Render application Home pages

Gaieus

Ah, I see. Well, in any case, the first post is constantly updated (like now I did).

Blah11

don't forget hypershot.

arail

Yes, don't forget Hypershot.

madllama

What is the best render to use in OS X?
Just recently convertet to OS X and don't want to switch over to XP to use V-Ray all the time I want to render something...
So what render is best for me? I am looking for something as good as V-Ray and not to difficult to use.

Thanks in advance for the replies...

Frederik

Hei Henrik,

Unfortunately there isn't many render applications available for Mac...
But from the list available for OS X, I obviously would recommend Kerkythea...

tonyc

Vray for Sketchup will have the mac version

http://www.vray.com/news/2009/02/vray-for-sketchup-mac-osx-edition-announced/

Frederik

You should also add the Thea Render homepage and Thea Render Forum...

Edson

@madllama said:

What is the best render to use in OS X?
Just recently convertet to OS X and don't want to switch over to XP to use V-Ray all the time I want to render something...
So what render is best for me? I am looking for something as good as V-Ray and not to difficult to use.

Thanks in advance for the replies...

i would not venture to state which one is the best (what is best for me is not necessarily best for you), but the following apps definitely run on mac os x:
cheetah
podium
kerkythea
artlantis
lightup
idx renditioner
vray (coming soon)

Sir

currently lux render doesnt have an exporter for sketchup

VolcolUK

I wouldnt neccessarily say that iClone is a rendering program. Its a 3D animation program, I know because I make props for their movies (with sketchup). Here is one of my own short animations http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbmAvdIATiE (sketchup model).

Its useful (ish) as a rendering software though the results tend to vary.

iClone Sketchup render

Frederik

And now you can add Twilight render...

remus

Done.

Pg09

Never mind, i found the other thread.

lachlan

It would be nice if each renderer entry showed whether or not it's free.

pibuz

Hi guys!
I suggest you change the price under "Fryrender": at the moment it's 795€, not 395€.
This could be misleading.

bobr

Luminova Conductor - iray for SketchUp

remus

That looks ace Im sure that'll have a lot of people clamouring.

Frederik

@bobr said:

Luminova Conductor - iray for SketchUp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6LBhws8l-A

Please note that the video has been removed from YouTube...

PLOX

Here's one that's missing

The new Octane Render (fully interactive, node based, unbiased render on GPU, 15x faster than CPU unbiased renderers)
99 euros, free demo, Windows / Linux / OSX

Currently supporting OBJ only
WILL SUPPORT COLLADA SOON WOOP

And animation also

http://www.refractivesoftware.com/

D-space

Not posted I guess!

(keyshot.com)

The main highlight will probably be the introduction of new V2 or Keyshot2 version which is still under Beta.
Even for new Shots, with lots of new feature, and I heard there will be unbiased preset as well.
So pretty interesting