Users will still use Playblasts to distribute review files but Autodesk believes cached rendering has the potential to considerably speed up animators workflow. What Autodesk has found is that people may turn on all the lighting, shading, full res rendering, etc., and settle for a slower FPS (frames per second) in order to evaluate the look and feel of the scene, or they might opt to render at full speed with minimal settings to fine tune the actual animation. Users can also turn off cached rendering when it’s not needed so they can save the overhead for other tasks. Maya can be configured to turn on GPU rendering, allocate memory, etc., using a simple dialog box.

It’s a no muss proposition for artists however, Adams says most users will play with the setup depending on what aspect they’re reviewing. The cached playback is on by default, and Maya takes advantage of the machine’s hardware resources: GPU, CPU, system memory, etc. Cached rendering lets check out their animation right in the viewport. In an earlier release, Autodesk introduced Playblasts, a feature which let animators create a quick video file through screen capture. The biggest feature for Maya 2019, says Autodesk, is cached rendering, which speeds up rendering and enables users to scrub through animation in Maya’s Viewport 2.0 rendering window, for immediate feedback. In addition, says Adams, Autodesk has given them a more beautiful working environment with the incorporation of Arnold into the viewport. Autodesk says this release answers users’ demands for a faster, more responsive tool. Wes Adams, Industry Marketing Manager, Film & TV, Autodesk, concedes that the release has taken a while, but he said the team decided it was more important to get it right rather than rush the release. In fact, Maya 2019 is so late that the actual year is the same as the version name. The natives have been mighty restless waiting for this release. The new Cached Playback feature in Maya 2019 allows artists to review their work in real-time. The company says it has concentrated primarily on bug fixes and stability. The new release features stability, bug fixes, and animation updates.Īutodesk has released Maya 2019, Maya LT 2019, MotionBuilder 2019, and Mudbox 2019.

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