V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max

The most complete 3D rendering software for high-end visualisation and production.

V-Ray for 3ds Max is a production-proven solution, known for its versaility, reliability, and ability to handle any project. Even with massive scenes with thousands of lights, V-Ray is the go-to for artists and designers across a wide range of 3D industries.

Enjoy Emmy Award-winning rendering technology built to handle the toughest of scenes, all while getting the most out of our CPU and GPU hardware. You're even equipped with light mixing and layered compositing, meaning you only need one tool for more than just rendering. Work seamlessly with 3ds Max plugins like Substance, Forest Pack, Railclone, and more - then present your ideas in 100% ray-traced quality without extra optimisations or conversions.

New licences of V-Ray are now sold as V-Ray Solo or V-Ray Premium.

Existing perpetual licences can still be upgraded, but new subscriptions of V-Ray for 3ds Max are a part of V-Ray Solo or Premium.

The new way to buy V-Ray gives users access to V-Ray on all host platforms including SketchUp, 3ds Max, Rhino, and more. Enjoy continued access to the ever-expanding library of Chaos Cosmos high-quality smart 3D assets.

Choose fixed or floating licencing, and customers buying five or more licences of Premium can save with V-Ray Enterprise!

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• Tied to one computer
• V-Ray for all host applications
• Chaos Cosmos

• Multiple computer access
• V-Ray for all host applications
• Chaos Cosmos
• Chaos Phoenix
• Chaos Scans
• Chaos Vantage
• Chaos Cloud
• Chaos Player

What's New in V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max

Lighting Analysis Tools
Accurately measure the light levels in your scene using the lighting analysis tools.

Atmospheric Light Contribution Control
Improved control to speed up your lighting setup. Easily tweak how much an individual light illuminates the environment fog around it.

Auto-translation of Physical Materials
Autodesk's Physical Materials are auto-translated to V-Ray materials without additional conversions.

Clipper with Render-Time Booleans
Create complex cutaways and sections using any mesh object.

Pixel-perfect masks in the V-Ray Frame Buffer
Make pixel-perfect adjustments to your image without re-rendering. You can now use any of V-Ray's masking render elements—Cryptomatte, MultiMatte, and Object/ Render/ Material IDs—to select and fine-tune parts of your render.

Adaptive Lights
Faster, cleaner and more accurate rendering in scenes containing many lights and image-based environment lighting.

Physically Based Materials
From multilayered car paint to accurate subsurface scattering and in the aLsurface shader, you can create any material imaginable.

Finite Dome Light Mode
Elevate your HDRI environment renders with the new, more flexible ground projection capabilities of the V-Ray Dome Light. Set the scale of a dome light, and have full control over blend settings with the new finite mode.

Plus...

• CPU and GPU Rendering
• Ready-to-Render Assets
• Intel Open Image Denoise
• Procedural Clouds
• Lens Effects
• V-Ray Material Translucency
• Physical Hair Material
• V-Ray Toon Shader
• Material Presets and Previews
• Thin Film Layer
• Memory Efficient Textures
• Texture Randomisation
• Volume Rendering
• Light Mix
• Layer Compositor
• V-Ray Enmesh