If you are interested to contribute to a Windows build, we will be more than Open Walter is currently supported on Linux platforms and has been built For example, the main character could be displayed using Stream and the environment using Embree.įinally Walter extend USD itself by providing additional schemas (like WalterVolume or Expression), file format plugin (Arnold Scene Sources) and resolver (Alembic 1.7 CoreLayer allowing to load more than one main file in the stage). You can mix Walter nodes using Embree and Stream in the same scene. On scenes with millions of polygons, it will be much faster that the default Hydra renderer plugin (called Stream). This raytracer is dedicated to fast display. It is able to blend any rendered prims with native Maya or Houdini objects displayed in the viewport. Walter include a modified version of the Embree raytracer for Hydra. This is the way to exchange layout and rigid animations between DCCs using Walter. To push any static or animated transforms to the USD stage. It is connecting Maya locator(s) to the expose prim(s), in order Walter let you interact with prims transforms directly from Maya. Those lookdev edits can then be exported as Alembic layers to be loaded From Maya, artists can assign Arnold shaders directly on the USD prims Walter provide a portable lookdev workflow. The Hydra Renderer is used to display the stage in DCC like Houdini or Maya. Like for example transform, variant or visibility layers. Modifications are stored in specific session layers The DCC communicate with the USD Stage to access or modify specific USD prim Loaded through a DCC in order to increase the interactivity and limit the import/export time. It's main goal is to stay as much as possible in the USD Stage Walter is suite of plugins using USD for various DCCs and renderer.

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