

The Premium tier is the best option for most customers and is comparable to our previous V-Ray Collection offering. Solo node-locked licenses will be available as monthly, annual, and 3-year subscriptions. V-Ray Solo is an excellent choice for those looking to save money without compromising on quality or features. Access to 3D content on Chaos Cosmos is also included.

This node-locked V-Ray license can be used to set up and render on a single machine using any supported host integration.

So this tutorial will show you how to install a custom build of Blender that includes the exporter script, some optimizations for faster mesh export and some extra features.īut especially on OSX and Linux installing V-Ray is not as easy as you might think it is, that's why this is covered as well.Īnd because these are really boring, yet important topics, we decided to release this as a free tutorial, before we publish the second part of the V-Ray to Blender tutorial, where you will learn everything that you need to master V-Ray and all the settings that you need to create stunning renders.Shop the new expanse of Chaos V-Ray products including V-Ray Solo, V-Ray Premium, V-Ray Enterprise, Chaos Scans, Chaos Phoenix, Chaos Player, Chaos Vantage, and more! Explore Chaos' product offerings in more depth below.įor customers looking for the most cost-effective way to use V-Ray on a single computer, Solo is a great option. But due to the nature of the old 2.49 Blender interface, we had to somehow translate the material and texture settings from V-Ray to Blender ourself.īut now, with the new version of Blender 2.5, the exporter is tightly integrated into the Blender Interface, thanks to the new and improved python API. Andrey Izrantsev has developed a great script, that will export your blendfile to the V-Ray scene format and then render it with V-Ray.

Since a few years now it has been possible to render with V-Ray from within Blender by making use of the V-Ray for Maya Standalone version. This is the first part of a tutorial about V-Ray and Blender.
