sketchucation logo sketchucation
    • Login
    Oops, your profile's looking a bit empty! To help us tailor your experience, please fill in key details like your SketchUp version, skill level, operating system, and more. Update and save your info on your profile page today!
    ⚠️ Update | Sketchucation Tools 5.0.8 released with licensing improvements and bugfixes Download

    Hi! iRender vs Vray?

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Newbie Forum
    sketchup
    7 Posts 5 Posters 4.1k Views 5 Watching
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • E
      evilelvis
      last edited by

      Hi all!

      This forum is worth much more than years of study! πŸ‘

      My first question - Which is better? iRender or Vray?

      I've been using Vray and it seems to be ok to learn whereas iRender seems more user friendly πŸ˜•

      Thanks in advance!

      http://www.coroflot.com/MDVee

      1 Reply Last reply
      Reply Quote 0
      • GaieusG
        Gaieus
        last edited by

        Hi EE,

        This is always a hard to answer question as some people are more familiar with this while others with that application. The conclusion of such comparisons has always been that you cannot really compare rendering programs.

        So I won't answer you but if others chime in, you will se that the above statement is right. πŸ˜„

        Gai...

        1 Reply Last reply
        Reply Quote 0
        • FrederikF
          Frederik
          last edited by

          @gaieus said:

          This is always a hard to answer question as some people are more familiar with this while others with that application. The conclusion of such comparisons has always been that you cannot really compare rendering programs.

          Gaieus is absolutely right..!! πŸ‘

          But if we take your own statement...

          @evilelvis said:

          I've been using Vray and it seems to be ok to learn whereas iRender seems more user friendly πŸ˜•

          There's no doubt that iRender has a more intuitive and thereby more userfriendly approach...
          Having said that, I'm sure many will agree with me when saying that Vray is a well known application and have almost a "de facto" status within rendering software...

          Perhaps you should look at something in between...?!?
          Podium is generating some high quality renders, but is also well known for being very userfriendly..!! πŸ˜‰

          Cheers
          Kim Frederik

          1 Reply Last reply
          Reply Quote 0
          • E
            evilelvis
            last edited by

            Thanks for your prompt replies -

            I'm gonna teach myself both Vray and iRender

            Podium is another EE friendly prog indeed..i've used it for 2 years now and was wanting to go more 'professional' with more 'name brand' renderers such as Vray etc πŸ’š

            many thanks!

            http://www.coroflot.com/MDVee

            1 Reply Last reply
            Reply Quote 0
            • J
              JuanV.Soler
              last edited by

              HI
              evilelvis,
              if you take this question in the SKETCHUP DISCUSSIONS forum instead of this one about the Newbyes, maybe be you will get more opinions about this fight worth to hear.
              maybe.

              ,))),

              1 Reply Last reply
              Reply Quote 0
              • C
                chango70
                last edited by

                Well having had a go at Podium, Vray and iRender I'd have to say Vray is without a doubt the best renderer out of the three. The so called steep learning curve applies only when you want to do advanced material manipulation like refraction etc. You can just press render without any change to setting and due to having a global illumination setting by defualt the results are always decent. Also Vray has a very good and active forum for learning how to do advanced stuff.

                1 Reply Last reply
                Reply Quote 0
                • E
                  evilelvis
                  last edited by

                  Chango..you're spot on about Vray..it also has a great PDF manual too! πŸ‘

                  http://www.coroflot.com/MDVee

                  1 Reply Last reply
                  Reply Quote 0

                  Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.

                  Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.

                  With your input, this post could be even better πŸ’—

                  Register Login
                  • 1 / 1
                  • First post
                    Last post
                  Buy SketchPlus
                  Buy SUbD
                  Buy WrapR
                  Buy eBook
                  Buy Modelur
                  Buy Vertex Tools
                  Buy SketchCuisine
                  Buy FormFonts

                  Advertisement