HI, I'm a newbie here. recently I'm facing the same problem. I ve done all the suggestion made above but all in vein. My skp file size some where around 250mb. Either SU is crashing or vary is not starting at all once I hit render. I'm using mountain lion on mac with 8GB ram. Pls advise. thnx. Rgds, Sanjeev

thanks for the reply valero, what I'm looking for is kind of bespoke so if I gotta pay I gotta pay, will be absorbed within the fee, using google images for free is too risky what with copyright and what not

Thank you for the feedback Jason, I'll experiment with the psd method, I didn't think about saving it as .hdr - it will be interesting to see how it appears inside maxwell

I know KT is good and most of all its free, but this one is fun.. I just never got any easier render software than this one, Before i was know z-path render which is kind of the same behavior like renderin.. but have no further news from the developer. And after all the rendering process need to take to post production work, to make it look better... so for me this software is fun My test render: [image: nelsonvillajimbaranforr.jpg] Explore a bit more and you will fall in love with this software.. regards, vd

@cotty said: Ah, the tank Doing lawnmower duties

Hi Can you tell us what settings you are using. for example "Caustics Tab" -Max photons -Multiplier -Max Density -Search Distance "Environment...GI Color Tab -Caustic Subdvis -Photon radius have you followed this tutorial step by step? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbHdi5bEdlI

Thanks Charly Had a look at the website and am slightly confused by what this software actually does. I shall try the trial and see what happens.

For renders like these, I think you exaggerated . I mean, why do you need bumps, displacements ,etc. when you barely can see them . A background would do wonders though ! Take care !

Huge bugs in this area. We wait patiently for a new release........................................................................................................................................................................................ and wait ............................................................................................................................................................................................. still waiting ...................... My best advice about vispots is to make sure you have the latest 1.49.01 or you are going to have issues loading vispots that were created in that version and you are using an older release.

I don't believe our lens effects hit the render time much or at all. You will definitely have to use Photoshop (or Gimp if you don't like spending money) in the meantime though.

I've threatened to update it a few times now. It does have some use, but in the end it's just the material editor with a larger preview. If there was an online repository that could have materials submitted to it like the google warehouse, then it would have more of a purpose. Given it's current level of functionality though, it falls fairly low on the list of priorities. I believe it was made before 1.05.29 was released, so it definitely needs some love soon if it's going to continue to survive. The vrimage tool was updated after the latest VfS release, so it should work fine with VfS generated vrimages.

@dmiller13 said: Vray version - 1.48.96 You're using an old version. Update to 1.49.01.

Really nice !!!!

I work with the 1.05, I haven't ID slot like the 1.49 version.

@valerostudio said: Dont load VISOPTS - if you are using a different version than the vispot was created with, you will have a lot of issues. There were major changes in the 1.05 to 1.49 versions. Just click the reset defaults on the options panel and try that. I think its the visopts that are your issue. Valero Point taken, a few of my renders were running (ie going through the motions) but not actually doing the rendering, then when setting up the scene manually with exact same settings it was running fine, seems like vray is actually quite buggy and we're really at the front end of it as a piece of software

@valerostudio said: The quickest way to get an existing site into your reflections is to take several shots with your digital camera, stitch them together in Photoshop, then create an arched plane in SU behind the camera and map the image onto it so that it will appear in your reflections. Hey Valero when you put it onto the plane how do you get the scale correct? can you position the texture at all?