Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it?

2012-06-25 Thread Cristobal Infante
I've been testing both for the last month, like everyone says VRay seems to have way more options in the render settings and shaders but there is more info in the web. Arnold is easier to learn but it comes at a price, something to consider as well.. One thing I love about Arnold though, is that

Fwd: Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it?

2012-06-22 Thread Eugen Sares
Original-Nachricht Betreff:Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it? Datum: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:03:36 +0300 Von:Kamen Lilov kamen.li...@chaosgroup.com Antwort an: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com An: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com I'd like to chime

Fwd: Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it?

2012-06-22 Thread Eugen Sares
Original-Nachricht Betreff:Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it? Datum: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:03:36 +0300 Von:Kamen Lilov kamen.li...@chaosgroup.com Antwort an: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com An: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com I'd like to chime

Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it?

2012-06-22 Thread Stefan Kubicek
We've been using Vray for almost ten years, we started using it in version 0.74 beta in 3dsMax and the first image I rendered had GI and DOF enabled, and it came out in PAL resolution in under a minute with superb quality on a 700mhz AMD Athlon back then. I was blown away, bought a 1.0 license

RE: Who has switched to Vray and loves it?

2012-06-22 Thread Marc-Andre Carbonneau
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it? We've been using Vray for almost ten years, we started using it in version 0.74 beta in 3dsMax and the first image I rendered had GI and DOF enabled, and it came out in PAL resolution in under a minute

Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it?

2012-06-22 Thread Serguei Kalentchouk
...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stefan Kubicek Sent: 22 juin 2012 05:08 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it? We've been using Vray for almost ten years, we started using it in version 0.74 beta in 3dsMax

Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it?

2012-06-22 Thread Adam Sale
: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stefan Kubicek Sent: 22 juin 2012 05:08 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it? We've been using Vray for almost ten years, we started using

Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it?

2012-06-22 Thread Len Krenzler
The absolute number 1 issue for me is no volume rendering. That's a show stopper for me. Hope to see this in the future. Len - www.actionart.ca On 6/21/2012 4:03 PM, Kamen Lilov wrote: I'd like to chime in to this discussion. What are the things in VRay/XSI you hate most? A missing

Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it?

2012-06-22 Thread Vladimir Koylazov
I'd like to comment on some of the items that invariably come up in any discussion of V-Ray for Softimage. Hopefully they will shed some light on the thinking behind the product. (Disclaimer: I don't mean to offend anyone :)) 0. You must have interactive progressive re-rendering! Yes, of

Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it?

2012-06-22 Thread Steven Caron
absolutely! there are downsides to both but both are very capable. i would prefer to use either over mental ray. i have been using arnold and sitoa for a while now and really enjoy it, but i think vray provides a better balance for a smaller studio or one without a technical staff. On Fri, Jun

Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it?

2012-06-21 Thread Oliver Weingarten
Hey Marc-Andre! Well, I´m using Vray since two years (also the beta) for certain projects, not for all. It performed quite well. I like the integration and the concept of having identical parameters over all the different packages. That way you can easily adapt tuts from other application. I

Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it?

2012-06-21 Thread Alan Fregtman
I agree with you. It's way easier than mentalray. On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Mirko Jankovic mirko.janko...@aeonproduction.com wrote: Hmm I found Arnold learning curve to be really really short and in less than a week you can be production ready.

Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it?

2012-06-21 Thread olivier jeannel
Well, I easily found some videos showing click here, enter this value for Vray. While there were buttons in Arnold, I was really not sure of what I was doing. But to tell the truth, I really did not try a lot. Le 21/06/2012 22:15, Mirko Jankovic a écrit : Hmm I found Arnold learning curve to

Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it?

2012-06-21 Thread Steffen Dünner
There are _a lot_ more buttons in Vray than in Arnold! ;) The combination of GI algorithms ( primary / secondary) alone is intimidating. The funny thing in Arnold is that the result most of the time converges to the same image, only the rendertime varies if you e.g. shoot rays that you don't

Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it?

2012-06-21 Thread Eric Thivierge
I'm not a render / surfacing guy myself but I really appreciate your involvement in the XSI community AND for reaching out to the community for crits. Thumbs up! Eric Thivierge http://www.ethivierge.com On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Kamen Lilov