CGTalk - What is Brazil?

Red_Riot

04-23-2003, 05:18 PM

What is brazil?

I see it mentioned a lot on these boards, and I haven't come across it yet in my 3dsMax book, although I have skipped the lighting and material chapters so far so I could be missing something. apparently it's a render thing, however, as I stated I haven't seen it in my book.

Any links / information that you fellas could provide for me?

Everyone has to learn stuff at some time, this is my time.:wavey:

(edit)

Here's some of my work thus far too:
http://student.uwgb.edu/buzztm21/femform.jpg

Signal2Noise

04-23-2003, 05:30 PM

Brazil is a third-party renderer for max, You won't find it mentioned in any max/discreet documentation because it is third-party and discreet want you to rely on max's built in renderer.

Brazil is nice but a tad slow and expensive. Check out Splutterfish (http://www.splutterfish.com) for more info. There use to be free betas around but now I think you can download a limited demo.

ToddD

04-23-2003, 07:34 PM

I wouldn't concern myself with Brazil at this stage in your learning process. The tasks of modeling, texturing, and rendering via plain old scanline should keep you busy for a bit. At this point, Brazil will only serve as an unnecessary distraction IMO. Once you have a good understandnig of the basics, then you can move on to different renderers and other fun stuff.:shrug:

SimonReeves

04-23-2003, 09:24 PM

Brazil is nice but a tad slow and expensive.

it is definetly not slow :)

Signal2Noise

04-23-2003, 09:27 PM

Originally posted by reeves1984
it is definetly not slow :)

Sorry, I should have mentioned: "[in my experience with the beta versions] it's a tad slow". Maybe they improved on the final release?:shrug:

SimonReeves

04-23-2003, 09:29 PM

well sure ;)

Signal2Noise

04-23-2003, 09:48 PM

Red_Riot: If you live in the area maybe you can get to this (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57928) for some good info on Brazil?

mlykke

04-23-2003, 10:27 PM

Originally posted by Signal to Noise
Sorry, I should have mentioned: "[in my experience with the beta versions] it's a tad slow". Maybe they improved on the final release?:shrug:

I think you are talking about the Alpha version. The beta haven't been released to the public.

:)

And yes.. the final version, which still gets updates, is leaps ahead of the early alpha versions.

Signal2Noise

04-23-2003, 11:04 PM

Yep, that's it. Alpha. I'm pretty sure there were betas way back when as well tho'.:shrug:

CTRL+X

04-24-2003, 12:40 AM

Came across this article on cg arch

Rendering across the internet (http://www.3dkingdom.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=261&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0" name="mainFrame)

S_3D_A

04-24-2003, 01:39 AM

Ha brazil is still slow. But what do you expect from a render engine that didn't come with max. The default sanline render engine in my opinion is still faster. I have heard rumors that mental ray for 3dsmax is pretty fast. Not sure if they have one for 5.1 yet or even 5.0.

ThirdEye

04-24-2003, 01:55 AM

Brazil is still a bit slow (i can only judge other's rendertimes, never tried it). What do i expect from a renderer that doesn't come with Max? Try finalRender or Vray and you'll experience fast renderers. The Mental Ray version for Max (2.1 i think) was ultraslow at gi. There should be a great article at www.richardrosenman.com about Max 3rd party renderers, check it.

robo3687

04-24-2003, 09:32 AM

I think I remember seeing an update for Mental Ray for Max 5, on their support pages (the downloads bit) just a few hours ago.

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