Octane Render DEMO 'Getting Started' Tutorial videos

This page contains a complete series of video tutorials to get you started with the Demo version (or commercial version, which contains a more detailed manual) of octane render.

If you are new to the software and want to learn how to download, install, try out our demosuite scenes or import you're own models all the way from importing the mesh to tuning the final rendered image with octane render, please watch these tutorial videos in top to bottom order.

Tutorial 1: Installation on MS Windows

For the latest release of Octane Render DEMO for Windows you have to install the latest official NVIDIA graphics driver. You can find it by visiting the NVIDIA Driver Downloads page and specifying your current system configuration. Nothing else is required on Windows (i.e. no CUDA toolkit or SDK). Please do not install beta drivers, since they often cause trouble for Octane Render!

This video shows how to download and install Octane Render:

Click on the relevant icon below to watch the installation tutorial for Windows, Mac OS X or GNU/Linux.

Tutorial 2: Overview and Device Manager

This video shows an overview of the Octane Render interface and how to use the device manager.

Tutorial 3: Exporting / Importing / Loading

This video shows how to get geometry into Octane Render and how to use the example scene files.

Tutorial 4: Navigating

This video shows how to navigate and use the real-time view port in Octane Render.

Tutorial 5: Adjusting Materials

This video shows how to adjust materials and how to create procedural textures in Octane Render.

Tutorial 6: Adjusting Lighting

This video shows how to adjust lighting using HDRI files and a Sun/Sky system in Octane Render.

Tutorial 7: Adjusting Camera and Imaging

This video shows how to adjust the camera and imaging settings in Octane Render to change the field of view, depth of field, exposure and camera response curves.

Tutorial 8: Adjusting Render Kernel Options

This video shows how to adjust the render settings in Octane Render.