Chaos Group have revealed V-Ray 3.5 for Maya – Paul Hatton takes a look at the update and gives an overview of the latest features..
Resumable Rendering is the ability to have incomplete renders start again where they left off from a previous session. In this way, you can stop a render at. VRay 3.52.03 for Maya 2017 466.3 mb Chaos Group, a leading provider of state of the art rendering solutions for the media, entertainment, and design industries, has released an update to VRay 3.5 for Maya 2017, a major update to its Academy Award-winning CPU and GPU production renderer. Used on recent television and film projects including.
Chaos Group have revealed V-Ray 3.5 for Maya – Paul Hatton takes a look at the update and gives an overview of the latest features..
Product: VRay 3.5 for Maya
Company: Chaos Group
Website: www.chaosgroup.com
Key features:
Long kriya mp3. • Adaptive Lights
• Alsurface Material
• V-Ray IPR
• GPU Rendering Improvements
• V-Ray Frame Buffer Tools
• Resumable Rendering
Requirements:
Not advertised
The end of March saw a major update released by Chaos Group for their V-Ray renderer for Maya. They're quick to let you know that it's Academy Award-winning and that it's been used on recent television and film projects including The Fate of the Furious, Beauty and the Beast, and Stranger Things. To be fair that is quite an impressive selection of recent projects.
Chaos Group make the claim that the update brings faster rendering, more responsive look development, and added realism to high-end VFX and animation projects. Let's dive in and see if that is true.
Speed
The first thing I noticed with this update were the speed improvements. They seem to have refined things pretty much across the board in terms of lights, materials and renderings. Things are not just quicker, though they are indeed more responsive. The renderer seems to need less time to think about things which is a massive plus for visualisers who can get frustrated being made to wait around for calculations to be made. Please note, calculations do still need to be made!
VRay IPR lets you carry out look development quickly and easily. It starts instantly, updates faster and uses less memory. Changes to materials in the Hypershade Material Viewer now update instantly as well.
© Chaos Group
Adaptive Lights
One of the biggest emphases on this release is the introduction of Adaptive Lights. They've put a lot of hype into this new lighting algorithm, but I'm not convinced it's a game changer in terms of a new release. Sure it will obviously save time on the rendering which can be utilized elsewhere, but I wonder if the number one feature for the release could have been a little more exciting, let's put it that way!
Digital Domain used Adaptive Lights extensively on The Fate of the Furious and they saw 4x speedups per frame. Chaos Group are reporting render times typically between two to seven times faster. Whatever the speed increases are they will no doubt be a welcome introduction for many users.
'There are a whole host of additional things that could be noted in relation to the IPR but I'm most impressed that any changes to materials in the Hypershade Material Viewer now update instantly as well.'
Look development
Next up we have the interactive look development in VRay IPR. This does indeed live up to the news release. It is faster, uses less memory and for me most importantly it just starts up instantly! I do hate waiting for things to open. There are a whole host of additional things that could be noted in relation to the IPR but I'm most impressed that any changes to materials in the Hypershade Material Viewer now update instantly as well. With recent developments in interactive rendering and seeing instant results, this is just another step in the right direction. Reducing the gap between vision and reality will always be met with applause from me.
Shading & reflections
Last up I'll just mention the improved shading and reflections. They have introduced a new material. Oooooh, I hear you think in your head. It's called the alSurface material and no unfortunately the creator is not called Al, but he is called Anders Langlands so he must be pretty chuffed to get a material with his initials! The shader includes layered subsurface scattering and glossy Fresnel reflections. I hardly do any skin material creation but if you want to create photorealistic skin then this might be a game changer for you.
Incredible rendering quality can be achieved even through the interactive GPU rendering.
The more power you throw at it the better it gets!
© Chaos Group
Leading the way
In conclusion, this is a very solid release with a good number of improvements. For me none of the features are stand out new, innovative and brilliant, but I don't tend to mind if a release looks at making major improvements to an already impressive set of features. Chaos Group are certainly making V-Ray for Maya a force to be reckoned with. In many situations, it is leading the charge and I'm excited to see where they go with it next.
Check out all the new features in this short video from Chaos Group
© Chaos Group
Score (out of 5): 4
Price: One floating user and render node license = £650
Educational license (if available): Academic Starter Pack = £780
Release date: March 28th 2017
Related links
www.chaosgroup.com
V-Ray for Maya
V-Ray 3.5 for Maya – Now Available!
Chaos Group have revealed V-Ray 3.5 for Maya – Paul Hatton takes a look at the update and gives an overview of the latest features..
Resumable Rendering is the ability to have incomplete renders start again where they left off from a previous session. In this way, you can stop a render at. VRay 3.52.03 for Maya 2017 466.3 mb Chaos Group, a leading provider of state of the art rendering solutions for the media, entertainment, and design industries, has released an update to VRay 3.5 for Maya 2017, a major update to its Academy Award-winning CPU and GPU production renderer. Used on recent television and film projects including.
Chaos Group have revealed V-Ray 3.5 for Maya – Paul Hatton takes a look at the update and gives an overview of the latest features..
Product: VRay 3.5 for Maya
Company: Chaos Group
Website: www.chaosgroup.com
Key features:
Long kriya mp3. • Adaptive Lights
• Alsurface Material
• V-Ray IPR
• GPU Rendering Improvements
• V-Ray Frame Buffer Tools
• Resumable Rendering
Requirements:
Not advertised
The end of March saw a major update released by Chaos Group for their V-Ray renderer for Maya. They're quick to let you know that it's Academy Award-winning and that it's been used on recent television and film projects including The Fate of the Furious, Beauty and the Beast, and Stranger Things. To be fair that is quite an impressive selection of recent projects.
Chaos Group make the claim that the update brings faster rendering, more responsive look development, and added realism to high-end VFX and animation projects. Let's dive in and see if that is true.
Speed
The first thing I noticed with this update were the speed improvements. They seem to have refined things pretty much across the board in terms of lights, materials and renderings. Things are not just quicker, though they are indeed more responsive. The renderer seems to need less time to think about things which is a massive plus for visualisers who can get frustrated being made to wait around for calculations to be made. Please note, calculations do still need to be made!
VRay IPR lets you carry out look development quickly and easily. It starts instantly, updates faster and uses less memory. Changes to materials in the Hypershade Material Viewer now update instantly as well.
© Chaos Group
Adaptive Lights
One of the biggest emphases on this release is the introduction of Adaptive Lights. They've put a lot of hype into this new lighting algorithm, but I'm not convinced it's a game changer in terms of a new release. Sure it will obviously save time on the rendering which can be utilized elsewhere, but I wonder if the number one feature for the release could have been a little more exciting, let's put it that way!
Digital Domain used Adaptive Lights extensively on The Fate of the Furious and they saw 4x speedups per frame. Chaos Group are reporting render times typically between two to seven times faster. Whatever the speed increases are they will no doubt be a welcome introduction for many users.
'There are a whole host of additional things that could be noted in relation to the IPR but I'm most impressed that any changes to materials in the Hypershade Material Viewer now update instantly as well.'
Look development
Next up we have the interactive look development in VRay IPR. This does indeed live up to the news release. It is faster, uses less memory and for me most importantly it just starts up instantly! I do hate waiting for things to open. There are a whole host of additional things that could be noted in relation to the IPR but I'm most impressed that any changes to materials in the Hypershade Material Viewer now update instantly as well. With recent developments in interactive rendering and seeing instant results, this is just another step in the right direction. Reducing the gap between vision and reality will always be met with applause from me.
Shading & reflections
Last up I'll just mention the improved shading and reflections. They have introduced a new material. Oooooh, I hear you think in your head. It's called the alSurface material and no unfortunately the creator is not called Al, but he is called Anders Langlands so he must be pretty chuffed to get a material with his initials! The shader includes layered subsurface scattering and glossy Fresnel reflections. I hardly do any skin material creation but if you want to create photorealistic skin then this might be a game changer for you.
Incredible rendering quality can be achieved even through the interactive GPU rendering.
The more power you throw at it the better it gets!
© Chaos Group
Leading the way
In conclusion, this is a very solid release with a good number of improvements. For me none of the features are stand out new, innovative and brilliant, but I don't tend to mind if a release looks at making major improvements to an already impressive set of features. Chaos Group are certainly making V-Ray for Maya a force to be reckoned with. In many situations, it is leading the charge and I'm excited to see where they go with it next.
Check out all the new features in this short video from Chaos Group
© Chaos Group
Score (out of 5): 4
Price: One floating user and render node license = £650
Educational license (if available): Academic Starter Pack = £780
Release date: March 28th 2017
Related links
www.chaosgroup.com
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