What’s New In V-Ray 7 for Cinema 4D
V-Ray 7 for Cinema 4D is here, and it’s packed with some great new features. This release helps speed up modelling and improves interactivity.
What is V-Ray?
V-Ray is a powerful rendering engine widely used by VFX professionals in Cinema 4D to create stunning, photorealistic visuals for film, television, and advertising. It excels at handling complex scenes with detailed geometry, multiple light sources, and scatter-heavy environments, all while maintaining speed and efficiency.
V-Ray is also highly valued for its versatility and seamless integration into professional workflows. With support for CPU, GPU, and hybrid rendering, it adapts to various project needs and budgets. Chaos Cloud integration ensures efficient collaboration and faster approvals. Whether creating animations, crafting virtual sets, or producing high-quality stills, V-Ray’s scalability and reliability make it essential for delivering visually striking and technically precise results in any VFX project.
What’s New In V-Ray 7 for Cinema 4D
Faster and Smarter Scene Creation
Gaussian Splats for Environment Rendering
Creating immersive 3D environments is now quicker and more memory-efficient for your computer. The new Gaussian splats feature helps to create highly detailed reflections and refractions without overloading system resources. Whether integrating architectural elements into natural surroundings or building complex worlds, this feature provides unparalleled realism with remarkable efficiency.
Chaos Cosmos Enhancements
The ever-growing Chaos Cosmos library introduces asset variants like seasonal vegetation and new growth stages. These ready-to-render assets save time and offer creative flexibility, allowing you to find the perfect match for your scene without manual adjustments.
OpenPBR Support
OpenPBR support ensures consistent shading when moving between platforms. This eliminates time-consuming manual adjustments, allowing materials to look exactly as intended, whether you’re working on Cinema 4D, V-Ray, or other compatible tools.
V-Ray Luminaires
Lighting fixtures have got a big upgrade. Experience significantly faster and more precise rendering of intricate light fixtures with the new support for V-Ray luminaires. Grab luminaire assets from the Chaos Cosmos library and see how they change the mood of your scene.
Even better V-Ray Sun & Sky
V-Ray Sun & Sky got a bit of an improvement in V-Ray 6, and now it’s even better! Enhance the realism of your still images and animations with the upgraded PRG sky model, which now supports nautical twilight. Render skies at varying observer altitudes, extending up to several kilometres, and fine-tune turbidity levels for greater accuracy and control in your scenes
Firefly removal
V-Ray 7 for Cinema 4D comes with a completely new algorithm which automatically detects and eliminates overly bright pixels which appear out of place (also known as fireflies). It works seamlessly to reduce the time needed to produce final images and all it takes is a single click. Plus, it improves overall rendering speed.
Improved Collaboration and Presentation
Cloud Collaboration Simplified
Chaos Cloud now enables direct image uploads from V-Ray’s interface, making client reviews and feedback seamless. Markup tools, version management, and hassle-free approvals streamline the process, ensuring project progress without bottlenecks.
Interactive Virtual Tours
For presenting your work, immersive panoramic tours can now be created directly within V-Ray 7 for Cinema 4D. These interactive experiences are quick to set up and can be customised with floor plans, hotspots, and additional contextual details. Clients can explore designs online or embed them into their websites with ease.
Advanced GPU Rendering for Maximum Performance
Faster Time to First Pixel
Enjoy improved interactive and final rendering with quicker time to first pixel, thanks to optimisations for handling scatter and texture-heavy scenes. Scene data uploads to the GPU and geometry compilation have also been streamlined for enhanced speed.
Support for Caustics and Caustics Render Element
V-Ray GPU now includes support for Caustics, bringing realistic reflections and refractions to both production and interactive rendering. A new GPU-optimised Photon Mapping-based Caustics solver delivers much faster results compared to CPU rendering. The added Caustics Render Element provides advanced controls for precise adjustments during post-production.
Out-of-Core Textures
Render complex, texture-heavy scenes more efficiently with a new approach to out-of-core textures. By utilising system memory for textures, GPU memory usage is significantly reduced with minimal impact on performance. This allows for detailed scenes without compromising shading quality.
Up to 3x Faster on MacBooks
New Metal support boosts rendering performance on Apple hardware, delivering up to three times the speed when using both the GPU and CPU of Apple M4 processors and doubling performance on M3 processors.
V-Ray Frame Buffer (VFB)
Custom-Shaped Render Regions
Focus on specific areas of your scene by defining custom-shaped regions directly in the VFB, eliminating unnecessary re-renders. Create multiple regions in any shape and fine-tune exactly where it matters most.
Vignette Layer
Add a vignette effect to your renders effortlessly with the versatile Vignette Layer in the VFB. Adjust its shape and apply it to any part of your render for precise and personalised results.
Colour Correction Presets
Experiment with different looks for your renders using the new colour correction presets in the VFB. Once you’ve found the style that fits your vision, customise the preset to achieve the perfect result.
Conclusion
V-Ray 7 for Cinema 4D offers VFX professionals a comprehensive toolkit designed to meet modern challenges. From lightning-fast rendering to powerful collaboration tools, this update equips creators with the features they need to produce captivating visuals efficiently. For those in the industry, it represents an essential step forward in achieving both creative and technical excellence.