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9fly

OCtane render. Unbias and runs over GPU. Can smoke Maxwell and Fryrender to dust.

http://www.refractivesoftware.com/index.php

chriscook

Hi guys, Have any of you used Shaderlight? Just found a beta on their
website after seeing some world cup stadium renders in the gallery and
was wondering if anyone has given it a go.

11zulu

Hiya All

I have seen no mention of :

mitsuba renderer, those interested might want to head over to http://www.mitsuba-renderer.org/.

Laters

Frederik

@11zulu said:

I have seen no mention of :

Guess you didn't make a search then...
You can see it mentioned in the Extensions & Applications Discussions section in the Mitsuba Physically Based Render...

Reason why you don't see it in this list is most likely because there's no exporters developed between Mitsuba render and SU...

pyroluna

sweet. but no one's using sketchup is going to profit from the specific strength of that engine: Nurbs. Still, it's nice for something like Rhino

l.frisken

@frederik said:

@11zulu said:

I have seen no mention of :

Guess you didn't make a search then...
You can see it mentioned in the Extensions & Applications Discussions section in the Mitsuba Physically Based Render...

Reason why you don't see it in this list is most likely because there's no exporters developed between Mitsuba render and SU...

I'm pretty sure mitsuba extensively uses the collada format for its scene intake, which I would call support for sketchup, wouldn't you? Plus it's fast becoming popular.

marleus

I'd like to put the Simlab Composer to the list too

http://www.simlab-soft.com/

It reads native SU files too

Solidseal

@plox said:

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/

downloaded the Demo .. No CUDA device found .. so it will only run on Nvidia based G-cards

Mra

Actually to be a complete geek, mental ray is actually not an Autodesk product but a "mental images" product who is owned by Nvidia. Autodesk only bundle mental ray into their apps.

Ecuadorian

For the sake of completeness, please add:

Arion
http://www.randomcontrol.com/arion

Bunkspeed Shot
http://www.bunkspeed.com/shot/

Fluid Ray (integrated in SU)
http://www.fluidray.com

Lumion
http://lumion3d.com

ShaderLight (integrated in SU)
http://www.artvps.com/

Gaieus

done

notareal

@ledisnomad, Little correction related to Thea Render, it has both biased and unbiased engines and also does work as a interactive renderer.

ledisnomad

@notareal: Duly noted! I have made that correction and re-attached it.

ledisnomad

This is a very helpful list. If I could, I think I'd buy VRay, Vue, Maxwell, and Lumion so I would have speed, natural landscapes, unbiased realism, and animations respectively. But I can't afford all that.

There's always a lot of debate over the best renderer for a certain set of critera. Would it be possible and desired to create a robust spreadsheet of these renderers to compare their features, benefits, and best uses? I've started a very simple one and will attach it. What would be the best way to allow people to collaborate on filling in the blanks and adding more information?

SURenderers.xls