This patch puts threads that render the same pixel closer together,
as opposed to threads that render the same sample. Thus threads
within a warp are more coherent in memory access and control flow,
leading to performance improvements.
Example benchmarks on a Quadro RTX4000 (WDDM) on Windows 10:
Koro: 4:23 -> 3:46
BMW: 1:18 -> 1:25
Barbershop Interior: 17:52 -> 14:55
Classroom: 4:37 -> 3:45
Performance differences on OpenCL/AMD were hit and miss, some scenes
became faster, others lost significantly. Therefore, this is kept as
CUDA only change for now.
The NODE_GROUP_LEVEL of the Geometry node should be bumped to 1
when Backface is connected. Backface uses `NODE_LIGHT_PATH` that
is part of NODE_GROUP_LEVEL1, the rest of the geometry ndoe is
NODE_GROUP_LEVEL_0.
This patch will reduce the number of times that we need to
recompile kernels. It does this by (en/dis)abling features
by default. So when the user needs them that the kernels are
already available.
Other features are enabled by default for background and foreground
rendering. When in background rendering the user wants the best
render performance. When in foreground rendering the user wants
the least amount of recompilations.
Enabling volumetrics or subdivision evaluation will still trigger
a recompilation during foreground rendering.
Reviewed By: #cycles, brecht
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D4485
This is something what is caused by OCIO library. The patch
has been submitted there:
https://github.com/imageworks/OpenColorIO/pull/638
For until it is refined and checked we do workaround from
our side.
Solves weird situation when default display name is queried
from OCIO, but Default view being assumed to be set for it.
Now view is initialized to a default view of that display.
Steps to reproduce were:
* Maximize area (Shift+Spacebar in 2.7, Ctrl+Spacebar in 2.8)
* Open temp file browser (Ctrl+O)
* Cancel file browser (Esc) - should return to previous full-screen
* Press "Return to Previous" button
The previously maximized area would turn into a file-browser.
Note that the issue will still happen when opening old files saved while
in maximized area full-screen.
Part of the cleanup of the OpenCL codebase.
Single program is not effective when using OpenCL, it is slower
to compile and slower during rendering (when used in for example
`barbershop` or `victor`).
Reviewers: brecht, #cycles
Maniphest Tasks: T62267
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D4481
llvm generates some header files at build time that differ between
debug/release causing linker errors when you used the release headers
for a debug build.
Float2 are now a new type for attributes in Cycles. Before, the choices
for attribute storage were float and float3, the latter padded to
float4. This meant that UV maps were inflated to twice the size
necessary.
Reviewers: brecht, sergey
Reviewed By: brecht
Subscribers: #cycles
Tags: #cycles
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D4409
The Lamp data was not always set. When using CUDA or CPU it was, but when using OpenCL
without `OBJECT_MOTION` `sd->lamp` not updated to the actual lamp. This made the
TextureCoordinate output the wrong normal when used in a light shader.
As the normal was incorrect it made the IES node render incorrectly.
(what is the default for the IES node).
By setting the lamp data when no `__OBJECT_MOTION__` compile directive is present makes
sure that the normal is correctly calculated.
Fix D4450
Reviewed By: Brecht van Lommel
Displacement and Background kernels are selectively used, but always compiled. This patch will not compile these kernels when they are not needed.
Displacement kernel is only used for true displacement.
Background kernel is only used when there is a (Cycles)Light of type `LIGHT_BACKGROUND`.
Reviewed By: brecht, #cycles
Tags: #cycles
Maniphest Tasks: T61971
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D4412
The goal of this patch is to have limit the number of times
kernels needs to be compiled and are reused as kernels with
different compile directives can lead to identical same
binaries.
The implementation does this by stripping the compile directives.
and reshuffling kernels so the output is more likely to be the
same.
We focussed on the kernels where it was easy to detect and maintain
(bundle, bake, displace, do_volume and background). More optimizations
could be done but they are probably less obvious.
Merged the data_init and state_buffer_size kernels to split_bundle.
This patch will also remove empty kernels for do_volume and bake
when their features are not enabled.
When using the benchmark files there are less background, bake and
do_volume kernels compiled.
Fix: T61576, T61501, T61466
Reviewed By: brecht, #cycles
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D4390
VS2019 is binary compatible with the existing vc14 libraries and no
new libraries libs are required in svn.
VS2019 support requires cmake 3.14.
VS2019 is still in pre-release state, you are required to explicitly
select the pre-release version by using:
make full 2019pre
The goal is to make it easy to know which exact blender version
and built was used for a job on a farm. This includes but not
exclusively render farms. But same is handy for simulation tasks
as well.
When using preview rendering through a camera or final rendering
the `scene.render.use_motion_blur` was not respected when building
the compile directives.
This patch will when building the compile directives check if
motion blur is enabled at all. This should lead to more efficient
kernels when no motion blur is needed.
Tags: #cycles
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D4387
It was copying the alpha from the foreground instead of background image,
which is not usually what is needed and inconsistent with the compositor.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D4371
The bake kernels are also used during mesh displacement and light
importance sampling. We disabled the implementation of these kernels
when baking was not enabled.
