V-RAY 3.0 FOR 3DS MAX

Free update for registered users adds several new features and improvements.

Highlights include:

• V-Ray RT GPU now supports hair and fur, subsurface scattering and light cache
• New Microfacet GTR / GGX BRDF, perfect for hard surfaces like metal
•  New VRayInstancer geometric plugin for instancing objects using ParticleFlow systems
• Added support for OpenSubdiv objects in Alembic files
• A number of V-Ray Frame Buffer improvements
• Updated to Embree 2.3; Embree can now accelerate V-Ray Proxy objects, instances and Hair Farm / Ornatrix hair and fur

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New Features

• Further optimizations for render speed
• New V-RayLight: Disc light shape
• V-RayMtl: Added Microfacet GGX/ GTR BRDF model; (GTR, microfacet, examples)
• V-RayMtl: Added Clip Opacity and Stochastic Opacity modes for faster rendering of trees and vegetation with opacity mapping.
• Overall Embree Update:

1. Embree: Proxies and instances can now be accelerated by Embree
2. Embree: Update to Embree 2.3
3. Embree: Embree can now accelerate hair rendering for Ornatrix and HairFarm

• V-RayScatterVolumeMtl: improved volumetric rendering; added ability to use the light cache
• V-RayInstancer: New geometric plugin for instancing objects on ParticleFlow systems.
• V-RayLightSelect render element: ability to output normal/raw/diffuse/specular contributions of associated lights
• V-RayLight: ability to control diffuse and specular contributions separately
• V-RayMultiSubTex: Extended with new randomized modes for choosing colors; variations (goes with VRayInstancer)
• Improved VRay2SidedMtl
• V-RayProxy: Support for subdivision objects in Alembic files using OpenSubdiv
• Virtual Frame Buffer:

1. VFB: Ability to dock/undock History window and Color Corrections window to the main VFB window
2. VFB: Added highlight burn color correction to the VFB
3. VFB: Added “background image” color correction to the VFB
4.  VFB: Added the ability to save multi-channel .vrimg and OpenEXR files from the VFB UI
5. VFB: Added the ability to load arbitrary file formats in the V-Ray VFB for post-processing

• Added include/exclude list to the VRayVelocity render element
• Updated to OpenEXR 2.2.0 and added new DWA compression options to VRayOptionsRe
• When created, V-Ray will automatically load a preset named “default” if there is one (allows for customized default values)
• Support for point cloud rendering in 3ds Max 2015
• Improvements in RT GPU & CPU:

1. V-Ray RT CPU: Support for the VRayClipper object
2. V-Ray RT CPU: Support for Ornatrix and HairFarm rendering
3. V-Ray RT GPU: Support for using the light cache for GPU rendering
4. V-Ray RT GPU: Support for the VRayFastSSS2 material
5. V-Ray RT GPU: Initial support for hair rendering for Ornatrix and HairFarm
6. V-Ray RT: Improved refresh speed

Modified features

• Added MaxScript access to the Trace sets include/exclude flag
• V-RayLight: Somewhat faster sampling of rectangle lights
• Improved render speed when not using any render elements
• V-RayProxy: Export texture coordinates for .vrmesh preview, if preview mesh is specified
• V-RayClipper: More robust and faster algorithm is used
• VFB: Improve anaglyph stereoscopic preview to reduce retinal rivalry
• V-RayHairFarmMod and VRayOrnatrixMod: Faster rendering of hair
• V-RayOSLMtl and VRayOSLTex: Added the ability to display tooltip-messages with additional description of the parameter
• Ability to delete presets in V-Ray Presets window
• Added an option to open the V-Ray messages window on error or warning only
• V-RayMtl: Multiple layers of glass rendered with noise

Source: vray.info