The Blender Cycles renderer will now work four times faster compared to using a CPU alone. Cycles uses NVIDIA's OptiX ray-tracing renderer to generate realistic effects like subsurface scattering and motion blur.
OptiX used CUDA technology up in the past, but with the RTX cards, users can now witness a significant boost. "With NVIDIA RTX, core ray-tracing operations are now hardware accelerated by the GPU, making this the fastest version of Cycles yet," noted Blender's lead architect, Brecht Van Lommel.
Other tools featuring new features with RTX-powered ray tracing and AI include:
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Substance Alchemist
- Adobe Dimension
- Luxion KeyShot
- Other apps
