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Overview

V-Ray is a rendering engine that uses

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algorithms, including

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, irradiance maps and directly computed global illumination. The desktop 3D applications that are supported by V-Ray are: *

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* Katana *

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Academic and stand-alone versions of V-Ray are also available. Modo support was discontinued at the end of 2021.

Notable studios using V-Ray

North America

United States

Method Studios Method Studios is a visual effects company launched in 1999 in Los Angeles, California with facilities in New York, Atlanta, Vancouver, San Francisco, Melbourne, Montreal, and Pune. The company provides production and post-production services ...

Digital Domain Digital Domain (also known as Digital Domain Media Group or DDMG) is an American visual effects, computer animation and digital production company headquartered in Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California. Digital Domain has produced visual effects ...

* Blur Studio *

Zoic Studios Zoic Studios is an American visual effects company based in Culver City, California, specializing in visual effects for feature films, episodic television, commercials, video games, advertising design, and interactive online media, the company ...

Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley. It is best known for its consumer electronics, software, and services. Founded in 1976 as Apple Comput ...

Hogarth Worldwide Hogarth Worldwide is a WPP-owned global company that provides marketing Implementation services, including all-channel production and language services to international companies. History Hogarth was established in London in 2008. In 2009 t ...

Canada

Bardel Entertainment Bardel Entertainment (formerly Bardel Animation, Bardel Entertainment Inc.) is a Canadian animation studio founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1987. The studio's name comes from its founders, Barry Ward and his wife Delna Bhesania. Bardel ...

Europe

France

* Zagtoon

Netherlands

*PostOffice Amsterdam

Germany

* Scanline VFX

References

External links

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Chaos GroupV-Ray at rhino3d.com''A Closer Look At VRAY'' Architectural Review of V-RayVRay Material Downloads and Resource LibraryVRAYforC4D - the website of V-Ray for Cinema4d, made by LAUBlab KGFree Material Library
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