[Bf-committers] Node-able render pipeline

[pete larabell]

Matt,

Well spoken!

Although I've written a simple renderer from scratch (not anywhere NEAR what
blender's does...) I don't feel I could do this, but I do believe Jae prolly
could.

I believe she was looking to make a node interface to blender's existing
renderer. Basically use the nodes to call mainly existing chunks of code in
whatever order the nodes needed them in to do the processing. I do
completely agree with you that this would be a monumental task, not
something that anyone will just say "yeah I think I'll do THAT today...". xD

Jaevixa has written a proprietary game engine with a good renderer for a
previous employer, and has written her own scanline rasterizer+raytracing
offline renderer from scratch. :)   lol, that's why she gets paid the big
bucks! xD

Perhaps at this point it'd be best for me to step back and wait until Jae
can discuss this with the right people herself. I'm not the one with the
eidetic memory and 175+ I.Q. :P

I'll get this discussion so far to her and see what she thinks based off the
replies.

Thanks guys!
Peter


Hi, I think unless you have a lot of knowledge of render architecture,
> shading systems, and experience in production rendering, this may not
> be such a good project. Designing a rendering system is about *a lot*
> more than converting math to GPU assembly instructions, it really does
> require a lot of background knowledge of the issues involved in order
> to make something that's useful for artists.
>
> If you're hooked on the idea, perhaps it might be easier to look at
> (or at least investigate the feasibility) of integrating a node based
> shading architecture into an existing renderer with a more modern
> design, perhaps one already using GPU for some things, like luxrender.
> That should at least give you an idea of the complexities involved.
>
> cheers
>
> Matt
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