which external renderer?

[ToddD]

Hey raffael3d, you are going to receive a thousand opinions on this, so I am not going to speculate on which 1 is best. I must say however, many or most of the renderers do have trial versions, so why not download a few and decide for yourself. Brazil, v-ray, entropy, I'm sure there are others with free trials. Final render is another option(don't know if there is a trial of this 1), I use it and like it, others don't care for it, I also use Brazil, hey it's free even if all the features aren't available, it still rocks.

[kandyman]

I really like vray.

[marton]

raymax is pretty good

[CHRiTTeR]

BRAZIL till the end!!!


Wanna see some examples & wanna try it out for free?

Go to the splutterfish website (http://www.splutterfish.com)


!!! IT KICKS ASS !!!

[nurpz]

i perfer scanline ;)

[ambassador]

mix and match

[ilasolomon]

I prefer the renderer that rendered these images for me!


http://www.topleftpixel.com/ila_solomon/Portfolio/3dgallery/08_lights.jpg
http://www.topleftpixel.com/ila_solomon/Portfolio/3dgallery/16_lights.jpg
http://www.topleftpixel.com/ila_solomon/Portfolio/3dgallery/24_lights.jpg
http://www.topleftpixel.com/ila_solomon/Portfolio/3dgallery/32_lights.jpg

[Jeffo]

And which renderer would that be? : )

[ilasolomon]

hmmm, it's a secret! but,...ok...i'll tell you
it's 3dsmax default scanline renderer! yes...
i prefer max scanline like nurpz :)

[bibi5000]

I'd go for RenderMan. If you can a) afford it, and, last but not least b) understand it.

I haven't neither the first nor the last, but it still a) rocks, b) is cool) and c) you can do everthing with it. Really. Trust me.

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[raffael3d]

thanks for the opinions and demonstrations, I just hoped somebody could really compare them :-)
well, I can't afford renderman, but mabye there is a free trial version (?) so I could check it out anyway.
But what always amazes me is that RenderMan seems not to support ray tracing, so how does it achieve accurate and natural results?

[pascal_blanche]

vray.. or go crazy with omnies like Solomon ;)

[raffael3d]

ok, seems that there are PLENTY of renderes...actually against the max renderer...and all the others too :-)

[ilasolomon]

:) hi pascal
actualy in none of the scenes above there are more than 5 lights!
2 spots outdoor & 2, or 3 spots indoor! :)

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