best renderers?

[Izmal]

finalRender, V-Ray, Brazil r/s,illustrate,Renderman,mental ray,...etc

all of these renderer...have you guys heard about it?have you used it?i would like to know/gather your own summary and knowledge about the renderers that you knew. (debug,pros and cons..whatever):bowdown:

:buttrockx My summary :

brazil - heard a lot about it, used the trial..hope to purchase the full version soon. (love the effects)
illustrate - good cartoon shader(vector)...illustrator,swf file.
v-ray - dont know?
finalrender - havent try it...soon
mental ray - good for metal shines stuff..from discreet.
renderman - pixar's..but never tried it before.

thanks in advance for your reply.:thumbsup:

[Stryker]

I think each of them is good :thumbsup: All depends on that you want. My choice is V-Ray. Fast and convenient render!

BTW: V-ray - http://www.chaosgroup.com

:beer:

[Izmal]

Check out this link....there are so many renderers out there!:buttrockx http://www.pointzero.nl/renderers/

*plz share any links or comment about any renderers that you use!thanks....:angel02:

[Pyros]

I usually stick with the default renderer... because I didn't have the time to try others... Latelly I've been trying out brazil and look really good, but haven't been able to master all of its possibilities...
I'll see if I can try out more and comment...

[Bazza]

would you reccomend using one of theese renderers or can you get good enuff results with the default renderer?

[Izmal]

not really...from my opinion, renderers help you with the final product/results(quality).example a more photorealistic or cartoon look.it depends.the default renderers done a good job...but, if you want other result..renderer do helps.:togo:
its up to the user eventually....
*hey...i've just tried Brazil..i dont realize that there are a lots of renderers that support max out there.
:coolp:

[Pyros]

Bazza, don't sweat it... it's not an obligation to try other render engines, but if you have the time, give them a chance because you'll be amazed of what you can do with them...
The real issue here is that we all know that we can do better than the last image we've produced, so if there are tools that will make it easier for to improve ourselves, be sure we will at least try them!!!
Good Luck!!!

[Sokratas]

Lots of nice renders in world !!! but I don't have time to check them all.. It takes a LOT of time. Brazil is da best !

[Bazza]

cool, i think i'll stick with the default for now then and give a few others a try another time :)

[Sartor]

There are some very nice ones:

Brazil - It's awesome for it's effects and it's artistic touch
True Space - Nice for that video game render style
Mental Ray - Nice for realistic drawing look a-like
VRay - Fast, smooth and powerfull. Architecture's best for me

[FrEeZeR Boy]

I actually didn't know that renderman supported 3ds max... I thought it was only for maya... or am i wrong?

[denes_isti]

I tryed the Brazil beta test plugin and it looks great, the only wrong with it is that on the top and on the bottom of my pics it puts on its logos and stuff like that, so you can only see the center of the pic. Anyone knows how can I take it off, because I don't have 1200 dollars the full version.

[Izmal]

no...i dont think so.that is the public test version(trial)...but i heard a few of them told me that you can find it in Kazaa but i dont recommend you to do so...better buy the full verison,its worth it!:D

[denes_isti]

Don't you know a exactly the site, where I can do that. I know the full version is worth its prize, but it's too expensive for me.

[Stoner~]

so, how much does the Brasil Full version cost?