Explore lighting possibilities interactively in real-time. Use LightMix in the new V-Ray Frame Buffer to freely experiment with lighting changes after you render, save out permutations, and push back improvements you’d like to have in your scene.
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The new Layer compositor lets you fine-tune and finish your images directly in the new V-Ray Frame Buffer — without the need for a separate post-processing app.
Efficiently browse from a library of over 500 render-ready materials including metals, glass, wood and more.
Save time creating common materials with presets for aluminum, chrome, glass and more. Presets for most used hair colors have also been added.
New rendered material swatches show you exactly what your materials will look like.
Add reflective coatings directly in the updated V-Ray Material, saving you both material creation and rendering time vs. using Blend material.
Create soft microfiber fabrics like velvet, satin and silk with the new Sheen options in the updated V-Ray Material.
Add variety to your scene with the new VRayUVWRandomizer map and enhanced VRayMultiSubTex controls.
Automatically remove texture tiling artifacts with the new Stochastic tiling option on the VRayUVWRandomizer.
Weathered streaks and dirt in crevices are now easy with the enhanced V-Ray Dirt, which now employs both ambient and inner occlusion.
Reproduce the subtleties of twilight when the sun is below the horizon with the new Sun and Sky model.
Use the behavior of light, rather than just geometry, to produce flexible masks for very efficient compositing. Built-in presets make getting started easy, while scripting is there for ultimate control.
Achieve better noise distribution with fewer samples.
Select industry-standard ACEScg for rendering with automatic color space adjustment for textures, dispersion, sun & sky, and light temperature colors.
Initial out-of-core implementation to handle your largest scenes.
