Arnold 5.1 Denoiser overview from atdsk

There are 2 new deNoisers added to Arnold 5.1
Technical Specialist Roland Reyer does an overview of using both, and their pros and cons.

• nVidia Optix denoiser
• superfast
• interactive
• un-stable
• runs on nVidia GPU hardware
• Arnold batch denoiser
• slower
• non-interactive
• stable !
• runs in batch mode
• runs on software

introducing Arnold 5.1

Arnold 5.1 !

• two new denoisers 
• integraded NVIDIA OptiX Denoiser
• standalone "Noice" denoiser
• adaptive sampling
• advanced toon shader
• operators for material overrides
• native Alembic procedurals!
• ... and more 

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and Arnold GPU rendering... 

MtoA 513: using Cryptomatte with Arnold Maya & Nuke

In Arvid Shneider's latest youTube series he walks thru using Cryptomatte with Arnold and Nuke. 

Be sure to follow Arvid on Youtube,
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1KDwEVBlxr4ew7xqLOhu9g
 and support him on his Patreon Site:
https://www.patreon.com/arvidschneider

Comprehensive intro to Arnold 5 in Maya from Mograph Plus

I know nothing about mograph + but this looks like a pretty impressive comprehensive lesson pack for Arnold in Maya.. they are boasting over 8.5 hours of tutorials for $65

http://mographplus.com/product/comprehensive-introduction-to-arnold-5-for-maya/

MtoA tutorials from Urs

Now that Arnold comes packaged inside Maya 2017, it's a good time to get some Arnold Lessons. Arvid Schneider | URS 3D has put up some in depth looks at MtoA ! 
 Be sure to subscribe to his youtube page!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1KDwEVBlxr4ew7xqLOhu9g

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