V-Ray 3.3 for NUKE is launched by Chaos Group

Chaos Group just introduced V-Ray 3.3 for NUKE, the most advanced rendering engine, that supports NUKE, NUKEX, and NUKE STUDIO. With V-Ray 3.3, the 3D artists can experience first ever node-based VR system together with , high speed GPU rendering, more than 200 3.x updates for V-Ray for 3ds Max and Maya.

V-Ray for NUKE facilitates the compositors to modify any 3D asset. The compositors can now obtain all the lighting, shading and rendering elements necessary to accomplish the project independently.

V-Ray for NUKE enhance the creativity level of a 3D artist by producing detailed renders for pitches and treatments, as well as integrating 2D and 3D in a fascinating new method.

NUKE's first VR system comes with two new cameras, involving spherical and stereo cube maps.

V-Ray Standalone offers real-time, GPU-accelerated rendering to film and broadcast projects, as well as availability of the whole V-Ray line-up (bucket, progressive and V-Ray RT). With the inclusion of a V-Ray VRscene node will facilitate the team members to deliver full render-ready assets out of V-Ray for 3ds Max and Maya to NUKE artists (or conversely) with exact uniformity. The users will be able to view, instance, convert and manage V-Ray scene files maintaining 100% accuracy, devoid of their position in the pipeline.

Now artists will be able to generate a 3D scene through the identical nodal workflow applied all through NUKE.

To get the complete features, go through www.v-ray.com/nuke/features/sp3.

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Rajib Dey

www.sketchup4architect.com

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Enhance your rendering with Maxwell render 2.6

Maxwell for Google SketchUp includes its own render engine that can be utilized for advanced rendering in architectural visualization, product design, interior design, film/animation production, engineering and other markets.


Maxwell released version 2.6 for its rendering plugin with a a free update for Maxwell Render 2.x clients. The version depicts some new advanced features useful for achitects, designers, engineers and VFX artists :-

New features :

• A latest practical primeval for rendering hair well matched with the most accepted hair systems like Shave & Haircut, Maya Hair, Max Hair, Ornatrix, Cinema Hair etc.
• Introducing particle rendering well matched with the highly accepted particle systems like RealFlow particles, Maya particles, 3dsMax etc.
• Well-suited for Vector displacement.
• Motion blur with superior speed.
• The users now will be able to load references of MXS files in their major scene file, which are just put in at render time, resulting great reduction in export times & scene transfer time particularly for animations and network rendering.
• Provide support for referenced materials
• Maxwell Render SDK now contains a separate python editor and scripting examples.
• The new version comes up with a latest faster displacement algorithm
• Image processing, filtering and aliasing are greatly improved increasing render quality in general.
• Higher integration with RealFlow facilitating users to deal with RealFlow output and produce particles and meshes in render time.

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SB2 introduce new version of Render [in] plugin for sketchup alias Render [in] 2

SB2 just releases Render [in] 2 with inclusion of new radiosity engine from Artlantis V4 (get superior, real time rendering), new neon lighting (light can be passed on from any surface of sketch up mode and create artificial light sources), new background image (the sketchup users will be able to apply an image in the background), new bump mapping, new direct export to Artlantis and iVisit 3D panoramas (generate interactional 3D panoramas of the project for your website or iPad).

Render[in] 2 is compatible with SketchUp 7 or 8 (Free and Pro versions) and works on Mac and PC.

Some exclusive features :-

• The sketchup users will get the ability to instantly and smoothly create high definition images with pragmatic rendering.
• The sketchup users can notice a preview result in a real-time radiosity preview window without taking help of a rendering procedure.
• The users will be able to bring in a background image for scenes easily.
• By combining the power of Artlantis, Render[in] 2 facilitates sketchup users to export their entire presentations with all the rendering parameters added in Render[in] to Artlantis surroundings. 
• With Render[in] 2 the sketchup users get the ability to turn colors used to surfaces into light source.
• Render[in] 2 facilitates sketchup users to provide an individual bump map to reproduce an optional relief of surfaces. 
• After the model being completed, Render[in] creates real time design & project environment with addition of 3D sky, pre-defined ground textures like water, sand, grass, four types of mix and match clouds, and changeable lighting sources.
• Render[in] proivdes supplementary texture settings to select from, like specular reflection and shininess, and auto-bump for materials. 
• Render[in] applies the properties of sketchup that range from textures and materials, sun positions and shadows, ground and background, camera positions, project location.
• With the utilization of Render[in], the sketchup users will be able to simulate sun and sky lighting & night & day, simulate night and day, produce 3D lighting objects &  smooth shadows.

The sketchup users can avail Render[in] 2 for US$160.00 from http://www.renderin.com. Existing users of Render[in] 1 users can promote to version 2 for US$80.00.

ACTIVATION

At first install the Render[in] and start sketchup. After that the Render[in] License Manager is visible (after the completion of evaluation period). While utilizing the plug-in, the users don’t have to put serial number during 30 days period. Enter the serial number (containing two numbers separated by a dash) sent through mail and click on the Activate button. A message should be delivered for authentication of successful activation.

Downloadable link

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Thea Render Plug-in for Sketchup

This plugin is developed by Tomasz Marek and connects Google’s SketchUp modeler with Thea Render as external rendering application.

The sketchup users can export sketchup models with the help of Thea Exporter. This plug facilitates users to apply Thea properties to the SU materials, scenes and components and render the model in Thea. The exported model is being saved in XML file and in an additional sub-folder containing associated files – textures, meshes and lights.


Thea Render is the first commercial solution with unified framework that includes both state-of-the-art biased and unbiased engines. All render engines employ the same materials and lights not including any hidden obstacle between using one or the other. There is no need to transfer materials or parameters from an unbiased renderer to a biased one (and vice versa).

The sketchup users can render high quality biased animations quickly. They can also render amazingly realistic unbiased animations and quick high quality stills.

Features:-

• Hybrid Engine (Biased+Unbiased
• Breakthrough Material System
• Accurate Light Simulation
• Physically-based Rendering
• Superb Performance
• Standalone Studio
• Product Visualization
• Instant Unbiased Relight
• Image-based Lighting
• Displacement Mapping
• Motion Blur
• Depth of Field
• Sub-Surface Scattering

An introductory tutorial on SketchUp plugin for Thea Render
http://www.thearender.com/cms/index.php/tutorials.html

User Manual
http://www.thearender.com/plugins/sketchup/SU2TH-UsersManual.pdf/

Downloadable link
http://www.thearender.com/cms/index.php/downloads/thea-render.html

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miGenius - A new sketchup plugin for photo realistic rendering

A new sketchup plugin known as miGenius will be available soon. This plugin contains the CUDA GPU and mental images ‘game changing’ iray rendering engine. The plugin can connect a normal SketchUp scene flawlessly to a Reality Server Session formed on a remote CUDA GPU server or GPU Cloud System.

The special features of this plugin facilitate sketchup users to share the physically rendered scenes from inside sketchup with others by simply emailing a link automatically provided.

These images are also visible on any client devices like iphone, ipad, android, pc or mac. In this case the users don’t have to make modification or browser setting changes.

This plug in comes up with collaboration and sharing application that facilitates the SketchUp user to simply shift the view to any part of the scene and press the 'snapshot' button for quickly producing a new image for everybody in the session and sequentially all can utilize their touch screens to sketch highlights or feedback points that will be instantly duplicated on everyone's screen for real-time discussion.

You can view live presentation here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOl5mAKkYmM

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Rajib Dey
for www.sketchup4architect.com

Enhance your rendering capabilities with RENDER(IN)

SB2 launched Render(IN), a rendering plug-in compatible with Sketchup free and Pro version. This real time, fully incorporated, radiosity engine creates a high definition and real time rendering with no size limitation.

The plug-in generates a photo-realistic project environment by providing artificial light sources(point lights, spotlights), 3D sky, four types of clouds, addition textures settings with specular reflection, shininess, and auto-bump for materials.

The sketchup users can use this plug-in keeping the sketchup settings intact with geometry, camera, sun, colors, textures, etc.

During the beta phase, Render[in] can be downloaded freely
Downloadable link
http://www.renderin.com/member-area

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Rajib Dey
for www.sketchup4architect.com