Overview / Usage

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You can now render in Cycles using Intel® Iris® Xe integrated graphics and Intel® Iris® Xe MAX discrete graphic in Blender 2.93. With Intel® Deep Link Technology and OpenCL on 11th gen Intel® systems like the ASUS VivoBook Flip 14, artists, developers and creators can make full use of platform performance; simultaneously leveraging the CPU, integrated graphics, and discrete graphics when rendering in Cycles.

As well, make use of Intel® Open Image Denoise, included in Blender, and part of Intel® oneAPI Rendering Toolkit, to reduce render time and improve image quality with machine learning algorithms that selectively filter visual noise on 3D rendered images.

Methodology / Approach

Using Blender 2.93 Alpha, this project leverages 11th gen Intel Core Processors, Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics and / or Intel Iris Xe MAX discrete graphics. Blender settings

• Render engine set to Cycles, with GPU option turned on.
• Samples set to 32
• Adaptive samples turned on with minimum of 4
• Open Image Denoise Added to the Compositor

Technologies Used

• Intel Deep Link
• OpenCL
• Blender 2.93 alpha
• Cycles Rendering Engine
• Ray Tracing
• Intel Open Image Denoise

Other links

• Intel Deep Link
• Download Blender
• ASUS Vivobook Flip 14 TP470