NVIDIA GPU-Powered Rendering Software Now Free

By DE Editors

NVIDIA Gelato Pro 2.2 rendering software was used to create advanced rendering effects in an animated short film.

NVIDIA (Santa Clara, CA) announced NVIDIA Gelato Pro 2.2 rendering software, the company’s advanced GPU-accelerated rendering software for professionals, is available as a no-cost download.

Suited for rendering of 3D digital content and design, Gelato Pro software now replaces the basic version of Gelato software, which was previously available directly from NVIDIA. Gelato Pro 2.2 will be the final version of NVIDIA Gelato rendering software. Moving forward, the NVIDIA Gelato and mental images (Berlin, Germany & San Francisco, CA) rendering teams will focus on the development of mental ray software.

Gelato software is a GPU-accelerated, final-frame renderer for the creation of high-quality computer-generated images using NVIDIA Quadro graphics cards. Originally developed to render film and broadcast visual effects and animation,  Gelato software can be used with 3D software applications that require advanced rendering such as game development, CAD, industrial design, and architecture.

Features include sub-pixel antialiasing, true displacement, high-quality motion blur,  depth of field, support for NURBS, subdivision surfaces, particles, and ray tracing, including global illumination effects and ambient occlusion.

Gelato Pro 2.2 software includes support for Autodesk Maya 8.5 and 3ds Max 9.0, offering improved stereo rendering, fog lights, and performance improvements, plus Windows XP and Linux operating systems and runs on any NVIDIA Quadro graphics solution.

As a freely downloadable product, NVIDIA will no longer be developing or supporting the Gelato software products.

For more features, go to NVIDIA Corporation.

Sources:  Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.