Official Release
Date - July 14, 2022
New Features
Clouds
- Implemented Cloud system to the Physical Sky environment model.
Details
Color Corrections
- Implemented Filmic Tonemapper(Hable, AMPAS), Hue/Saturation and Contrast color corrections in the Post tab. Details
Textures
- Support for animated textures(image sequences)files. Have to manually update on desired frame using Update sequence button(
) when not in Live Link or offline rendering.
Details
Performance
Overlays
- Added composition grid overlays: Rule of Thirds, Central Cross, Golden Spiral, Golden Ratio and Diagonals. Available from the Composition guides overlay (
)button in the top toolbar.
Details
Modified
Output
EXR files now store camera exposure.
UX/UI
Shortcut for HQ render dialog opening. Default is Ctrl+R.
- Functionality to copy the viewport to the clipboard with Ctrl+C shortcut.
- Implemented sliders for Color Corrections in the Post tab.
- Improved the UI responsiveness while the HQ Render setup dialog is open.
- Separated Bump and Normal mapping render options.
- Disabled file actions (e.g. Open Scene, Reload Scene) while in Live Link session.
- Misleading error message when a scene file is corrupted.
- Wrong reporting of geometry statistics in various cases (live link, deleting objects, V-Ray Proxy).
Tools
Render Animation with Chaos Vantage UI shows the correct FPS from Max.
Fixes
.vantage file
- 'Original camera' thumbnail not being properly displayed after loading file.
Performance
- GPU memory for a VRayProxy not being freed after the proxy is deleted.