In this video, we check out the GIGANTIC announcement of the improvements coming to Blender’s Cycles rendering engine!

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BLENDER CODE BLOG POST
https://code.blender.org/2021/04/cycles-x/

TECHNICAL DOCUMENT
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13Zo2gafKyIFEyZCBucEfFHrrrwz9RBQoIImC6nBCgEE/edit#slide=id.gbfededf4fd_0_55

CYCLES X EXPERIMENTAL BRANCH DOWNLOAD (NOTE: Alpha version – not for production work)
https://builder.blender.org/download/branches/

DEMO FILES
https://www.blender.org/download/demo-files/

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Introduction
0:16 – Cycles Announcement
0:43 – Blender Code Blog Announcement
1:33 – Cycles X Technical Document
1:53 – Cycles X Performance Improvement Benchmark Results
2:39 – Cycles X Viewport Performance Improvements
3:29 – When will Cycles X be officially released?
3:51 – Cycles X Experimental Branch Download Location
4:18 – What kind of results are people getting?
4:44 – Blender Demo Scenes for Testing
5:18 – Support the CG Essentials on Patreon