Built to meet the creative demands of CG artists and modern production pipelines.
V-Ray® 3.6 for Maya is a full suite of physically-based lighting, shading and rendering tools tightly integrated into Autodesk Maya.
Highlights
Built to meet the creative demands of CG artists and modern production pipelines, V-Ray 3.6 for Maya is a full suite of physically-based lighting, shading and rendering tools tightly integrated into Autodesk Maya.
V-Ray 3.6 for Maya focuses on artist productivity and delivers a powerful new set of features and improvements to speed up lighting, look development and rendering workflows.
Chaos Group’s V-Ray won a sci-tech Academy Award in 2017 for its role in bringing realistic CGI to the big screen.
QUALITY
Production-proven ray traced rendering with a full suite of tools to create professional photoreal imagery and animations.
POWER
Built to handle the absolute toughest projects and largest scenes.
SPEED
Multicore CPU and GPU-accelerated rendering engines for optimized speed and scalability.
CREATIVE CONTROL
Real-time look development with interactive lighting, shading and rendering.
SMART INTEGRATION
Integrated seamlessly into Maya and designed to fit any production pipeline.
AN INDUSTRY STANDARD
Top artists and studios rely on V-Ray for Maya to create award-winning animation & visual effects.
RECENTLY ADDED IN V-RAY 3.5
Adaptive lights
Fast new lighting algorithm that speeds up rendering in scenes with many lights.
V-Ray IPR
New in-process IPR starts instantly, updates faster and uses less memory. Changes to materials in the Hypershade Material Viewer are made in real time.
Resumable rendering
Stop your render at any point and continue where you left off.
ALSurface material
General-purpose shader by Anders Langlands with layered SSS and glossy fresnel reflections — popular for skin.
Key Features
Powerful CPU rendering
Render superior images and animations fast with V-Ray’s highly-optimized and adaptive ray tracing technology.
Incredibly fast GPU rendering
Get an additional speed boost with GPU-accelerated look development and final frame rendering.
Variance-based adaptive sampling
Get cleaner renders with better noise detection.
Denoiser
Automatically remove noise and cut render times by up to 50%.
Global illumination
Choose from ray traced and hybrid global illumination methods for the perfect balance of quality and speed.
VRscans material library support
400+ scanned materials. Import and render directly in V-Ray.
Accurate lights
Render natural, artificial and image-based lighting with a wide range of light types, shapes and controls.
Physical materials
Create physically-based materials with multiple layers – now with GTR/GGX shading for great looking reflections.
Unique shaders
For specialized materials, choose from a collection of purpose-built shaders for subsurface scattering, skin, hair and more.
Physical cameras
Simulate any camera and lens with controls for exposure, depth of field and motion blur.
Virtual Reality
Render VR-ready content for popular headsets like Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Samsung Gear VR.
Proxy objects
Fit massive scenes into memory and cut render times using load-on-demand proxy objects.
Efficient textures
Work with multi-resolution tiled textures from top applications MARI, Mudbox and Zbrush.
Hair & fur
Render realistic hair with support for Maya hair and fur, XGen, Ornatrix, Shave and a Haircut, and Yeti.
Volumes
Render optimized volumetric effects and import OpenVDB files from Realflow and Houdini.
Render elements
Output a complete set of beauty, utility, and matte passes for total control in compositing.
V-Ray frame buffer
Track render history, fine tune colors, and match final output with advanced color management.
Atmospheric Perspective + New Hosek Sky
Simulate natural looking skies with realistic atmospheric haze.
Triplanar Mapping
Quickly apply seamless textures without UVs.
Rounded Corners
Generate perfectly smooth edges at render-time with no extra modeling.
Clipper with Render-Time Booleans
Create complex cutaways and sections using any mesh object.
What's new in V-Ray 3.6 for Maya
Hybrid Rendering
V-Ray GPU CUDA now renders on CPUs as well as GPUs, to take full advantage of all available hardware.
Full Light Select render element
Render individual lights or groups of lights as separate render elements, with full support for global illumination, reflections and refractions for accurate light mixing in post.
Cryptomatte
Automatically generate ID mattes with support for transparency, depth of field and motion blur. This will speed up workflows for compositors working in NUKE or Fusion.
NVIDIA NVLink
Supports shared GPU memory across NVLink compatible graphics cards.
MDL Materials
NVIDIA’s universal material format is now supported in V-Ray for Maya, allowing designers to apply MDL materials authored in programs like Substance Designer to their assets and scenes.
Viewport 2.0 improvements
V-Ray lights can now illuminate objects in Viewport 2.0, making light setup much easier. Direct support for environmental reflections and V-Ray materials have also been added.
Description
Denoiser
Progressive Rendering
V-Ray RT GPU
Rendering Hair
V-Ray Frame Buffer
Max Ray Intensity
Updates
What's new in V-Ray 3.60.02 for Maya
Now compatible with Maya 2018.1
Chaos Group have improved support for the Render setup in Maya 2018.1, and included a new option to set the maximum resolution for mip-mapped files to help speed up draft renders.
What’s new in V-Ray 3.52.03 for Maya
Here is the changelog provided by Chaos Group.
V-Ray
- Fixed a problem when creating output image directory in limited access situations
- V-Ray will no longer add an "rs_" prefix when using Render Setup with 2017 update 3
V-Ray GPU
- Fixed BlendMtl not rendering with OpenCL
- Fixed failing OpenCL compilation on Linux
- Fixed wrong UVs on bitmaps with driver versions 380 and up
V-Ray IPR
- Fixed a crash with light linking
VFB
- Fixed unresponsive UI with OCIO and IPR
V-RayMtl
- Fixed wrong SSS with glossy Fresnel enabled
- Fixed missing GI from self-illumination with glossy Fresnel enabled
- Fixed wrong alpha with mapped opacity and glossy Fresnel when seen in reflections
VRayAlSurface
- Now works with VRayLightSelect
VRayMesh
- Fixed a crash with Alembic file with no UV topology channel
VRayFastSSS2
- Fixed SSS surface ID not working properly
VRayFur
- Fixed wrong visibility in IPR when the base object is hidden
VRayScene
- Fixed wrong display of vrscenes in the viewport
Texture Baking
- Fixed crash when baking multiple objects
What’s new in V-Ray 3.5 for Maya
- Adaptive lights: Fast new lighting algorithm that speeds up rendering in scenes with many lights.
- V-Ray IPR: New in-process IPR starts instantly, updates faster and uses less memory. Changes to materials in the Hypershade Material Viewer are made in real time.
- V-Ray Frame Buffer tools: Speeds up look development on individual objects with the new Render Mask: Isolate select tool. Select objects, materials and camera focus directly in the frame buffer.
- alSurface material: General-purpose shader by Anders Langlands with layered SSS and glossy fresnel reflections — popular for skin.
- GPU rendering improvements: Render larger, more detailed scenes using a lot less memory with On-demand Mip-mapping. V-Ray’s fast GPU renderer adds support for a wider range of production features.
- Resumable rendering: Stop your render at any point and continue where you left off.
New in v3.4.05
New Features
V-Ray
- Support for half-float TIFFs
Modified Features
V-Ray
- Improved performance with dynamic geometry on machines with more than 32 cores
- More robust detection of changed files for the bitmap cache
Ornatrix
- Support for textured hair widths
Bug Fixes
V-Ray
- Tiff files weren't closed properly on Windows
- Fixed MultiMatte not working in VRayBlendMtl without MultiMatteID
- Fixed crash with NURBS of first degree
- Fixed wrong rendering of UDIM textures with frame offset
- Fixed crash with viewport IPR panel in Hypershade
MayaLightDirect
- Fixed artifacts with soft shadows and shadow bias
Lighting Render Element
- Fixed "Lighting" RE not generating correctly
V-Ray IPR
- Fixed slowdown when mouse tracking is enabled
VRayDenoiser
- Fixed failure with hardware acceleration on very large images
VRayDisplacement\Subdivision
- Fixed crash when baking to Ptex
Ornatrix
- Fixed Mac OSX support
VRayScannedMtl
- Fixed watermarks appearing even with a license
VRayVolumeGrid
- Fixed crash when loading a cache while IPR is running
- V-Ray maxRenderThreads setting will be respected during emissive lights creation
- V-Ray GPU Fixed bump issues with UDIM tiling
New in v3.4.04
New Features
V-Ray
- Support for Maya 2017
- Added support for licensed V-Ray Scanned materials
Light Lister
- Added "Solo light" option
Modified Features
V-Ray
- Improved High-DPI support
- EXR extra attributes now support the new render layer overrides
VRayObjectProperties
- Added drag&drop support for attribute overrides in the new Maya render setup
Bug Fixes
V-Ray
- Fixed image sequences offset and padding bugs
- V-Ray can now use more than one processor group in Windows multiprocessor configurations
- Fixed inconsistent ambient light behavior when hidden
VFB
- Fixed Maya Render View not hiding on OSX and in some other cases
- Fixed problems with non-ASCII symbols
VRayDomeLight
- Fixed viewport selection issues
Render Settings
- Fixed blank tabs when other renderers are loaded
- Fixed script errors when other renderers are loaded
New in v3.4.03
Bug Fixes
V-Ray
- Fixed image sequences with an index out of the sequence range not rendering
- Fixed crashes on old Maya versions on virtual machines and old GPUs
- Fixed wrong result with material environment override
- Fixed set driven keys not being exported correctly in some cases
- Fixed export of textures with multibyte character names
- Fixed outline appearing in the Matte shadow render element with certain sampler settings
- Environment overrides now have textured previews in viewport 2.0
V-Ray IPR
- Changes to the Rounded Edges' corners parameter were not detected
VRayProxy
- Fixed wrong animation range in the UI
- Fixed mesh visibility lists not working after scene reload
VRayDisplacement
- Fixed issues with Ptex and vector displacement
VRayDirt
- Fixed UI issue with locked subdivs when "Use local subdivs" is disabled
VRayTriplanar
- Fixed different texture instances sharing the same UI control
VRayIESLight
- Fixed crash when toggling the target
VRayRectLight
- Fixed high CPU usage in Viewport 2.0
PartIO
- Fixed crash with PTC files and rgbPP expression
VRayLightSelect
- Now works with probabilistic lighting
VRayDenoiser
- The denoiser update button did not work after aborting denoise
VRayObjectProperties
- Fixed issues with objects with identical names
XGen
- Fixed crash when rendering archive
New in v3.4.02
New Features
VRayDenoiser
- Added Update button
vdenoise
- Added standalone denoise tool
Modified Features
V-Ray
- Support for material preview in Viewport 2.0 OpenGL core profile
- Support for VRayVolumeGrid preview in Viewport 2.0 OpenGL core profile
VRayDenoiser
- Prevented the denoiser render elements from saving as separate files
VRayOSLMtl / VRayOSLTex
- Sped up texture sampling
Bug Fixes
V-Ray
- Fixed slow IPR updates on old scenes with undersampling enabled
- Fixed incorrect rendering of materials with self-illumination with light cache
V-Ray GPU
- Fixed fireflies on scene with VRayFastSSS2
- Highlight glossiness rendered even if Trace reflections option was disabled
VRayLightDome
- Viewport representation was flipped in some Maya versions
VFB
- Clicking on the white area of the scroll bar in the color corrections window scrolls by just one pixel
- Toolbar icons were not stretched over the entire buttons when screen dpi is changed
- Fixed wrong positioning when zooming out
VRayDenoiser
- Fixed crash on OS X when hardware acceleration is enabled
- Fixed artifacts on images with fireflies
- Fixed black result on some computers with hardware acceleration
Texture Baking
- Fixed occasional freezes on objects with empty UV sets
VRayStereoscopic
- Fixed artifacts in the render
New in v3.4:
New V-Ray Denoiser
Removes noise automatically, cutting your render times by up to 50% with GPU acceleration. V-Ray’s denoising technology is non-destructive, giving you the original render and the denoised version for even more control in post. Denoising can be used progressively while rendering or after rendering, with support for animation and enhanced blending between frames with the standalone denoiser tool.
Works with Maya 2016 Extension 2
V-Ray 3.4 now supports the new render layers and motion graphics tools in Maya 2016 Extension 2.
GPU rendering improvements
- Procedural textures supported by V-Ray RT GPU can now be used as bump maps.
Aerial Perspective
- Control the color of atmospheric haze.
Faster Global Illumination
- V-Ray Light Cache calculations are up to 15% faster.
Textures
- New support for VRayMultiSubtex.
V-Ray RT improvements
- Update render regions on the fly – without restarting the render.
What's new in V-Ray 3.0 for Maya?
Faster Ray Tracing and Rendering Performance - V-Ray 3.0 includes a number of overall speedups, and the new optimized ray tracing core performs significantly faster.
Faster Feedback - The new Progressive Image Sampler delivers instant feedback to artists and makes lighting and look development quicker and more intuitive.
More Powerful V-Ray RT - New in V-Ray 3.0, V-Ray RT renders directly in the Maya viewport and supports final frame rendering and animated sequences.
- V-Ray RT CPU uses the new Progressive Image Sampler and supports a full range of production features.
- V-Ray RT GPU now supports Render Elements.
Advanced Characters and Creatures - Improvements to character and creature workflows include optimized Hair and Fur, improved Subsurface Scattering and a new VRaySkinMtl shader.
Color Accurate Workflows - An improved V-Ray Frame Buffer adds Lens Effects and advanced color corrections for White Balance, Contrast, Hue, Saturation and Color Balance. The VFB is now dockable and supports LUTs, ICC, and OpenColorIO color management profiles.
Volume Rendering - V-Ray 3.0 includes optimized Phoenix FD volume shaders to render all types of volumetric effects including fluids, fire, smoke and heat haze. OpenVDB grids and Field3D voxel data can be imported and rendered as surfaces or volumes using the new VRayVolumeGrid node.
Production-Focused Tools - V-Ray 3.0 is designed to give artists more control and flexibility. New time-saving tools include Max Ray Intensity to clamp secondary rays, Probabilistic Light Sampling which determines optimized sampling based on lighting contributions, and Render Mask to specify exact render regions using an object selection or image mask.
Pipeline Compatibility and Support for Open Standards
- Alembic 1.5 for data interchange
- GLSL for OpenGL shaders
- OpenColorIO for accurate color management
- OpenEXR 2.2 and Deep Images
- OpenSubdiv including support for creases
- OpenVDB and Field3D for volumes
- OSL for programmable shaders
- Ptex for UV-less workflows
- UDIM and UVTILE for advanced texture workflows
System Requirements
Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.
*****Now compatible with Maya 2018.1*****
Chaos Group have improved support for the Render setup in Maya 2018.1, and included a new option to set the maximum resolution for mip-mapped files to help speed up draft renders.
Windows
- Processor - Intel® Pentium® IV or compatible processor with SSE3 support.
- RAM - 4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap minimum – recommended 8 GB or more RAM, 8 GB or more swap file
- USB Port - Required for hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0
- TCP/IP - Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported
The following table shows the versions of Autodesk Maya and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.
| Version of Maya | Supported Operating System |
| Maya 2015 x64 | Windows ® 7 SP1, Windows ® 8, and Windows ® 8.1 Professional |
| Maya 2016 x64 | Windows ® 7 SP1, Windows ® 8.1 Professional, and Windows ® 10 Professional |
| Maya 2017 x64 | Windows ® 7 SP1 and Windows ® 10 Professional |
| Maya 2018 x64 | Windows ® 7 SP1 and Windows ® 10 Professional |
Linux
- Processor - Intel® Pentium® IV or compatible processor with SSE3 support.
- RAM - 4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap minimum – recommended 8 GB or more RAM, 8 GB or more swap file
- USB Port - Required for hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0
- TCP/IP - Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported
The following table shows the versions of Autodesk Maya and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.
| Version of Maya | Supported Operating System |
| Maya 2015 x64 | Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 6.2 WS, Fedora™ 14, or CentOS 6.2 |
| Maya 2016 x64 | Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 6.5 WS, or CentOS 6.5 |
| Maya 2017 x64 | Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 6.5 and 7.2 WS, or CentOS 6.5 and 7.2 |
| Maya 2018 x64 | Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 6.5 and 7.2 WS, or CentOS 6.5 and 7.2 |
Mac OS X
- Processor - Intel® Pentium® IV or compatible processor with SSE3 support.
- RAM - 4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap minimum – recommended 8 GB or more RAM, 8 GB or more swap file
- USB Port - Required for hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0
- TCP/IP - Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported
The following table shows the versions of Autodesk Maya and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.
| Version of Maya | Supported Operating System |
| Maya 2015 x64 | Apple ® Mac OS® X 10.8.5 and 10.9.x |
| Maya 2016 x64 | Apple ® Mac OS ® X 10.9.5, 10.10.x, and 10.11.3 |
| Maya 2017 x64 | Apple ® Mac OS ® X 10.10.5 and 10.11.x |
| Maya 2018 x64 | Apple ® Mac OS ® X 10.10.5 and 10.11.x |
The requirements above are for the latest version of V-Ray in Maya, but please note that V-Ray 3.6 is available for Maya 2015+, V-Ray 3.3 is available for Maya 2013+ and V-Ray 3.1 is available for Maya 2012+
*Check also the Maya system requirements page: http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Maya.html
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