Realtime Raytracing Features

Rendering Features

Interactive wysiwyg raytracing Photon mapping HDRI lighting Global illumination Ambient occlusion Final gathering Environment shadow casting Self and inter-object shadow casting Environment reflections Refraction Caustics Inter-object light bouncing True physics-based materials Scientifically accurate preset and adjustable materials Fresnel reflections Advanced absorption Spectral Dispersion Advanced transmittance Advanced anisotropy with angle mapping Procedural texture mapping Texture and bump mapping Sub-surface scattering Thin Film interference / iridescence Adjustable IOR Lighting Lighting and shadow casting from High Dynamic Range Image High Dynamic Range Image (HDRI) interaction and control Camera optics Features Interactive focal length adjustment F-Stop Interactive Depth of field with focal point selection

Alpha channel Image finishing control Render to external window jpeg (8bit), tiff (16bit) and exr (32bit) output Pro Rendering Features Render Queue Render in Separate Process Region Rendering Turntable animation Network rendering ready   Architecture Highly optimized parallel architecture CPU based Near linear performance scale with added CPUs   Supported 3D data formats and applications       Windows XP/Vista Obj IGES STEP Collada FBX Autodesk 3D Studio Max (3DS) Rhino 4.0 and prior SolidWorks 2009 and prior Pro/ENGINEER Widlfire 2, 3, 4 SketchUp 7.0 and prior       Mac OS X Obj Collada FBX Autodesk 3D Studio Max (3DS) Rhino 4.0 and prior SketchUp 7.0 and prior What's in the box HyperShot 9 HDRIs and matching back plates Material library Manual