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changes.mady.by.user Aleksandar Atanasov

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Columnsrepeat(2, 1fr)
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Columns2width1450px

CSS Stylesheet
@media only screen and (min-width:1550px) {
iframe {
max-width: 600px;
text-align:right;
}
}
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Official Release

Date - July 14, 2022

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alignright
HTML
<iframe width="100%" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/reRF2LlY6jY" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

 



Responsivegridmacro
VAlignmentstart
Columns3width1000px
Gap20px
ClassRespColumns3

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classRespColumns3
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New Features

Clouds

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  • Implemented Cloud system to the Physical Sky environment model.
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    iconinfo
    titleDetails
    urlhttps://docs.chaos.com/display/LAV/Lights+tab#Lightstab-Cloudsettings

Color Corrections

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  • Implemented Filmic Tonemapper(Hable, AMPAS), Hue/Saturation and Contrast color corrections in the Post tab.
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    colorblue
    iconinfo
    titleDetails
    urlhttps://docs.chaos.com/display/LAV/PostColor+Corrections+tabTab

Textures

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  • 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.
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    iconinfo
    titleDetails
    urlhttps://docs.chaos.com/display/LAV/Toolbars#Toolbars-BottomToolbar

Performance

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  • Option for dynamic textures to reduce GPU memory usage.
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    iconinfo
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    urlhttps://docs.chaos.com/display/LAV/Render+tab

  • Experimental option to increase FPS by decreasing sampling quality.
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    iconinfo
    titleDetails
    urlhttps://docs.chaos.com/display/LAV/Render+tab
  • Option to pause rendering after reaching a certain sample level.
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    iconinfo
    titleDetails
    urlhttps://docs.chaos.com/display/LAV/Edit+Menu#

Overlays

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  • 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.
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    iconinfo
    titleDetails
    urlhttps://docs.chaos.com/display/LAV/Composition+Guides+Overlay+Dialog

 

 


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Modified

Output

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  • EXR files now store camera exposure.

UX/UI

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  • 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

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  • Render Animation with Chaos Vantage UI shows the correct FPS from Max.

 

 



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Fixes

.vantage file

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  • 'Original camera' thumbnail not being properly displayed after loading file.

Performance

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  • GPU memory for a VRayProxy not being freed after the proxy is deleted.