Render farm software updates roundup March - April 2023

Render farm software updates roundup March - April 2023

We're excited to share with you our latest roundup of software updates on our render farm. We have been working hard to improve and enhance our rendering capabilities, and in this post, we'll be highlighting some of the latest updates to our software, including Cinema 4D, V-Ray standalone plugin, 3ds Max plugin, SketchUp plugin, Maya plugin, Web Manager, renderBeamer, and Modo plugin. We will also be sharing some new video tutorials to help you get the most out of these updates. So, let's dive in and explore the latest improvements to our rendering software!

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- Improved MD5 renamed assets upload.

- Improve camera detection.

- Improved checking for rstexbin assets. Now the plugin checks for the size of all assets and displays a warning only when the total size exceeds 250MB.

- Added check for FPS settings. Now plugin displays a warning prompt when using different values for FPS in project settings and render setup.

- Improved handling of Xparticles caches with the same parent directory. Now if a duplicate path for a cache is detected, the next cache will be placed into one more folder taken from the original path.

- Improved handling of image sequences with the same asset names.

- Improved multipass detection for multiple takes scene setup.

- Improved VDB asset support for R21 with Corona. Plugin copies VDB directly into the scene directory, also it handles VDB sequences in the same way as single VDB files.

- Improved plugin uninstaller.

New video tutorial - V-Ray standalone plugin!

In this video, we are focusing on our V-Ray standalone plugin. 

It can be used for any exported .vrscene file - including exports for apps like Houdini, Revit and any other compatible with V-Ray renderer. 

3ds Max plugin - v167 - v168

- Improved support for Laubwerk assets. 

- Improved support for PhoenixFD caches. 

- Added support for V-Ray GPU rendering. Currently, V-Ray GPU rendering is only available in “Render as is” mode. 

- Improved support for camera perspective rendering. 

- Improved prompt for Corona render time limit rendering with strips. 

- Added warning prompt for LUT assets connected to V-Ray frame buffer. 

- Improved checking for rstexbin assets. Now the plugin checks for the size of all assets and displays a warning only when the total size exceeds 250MB. 

SketchUp plugin - v37 & v38

- The V-Ray version saved in .GFS will now use the plugin installer version, instead of the V-Ray core version. 

-  Fixed V-Ray 6.0 compatibility issues. 

- This is now the minimum required plugin version to submit scenes. 

Maya plugin - v122 - v124

- Added support for VDB caches with dots and brackets in the name. 

- Improved checking for rstexbin assets. Now the plugin checks for the size of all assets and displays a warning only when the total size exceeds 250MB. 

- Maya plugin UI is displayed directly in renderBeamer. 

- Added support for Maya 2024.

Web Manager

- Added info indicator about real-time cost.

renderBeamer - v1.412

- Added downloads filtering by name.

- Added notifications about updates availability.

- Improved password security.

- Added V-Ray Scene video tutorial link.

New video tutorial - Maya + V-Ray

In this video, we are focusing on Maya with a V-Ray rendering plugin. 

The video includes an overview of our new Maya plugin.

V-Ray standalone plugin - v9

- Added support for V-Ray GPU. 

Modo plugin - v52

- Fixed bytes conversion & non-ascii characters in assets paths. 

- Fixed relinking image sequence used for environment objects. 

LightWave3D plugin - v85

- Fixed textures MD5 renaming & relinking. 

- Improved plugin uninstaller. 

New feature overview tutorial

In this video we are focusing on V-Ray GPU support on our farm.

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