Chaos has released its latest V-Ray for Blender update, adding support for macOS and giving users access to AI-powered tools.
The new features offer image enhancement, material generation and upscaling which promise to make it faster and easier to craft high-quality renders.
A new AI Enhancer can add details and realism to supporting elements like foliage, people, and terrain and fine-tune specific objects. This looks to reduce the need for tedious and time-consuming reworks.
Part of the recently expanded Chaos Cosmos the AI Material Generator tool turns images of real-world surfaces into a render-ready, PBR material with all the necessary maps. It also creates secondary materials that don’t require extensive art direction, allowing rapid scene shading without long setups or extra tools.
With the AI Upscaler artists can turn low-resolution images into high-quality, presentation-ready visuals in a single click. It boosts the resolution while also sharpening textures and enhancing fine details.
“Responding to the Blender community, we’ve introduced macOS support to V-Ray for Blender, giving even more artists access to our industry-standard rendering and the latest AI technologies to deliver stunningly realistic rendering faster,” said Chaos chief product officer Allan Poore.
“With streamlined workflows that enhance speed, scalability and accuracy, artists can spend less time on repetitive tasks and more time on creating exceptional images and animations,” he added.
Other new features include V-Ray Fur to quickly bring characters to life and add realistic grass, carpets, and other fine details to scenes, and support for Cycles’ Material Override, for lighting analysis, custom clay, and wireframe renderers.
New users can access the update by purchasing the Blender-only version of V-Ray or as part of any of the V-Ray suites.
