
- Render farms - With Arion you will forget about the need to pay fees for external render farms to meet your deadlines. Also, you will not need to buy many expensive beefy workstations for your own private farm. Some GPUs and some RAM will do the job faster, and for much less money.
"Only ARION delivers so many features and quality at such speed"
Thanks for reading!
The RandomControl Team |
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