The brand new V-Ray for Blender is accessible in beta

Initially posted on 25 October, and up to date with the hyperlink to the initial beta release.

The long-awaited new model of V-Ray for Blender is due out in beta this 12 months, developer Chaos has advised CG Channel.

The up to date plugin may have a function set based mostly on the V-Ray 7 core, and might be obtainable by way of its personal single-product subscription, along with normal V-Ray subscriptions.

The primary replace to the V-Ray Blender integration for 5 years
V-Ray truly already has an integration for Blender: simply not a present one.

The outdated plugin, which exported scenes from Blender to V-Ray Standalone, grew to become an official Chaos product in 2014, however has been in limbo for years.

The final new nightly build got here out in 2019, and helps Blender 2.79: 19 releases and 4 complete launch collection behind Blender 4.3, the present model of the software program.

Since then, Chaos has periodically hinted {that a} new model was in improvement, most strongly in its Chaos Unboxed livestream in February.

Contains core options from V-Ray 7
The brand new V-Ray for Blender is a model new – and extra standard – integration.

Chaos tells us that it’s based mostly round V-Ray 7, the most recent model of the renderer, presently obtainable for 3ds Max.

The preliminary launch might be based mostly across the V-Ray 7 core, however is not going to have V-Ray 7’s full function set.

Specifically, the preliminary launch could not have all of V-Ray’s ‘scene-building’ instruments, like geometry replication system V-Ray Enmesh.

Pitched as a substitute for RenderMan for Blender for VFX and animation work
Whereas V-Ray has each CPU and GPU render engines, Chaos advised us that it anticipated a key marketplace for the brand new version to be studios searching for a CPU-based manufacturing renderer.

The sector is presently served by Blender’s native Cycles renderer, and RenderMan for Blender, the new-ish Blender integration for Pixar’s heavyweight VFX and animation renderer.

Accessible by way of a novel single-product subscription
V-Ray subscriptions presently present entry to the entire present integrations of the software program, which embrace Maya, Houdini, 3ds Max and Cinema 4D.

On its launch, the brand new Blender integration might be added to that listing.

Nevertheless, it can even be obtainable by way of its personal distinctive single-product subscription.

Chaos advised us that Blender can be a “first-class citizen” within the V-Ray product line, and that the single-product choice would come with the identical further options as normal subscription plans, equivalent to entry to on-line rendering platform Chaos Cloud.