KARMA XPU
Karma XPU is production-ready and works with new Solaris tools such as the Material Linker, Material X Galleries and Shot Clones.
Production-Ready
The ability to access the speed of the GPU to render with Karma was introduced with the last Houdini release. Now Karma XPU is production-ready as it reaches feature parity with Karma CPU in key areas and integrates well with the Solaris lookdev and lighting environment.
Parity with Karma CPU
Uniform Volumes
Tumblehead
Volume Snow
Thomas Klyhn Christensen
Karma XPU Highlight Reel
XPU Features
Here are a few of the new features in Karma XPU that bring it up to the same level as Karma CPU.
Rounded Edges/Dirt Map
Deep Images
Point Clouds
Cryptomatte
Physical Sky Light
Portals on Dome Light
Geometry Lights
IES Lights
High Resolution Textures
Light Filter Shaders
Bezier Curves
Fur Material
ACES: Texture Color Space
Uniform Volume Geometry
Pyro Shader for Volumes
Demand loaded textures with Eviction
Absorption and Nested Dielectrics
HdCoordSystem support for shaders
Automatic texture optimization
Per-instance property overrides
Render Stats
When working in production, information about every aspect of the rendering process can help you make key decisions. Houdini and Karma will now send critical information to the Render Stats panel or to a detailed HTML report.
Materials & Textures
With Karma XPU Material X is used to build shaders for your scenes. Through the Material Linker in Solaris you now have access to a Gallery of materials that can be applied with a drag and drop interface.
Material Linker | Gallery
Room Map
HextileSolaris Clone Workflow
While rendering in Solaris, you can now create clone processes for different cameras, shots or even points in time. These clones can be rendered locally or on the render farm and allow for fast parallel processing for quick evaluation of key aspects of your scene.
Clone Cameras
Clone Shots
Clone Time
KARMA | Licensing
Since Karma can work both inside Houdini and as a Hydra delegate in other USD-based applications, SideFX is bundling licenses with Houdini Core and FX for FREE with an annual $195 USD rental cost for extra licenses.
Note: The bundled licenses can be used BOTH locally and on your render farm/cloud.
This new price will take effect on Jan 1, 2024. Speak to your Account Manager to learn about volume discounts.
JANUARY 1, 2024
Houdini FX/CORE Workstation
5 Karma Tokens
Houdini FX/CORE LAL/GAL
10 Karma Tokens
Extra Tokens
$195 USD Annual Rental
Volume Pricing Available
BEFORE
Houdini FX/CORE Workstation
5 Karma Tokens
Houdini FX/CORE LAL/GAL
5 Karma Tokens
Extra Tokens
FREE on Request
KARMA & SOLARIS FEATURES AVAILABLE IN:
Houdini CORE | Houdini FX | Houdini Indie | Houdini Education | Houdini Apprentice