— Announcing —
Maxwell Render 2 for Rhino

** New ** Maxwell Render 2 for Rhino offers significant improvement in Quality, Speed and Noise Reduction; plus new Workflow enhancements .....And much more.....

Major Quality Improvements

Maxwell Render 2 offers significant improvements in:

Colour output
Emitters
Dielectrics
Bump / normal mapping
Light distribution
Sunlight
Sub Surface Scattering
Sub-surface scattering (diffuse light transmitting materials such as wax or skin)
Multilight: Multilight at material level instead of at object level; Better and more interactive UI; Export to video options improved; New Color Multilight option.

Major improvements in Speed and Noise Reduction

Maxwell Render 2 has achieved improvements through optimizations in:

dielectrics
caustics
complex materials
sky
IBL / HDRIs
mirrors
emitters

Channels Output

New channels supported

Pipeline Integration

Better adaptation for pipeline integration through the command line:

Standardization of returned error messages
Added verbosity levels
MANY MORE “minor” improvements.

Improvements in plug-ins

All Maxwell Render plug-ins have been improved and enhanced.

Improvements in Studio UI

Major improvements in Studio UI:

More flexibility
Easier to use
Dockable panels
Embedding/ replacing materials
More powerful
More efficient
New wizards

New File Formats Supported

FILE FORMATS that can be imported:

FBX format
Collada format now supported
BETTER HANDLING of missing textures and files.
MANY MORE “minor” improvements.

— Announcing — Maxwell Render 2 for Rhino