RFX

Description

finalRender 3.5 SE (Studio Edition) is the perfect choice for bigger production houses and advanced users seeking the maximum in quality and flexibility, while finalRender 3.5 is targeted to the mainstream user base for 3ds Max 2010-2012 and 3ds Max Design 20109-2012

 

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 finalRender 3.5 SE Features

• all features and functions of finalRender R3
• pyroCluster 3.5 (without mental ray shaders)
• finalToon R3
• former finalShaders shaders (unlimited network render license)

Studio Edition contains all of the Standard Edition Features and the following:

• Render Elements AA Control
• PyroCluster

 

fR-3DGraident

• An advanced texture map optimized for maximum flexibility and performance. Now, you control the colors in 3D space, relative to the bounding volume of the object, the world bounding box or even absolute object measures. fR-3DGradient lets you create an unlimited amount of material properties you could not have dreamed of - from easy linear color ramps to 3D fire effects - an extrodinary number of possibilities exist, all with a simple and easy-to-use interface.  Changes made to the texture are shown realtime in the material editor.

 

fR-CD

• Have you ever tried to render a CD-ROM or even animate such a beast?  Using standard 3ds max tools and materials makes it nearly impossible. Adjusting the spectral rainbow colors correctly is just a huge task; arranging the colorful streaks, always pointing to the center of the CD, is very tedious. The fR-CD shader/material manages the interaction of light rays, which hit the surface, based on true optical effects. A freely adjustable spectral color gradient lets you define the angle at which a color should be reflected. As you move your camera, light, or object the CD-ROM effect changes accordingly.

fR-Curvature

• A real-time convex and concave Shader that takes the curvature of a mesh and maps it with colors, maps, and textures. You can also use as a spectacular tool for masking other maps, as well as creating effects, like real-time ambient occlusion, dirt, and powerful sub surface scattering masks.

fR-DistantFur

• Creating surfaces with hundreds of hairs may be easy to do, but creating a surface with hundreds of thousands of short hairs is nearly impossible to achieve.  fR-DistantFur is a special fur shader material for finalRender R3 SE, which allows the rendering of surfaces with nearly an unlimited amount of "micro fur", or short hair.  This material render effect works for distant objects only.  A horse, cow, dog, or even a zebra in full scale view, are perfect subjects for the fR-DistantFur shader/material.  fR-DistantFur also simulates cloth or any subtly furry looking objects.

fR-Electron

• The perfect material to simulate electron microscope imagery.  Besides the really cool rendering effect, the material may also be used for superb metallic effects or any other kind of advanced material.

 

fR-Elevation

• Do you need to render a landscape with sand, rocks, snow...?  fR-Elevation offers all the control you need to set up a landscape in no time at all.  An unlimited and expandable amount of layers, each with its own material, allow you to define exactly at which height snow, water, rocks or sand should appear and how they can be blended.

fR-FastSkin

• fR-Fastskin is the newest innovation in fast and accurate skin shading for realistic and hyper-realistic characters. fR-Fastskin has a short set of parameters that allow artists to immediately begin creating. There is no more fiddling around with 40 different settings with fR-FastSkin.

fR-Ghost

• The focus of this material is to simulate the famous ghost-like effect as seen in many Hollywood block buster movies.   However, this material was designed with versatility, so that it can be used in many other creative ways.

fR-MeshDistance

• This texture map is available in the finalRender R3 SE version, only.  Its main purpose is to automatically fade the texture map to black, based on the distance to the surface of the object to which it is applied.  One or more "exterior" objects may also be chosen to measure the distance between the surface to which the map is applied and the picked object(s).

fR-Ocean Material

• A special purpose material for use with the fR-Ocean object. As the name of the material indicates, it is meant for creating water and ocean water like effects.  Thanks to its special connection to the fR-Ocean Object, automatic foam rendering effects can be easily performed with this material as well. Physical properties, like water depth and light absorption as the light travels into the ocean water, including simulated plankton, are a core part of this shader.

 

fR-Ocean Object

• a standard 3ds Max object used to simulate large scale water surfaces, where the scale can be as small as a pool or a pond and as large as the whole ocean.  The ocean object behaves like any other 3ds Max parametric mesh object and can be easily adjusted and animated in near realtime.
• Advanced automatic Level-of-Detail algorithms ensure a low memory footprint and an optimal rendering speed with the highest amount of surface detail possible.  Along with the fR-Ocean material, believable and photoreal water surfaces can be created easily and in a short amount of time.

fR-ReWraper Material

• Render Elements can be individually "changed" by material.  A Refractive object in the beauty pass may appear solid, or with a different color, in the Refraction Render Element.  Many aspects of an element created by a material can be easily changed or overwritten by this new material type.

 

finalRender 3.5 and 3.5 SE comparison Table

	SE	Standard
Render Core
Linear Workflow
Render Elements AA control
finalToon
PyroCluster
3D-Stereo Camera
Render Effects
Reinhard Tone Mapper
Object Types
fR-Scatter
fR-Proxy
fR-Ocean
Area Lights
Cylinder Light
Dome Light
Object Light
Particle Light
Rectangular Light
Materials
fR-2 Sided
fR-Advanced
fR-Architectural
fR-CarPaint
fR-CarPaint2
fR-Dirt
fR-Fillet
fR-Glass
fR-Light
fR-Matte/Shadow
Matte/Shadow Self Shadows
No Shadows from other Mattes
fR-Metal
fR-MultiMtl
fR-Ocean
fR-Override
fR-RE Wrapper
fR-Skin
fR-Skin2
fR-Volume Solid
fR-CD
fR-DistantFur
fR-Electron
fR-Elevation
fR-Fast Skin
fR-Ghost
fR-Layer
fR-ThinFilm
fR-Velvet
fR-Volumetric
fR-Wax
fR-Wet
fR-Wire
fR-X-Ray
Texture Maps
Bitmap HDR
fR-3D Gradient
fR-Ambient Occlusion
fR-Color-Correct
fR-Curvature
fR-DirtTex
fR-Layer Map
fR-Mesh Distance
fR-Multi/Sub Map
fR-PhysicalSky
fR-Raytrace
fR-Tension
Render Elements
fR AA Sampling
fR Alpha
fR Ambient
fR Ambient Occlusion
fR Caustics
fR Complete
fR Diffuse
fR Dirt
fR Global Illumination
fR Lighting
fR Material
fR Normal
fR Object-Material ID (Matte Options)
fR Reflection
fR Reflection (Alpha from Reflection switch)
fR Refraction
fR Refraction (Alpha from Refraction switch)
fR Self Illumination
fR Shadows
fR Speculars
fR Sub-Surface Scattering
fR Velocity
fR Vignetting
fR Z-Depth
Object Properties:Matte/Shadow
Matte/Shadow Self Shadows
No Shadows from other Mattes
Main Raytracer Dialog:Motion Blur
TM Sampling
Main finalRender Dialog
Render Element Passes

 

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Version / Release Updates

finalRender 3.5 SE SP11

Changes in finalRender 3.5 Service Pack 11 include:

• CORE: A few issues with caustics producing inaccurate surfaces as a result are now fixed
• CORE: Rare incidents of crashing with extruded splines have been addressed
• SHADERS: Rare incidents of the velvet shader causing 3ds Max to crash have been addressed
• SHADERS: Gradient 3d map rollout is now added
• SHADERS: Issues with tension and curvature are also fixed

finalRender 3.5 SP11 is available as a free download to all registered customers.

For more information contact RFX.

 

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