What's New in V-Ray 5, update 1

Multiple additive Dome Lights

You can now render multiple dome lights at the same time. Direct support in Light Mix makes it easier than ever to fine-tune the results.

Pixel-perfect masks in the V-Ray Frame Buffer

Make pixel-perfect adjustments to your image without re-rendering. You can now use any of V-Ray's masking render elements—Cryptomatte, MultiMatte, Wirecolor, and Object/ Render/ Material IDs—to select and fine-tune parts of your render.

See Masks

Chaos Cosmos

Chaos Cosmos content library is a large collection of high-quality, render-ready 3D assets that quickly add believable entourage to your interior or exterior scene. With native V-Ray materials, they are easy to customize with the 3ds Max Material Editor.

See Chaos Cosmos Browser

Advanced material override

The new material override option preserves a scene's original opacity, bump, refraction and self-illumination, giving you even more creative control.

Аuto-translation of Physical Materials

Autodesk's Physical Materials are auto-translated to V-Ray materials without additional conversions.

Progressive caustics

V-Ray's new progressively calculated caustics achieve real-world reflections and refractions in less time. Easier to set up, without the need for pre-calculated photon maps.

See Caustics

New V-Ray Material translucency

Create true translucent materials with the updated V-Ray Material. Now with built-in volumetric subsurface scattering, it’s easier than ever to render realistic skin, plastic, wax, and more.

Improved V-Ray Material in viewport

Representations of V-Ray materials in 3ds Max viewports are now closer to the final render, giving you a better idea of how your results will look.