V-Ray Next for 3ds Max Perpetual

Introducing the next generation of rendering. Welcome V-Ray Next for 3ds Max

V-Ray Next Scene Intelligence delivers faster ray tracing, cleaner sampling and more accurate rendering. That means you work smarter — not harder — by automating steps that used to take up valuable time.

Perpetual Workstation Options

**Users who purchased a V-Ray 3 Workstation for 3ds Max after December 13th, 2017 are eligible for a free upgrade of their Workstation(GUI) license to the new release, V-Ray Next for 3ds Max. (excluding any V-Ray Render node licenses). Email support@vray.us with your free upgrade request.

Autodesk 3ds Max 2019 support included.

Update Highlights:

Full Light Select Render Element – Render individual lights or groups of lights as separate render elements, with full support for global illumination, reflections and refractions for accurate light mixing in post

Cryptomatte – Automatically generate ID mattes with support for transparency, depth of field and motion blur. This will speed up workflows for compositors working in NUKE or Fusion

NVIDIA NVLink – Supports shared GPU memory across NVLink compatible graphics cards

What it’s used for:

•       Architectural visualization
•       Automotive and product design
•       Industrial design
•       Game cinematics
•       Visual effects in film and television
•       Virtual reality

Key differentiators:

•       Render quality: Highest quality photorealistic images.
•       Adaptive Lights: New algorithm dramatically speeds up rendering on scenes with many lights.
•       Speed:  Harnesses the power of both Vray CPU and GPU.
•       Cross-industry adoption: V-Ray for 3ds Max is used by architectural visualization studios, product designers and visual effects companies around the world to create photoreal imagery and animation
•       Ease of use: V-Ray runs straight out of the box with just a few clicks.
•       Full control: Three modes of GUI geared towards different types of users, from quick and easy set-up to full range of under the hood tweaks.
•       Versatile: An all in one solution suitable for many industries.
•       Flexibility: A universal renderer. Almost every studio has a V-Ray integrated pipeline.
•       Technical support and community: Free technical support and knowledge resources, that goes far beyond installations and set-up. Chaos Group is famous for its quick response times and large community user base.

What pain-point or problem does V-Ray for 3ds Max solve?

•       Quality renders with a high level of efficiency: V-Ray for 3ds Max provides extraordinary photorealistic renders quickly and easily. With just two sliders users have complete control over the quality or speed of their renders.
•       Streamlined pipeline across different platforms: Most studios already have a V-Ray integrated pipeline. With the wide range platforms that V-Ray supports, it’s easy to merge assets or exchange projects for material coordination and consistency across platforms. For example, users can share materials or render geometry from V-Ray for Rhino to V-Ray for 3ds Max, or vice-versa. With the V-Ray scene manager it is possible to share a whole scene between V-Ray for 3ds Max or NUKE.

Interface with other V-Ray products

•       V-Ray for 3ds Max can further enhance the Rhino or SketchUp workflow with the addition of V-Ray for Rhino or SketchUp
•       Fluid, fire and smoke simulations can be added with Phoenix for 3ds Max 
•       More lighting and shading options can be added during the compositing stage by using V-Ray for NUKE
•       Professional image sequencing can be added with PdPlayer
•       V-Ray for 3ds Max supports VRScans which allows for the most physically accurate materials to be used
•       V-Ray supports numerous tools and provides optimized support for 3^rd party plugins including NoZone, HairFarm and many more

 Online Licensing

Chaos Group now offers 2 licensing options: Dongle Licensing and Online Licensing.

With online licensing there is no wait to receive a physical dongle, and licenses can be activated in real-time once an order is processed. Online licensing is fast and secure, and your customers will be able to access their new software much faster – without the back and forth of WBC and RTU files.

 Please note that for now online licensing is available only for purchases of new licenses.  

Major Features

V-Ray IPR - Fully interactive production rendering.

Resumable Rendering - Stop your render at any point and pick up where you left off.

AlSurface material - Anders Langlands' popular alSurface material w/built-in SSS.

V-Ray GPU resolution - Adjust ActiveShade resolution on-the-fly while rendering.

Availability

V-Ray 3.6 for 3ds Max is a free update for all V-Ray 3.0 customers. Login at  chaosgroup.com to download.

Did you know?

V-Ray for 3ds Max allows for distributed rendering making it possible to render on multiple computers working in parallel. This makes rendering faster and more cost efficient. By purchasing a render node (instead of being obliged to purchase an entirely new floating license) the cost of rendering becomes 4x less expensive compared with a major competitor.