Spectral Unbiased Rendering

• Unbiased, physically-based and accurate light simulation.
• All light components converge to the final image progressively.

Physical Lighting

• Automatic Full Global Illumination.
• Physical Sun & sky.
• HDRI environment.
• Image-Based Lighting.
• Mesh emitters.

Camera Simulation

• True optics and Reflex camera simulation.
• Focal length.
• Diaphragm aperture (f-stop).
• Shutter-speed.
• ISO film.
• Focal distance and auto-focus.
• Film shift.

Physical Materials

• Advanced material creation system.
• Global or mapped roughness.
• Global or mapped anisotropy.
• Fresnel.
• Custom IOR.
• Dielectric absorption.
• Opacity mapping.
• Dispersion.
• Bump / Normal mapping.

Physical Atmosphere

• Physically-based Sun & sky simulation.
• Accurate geo-location and celestial body positioning simulation.

Image-Based Lighting

• Easy-to-use and highly efficient IBL support.
• High-Dynamic Range input.
• HDR imagery warping.

Output Image Formats

• Conventional RGB output (8-bpp or 16-bpp).
• Raw High-Dynamic Range (HDR) formats.
• .JPG, .BMP, .PNG, .TGA, .TIF, .HDR.
• Compositing capabilities (alpha, matte, depth...).

User Interface

• Powerful yet simple and intuitive GUI.
• Interactive WYSIWYG framebuffer.
• Open/Close scenes.
• Interactive Atmosphere controls.
• Interactive Environment controls.
• Interactive Material editor.
• Interactive tonemapping controls.
• Map editor.

Interactive Tonemapping

• All tonemapping features provide real-time feedback.
• Camera vignetting.
• Real Camera Response operators.

Map Editor

• .JPG, .BMP, .PNG, .TGA, .TIF, .HDR.
• Space warp for HDR maps.
• Per-map UV modifiers.
• Per-map RGB modifiers.

Licensing System

• Floating file-based (.lic) software licensing.
• The .lic file assigned to a user is transportable and not node-locked.
• MASTER / SLAVE scheme.
• Additional rendering units can be purchased separately.

Additional Resources

• Open Materials Repository.
• Forum support for customers.

Supported Modelling Platforms

• Autodesk 3ds Max.
• Maxon Cinema 4D.
• NewTek LightWave 3D.
• Autodesk Maya.
• McNeel Rhinoceros 3D.
• Google SketchUp.
• SoftImage XSI.
• Luxology Modo.

Technology and Performance

• Hybrid acceleration (CPU+GPU+LAN)
• CUDA-based GPU sub-core.
• Multi-processor / Multi-core / Multi-thread CPU sub-core.
• Based on highly optimized and clean code.
• SSE support.
• Distributed computing over the LAN through NetWarrior.

Network Rendering

• Direct connection with NetWarrior.
• Slave rendering units help the master framebuffer in an interactive session.
• Slave rendering units can process classic distributed rendering tasks.

NetWarrior Support

• Co-operative still frame rendering.
• Distributed animation rendering.
• Maximized use of network resources.
• Distributed rendering works across all supported platforms (hybrid rendering).
• Visual and user-friendly monitoring through NetMonitor.
• Remote preview.

Task automation and scripting

• Comprehensive command-line support.
• Multi-platform console version of the rendering core (arncmd).

Multi-Platform Support

• 32-bit and 64-bit binaries are provided for all Operating Systems supported.
• Windows XP, 2000, Vista and 7. (Standalone and render slaves).
• Mac OS X. (Standalone and render slaves).
• Linux. (Render slaves only).
• As of 2010.01.01 the Mac OS X and Linux versions are in internal Beta status.

Acceleration Hardware Support

• All nVidia CUDA-enabled graphics cards.
• Find a list of all supported GPUs clicking here.
• Arion bails out to the CPU-subcore in case no CUDA-enabled devices are found.