Native ocean rendering is still being developed. Volume Grid TextureĪdded the V-Ray Volume Grid texture to provide tighter integration between V-Ray and Houdini’s native Ocean toolset down the line. As your render resolves, depth of field and motion blur will appear smoother with less samples. Blue-noise Samplingīlue-noise shows less noise but with the same amount of samples. For scenes that are too big for your GPU RAM, initial support for out-of-core geometry has also been added. V-Ray GPU supports all the new features in V-Ray 5, as well as 2D displacement, OSL textures, and memory tracking. Give your production renders a GPU speed boost. Focus on your designs and achieve faster results with fewer tweaks and less clicks using V-Ray’s automatic settings. The latest updates to V-Ray 5’s UI significantly improve your rendering workflow. New Sun and Sky ModelĪ new Sun & Sky analytical model is more accurate and improves lighting at sunrise and sunset. With the improved V-Ray Dirt texture, you can add dirt to cracks and crevices, create procedural streaks, or cover an entire surface. Stochastic Texture TilingĪutomatically remove texture tiling artifacts with the new Stochastic tiling option on the VRayUVWRandomizer. Randomized Textures and Colorsįor more realistic textures and materials, add variety and subtle imperfections with the new VRayUVWRandomizer map and improved VRayMultiSubTex controls. Render soft microfiber fabrics like velvet, satin, and silk with new V-Ray Material sheen options. Coat LayerĪdd reflective coatings directly in V-Ray Material so you can render faster and more efficiently. Powerful features in V-Ray for Houdini which save you time V-Ray Material LibraryĮfficiently browse from a library of over 500 render-ready materials including metals, glass, wood, and more.
What’s new in V-Ray 5 for Houdini, Update 1 And more…įor further information, visit our Updates Tab. Render blond, gray, white, and other bright hair colors more accurately with the updated V-Ray Hair Material. The new V-Ray Decal makes it easy to add stickers, labels, cracks, stains, scratches, and more. V-Ray DecalĪpply decals to any surface without altering the underlying material or adding UVs. Houdini 19 introduces many workflow improvements for layout and rendering that are now fully supported by V-Ray. We’ve also implemented many features and speed improvements. In this update, we’ve added support for AOVs, volumetric effects, and batch rendering with the Hydra delegate through Husk. V-Ray 5, update 1 introduced the V-Ray Hydra delegate to Houdini. You can also take advantage of decals to customize any surface quickly and easily, and use the updated V-Ray Hair Material to render blond, gray, and white hair colors render more accurately. With update 2, we’ve included a fully featured V-Ray Hydra delegate for Solaris and support for Houdini 19. V-Ray 5 for Houdini has just received an exciting new update. What’s new in V-Ray 5 for Houdini, Update 2
It’s the most full-featured 3D rendering software available. V-Ray equips you with a complete set of lighting, shading, and rendering tools. Creative control to render anything imaginable.īring your projects to life with the right tools for the job. ACEScg support is new in V-Ray 5, joining other industry standards like Alembic, OpenVDB, and OpenColorIO. V-Ray works seamlessly with Houdini and enables smooth scene exchange with other DCC applications.
With V-Ray’s distributed rendering, you can render a single image across multiple machines.
You can take full advantage of your hardware rendering on multiple CPUs, & GPUs, or both. V-Ray’s adaptive ray tracing is highly optimized for superior speed and scalability. Fast and scalable to help you meet tight deadlines. In 2017, V-Ray received a Sci-Tech Academy Award for its contribution to photorealistic visual effects.
It’s been used by the world’s leading studios to render over 300 television series and feature films. V-Ray’s performance is production-proven. Academy Award-Winning Ray Tracing Technology in Chaos V-Ray for Houdini Seamlessly integrated in Houdini, it enables smooth scene exchange and iterations between Houdini and other DCC applications. It comes with all the tools artists need to render amazing-looking procedural effects. V-Ray for Houdini is a production-proven CPU & GPU rendering software ≈. Super-fast production rendering for VFX artists