Thea Render 1.5 released

Jul 22, 2015 by CGP Staff

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Solid Iris has announced the release of the latest version of its CPU+GPU renderer for 3DS Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Rhino and Sketchup. New features include:

Fresnel Ramp procedural – replaces the Fresnel curve parametrization for coating and glossy materials, providing a better way to achievie a natural look for a broad range of materials (especially for cloth, such as satin and velvet)
Improved Shadow Catcher – shadows coming from image-based lighting look much more natural now, following image highlights. The sun shadows can also be integrated along with the environment reflections that make the new shadow catcher much more realistic.
Substance Material converter
Colored coating absorption
Section Cuts – clipping planes can be defined giving the possibility to take a “look inside” of your models
Online material repository – new online repository where all official materials can now be found, along with user own creations
Floating Licensing – allows unlimited installations of the software, where users can become dynamically licensed through the license server (typically a machine residing in the local network)

V1.5 is a free upgrade to current owners of the software. New licenses are being offered at a 30-40% discount until August 10. More on Thea Render’s website.