Maxwell Render 1.7 Features

Komponenten

Shader Features

• MXED re-written
• Single-Shader Material System
  • Basic Layer Blending (Normal, Additive)
  • Weight Mapping
• Drag & Drop functionalities
• Fresnel Reflections
• Advanced Absortion
  • w/ Attenuation Distance
• Spectral Dispersion
• Advanced Transmittance
  • Mapped (Smooth-Color)
  • Clipped (Explicit-B/W)
• Advanced Anisotropy
  • w/ Angle Mapping
• Matte Material
• Bump Mapping
• Normal Mapping
  • Flip X,Y and Wide Range Z support
• Sub-Surface Scattering
• Coating Layers
  • Thin Film Interference / Iridescence
  • Thickness Mapping
• Complex IOR Materials

Rendering Features

• Hidden Objects
  • Objects Hidden to Camera
    incl. hidden emitters
• Merge Multiple MXI
• Harddisk Rendering
• Resume MXI
• Selective Engines
  • RS0 (Preview)
  • RS1 (Production>
• Simple/Advanced Tonemapping
  • ISO, Burn, Gamma
  • Auto Range
• Render Channels
  • Alpha, Object ID, Material ID, Coverage, Velocity, zBuffer, Shadows
• Render Layers
  • Direct, Indirect, Reflections/Refraction Caustics
• Z-clip Planes
• HDR32 Render Output

Illumination Features

• Advanced Illumination System
  • Color+ Luminance Emitters
  • Temperature Emitters (Kelvin)
  • MXI/HDR Emiters
  • Luminaries Presets
  • Watts/Efficacy Control
  • Lumens/Candela Control
• Composite Emitters
  • Emitter over materials (Emitters + Basic Layers)
• Emixer: Emitter Mixer Panel (multilights)
  • Realtime interactive emitters with keyframe animated intesities
• physical Sky+ Sunlight
• Skydome
• MXI/HDR Environment System
  • Multi-channel control (Background, Reflection, Refraction, Illumination)
  • Screen-mapping for background
  • Activating channels for skydome/physical sky

Studio Features

• Flexible Drag'n'Shape GUI
• Customize and save Layouts
  • Switch between different layouts
• Realtime OpenGL Sky/Skydome Preview
• Realtime OpenGL Environment Preview
• Realtime OpenGL Dof Indicator
• Realtime Compass/Sun Position
• Material Browser
  • Material Libraries
• Material Editor
• • Material Wizard
  • Drag & Drop functionalities
• Camera Autofocus
• Orthographic Rendering
• Filmback for Cameras
• UVW Projectors
• Multilevel Editing
  • Group, Object, Polygon selection
  • Select objects by name
  • Select objects by material
  • Remove unused materials
• Undo
• Selective Render Engines (RS0, RS1)
• Bounce Control for Preview Engine
• Google Earth KML Markup Support
• Command-Line Parameters Support
• Export OBJ Option
• Supported 3D Files Formats
  • mxs, obj, lwo, nff, xc2, dxf, 3ds, xml, fb

Camera Optics Features

• Polygonal/Circular Diaphragma
• Simulens: Diffraction, Lens Scattering, Vignetting
• Shift Lens
• Shutter Speed
• Focal Length
• F-Stop
• Dof: Depth of Field
• 3D Motion Blur
• Glare System / Aperture Diffraction

Networking Features

• Autodetect Render-Nodes
• Normal/Cooperative Modes
• Batch Rendering/Render Queue
• Priority Control
• Full Monitoring
  • State, Frames, SL, Target SL, Time, Resolution
• Hybrid Network Support
  • Win, OSX, Linux
• Plug-ins interpret native shaders
• Plug-ins now support Matte
• Plugins
  • 3dsMax
  • Maya
  • Cinema 4D
  • LightWave
  • SolidWorks
  • Rhinocerous
  • FormZ
  • SketchUp
  • Houdini
  • Allplan 2006
  • ArchiCAD

Für alle anderen Applikationen (Autocad, Microstation, Blender, Carrara etc.) ist es möglich die Geometrie ins Studio zu bringen mit folgenden Formaten: obj, stl, lwo, nff, xc2, dxf, 3ds, xml, fbx