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The V-Ray Frame Buffer (VFB 2) is a second generation V-Ray virtual frame buffer.

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Since V-Ray 5, update 1, onward, the old V-Ray Frame Buffer is no longer supported.

The VFB is much more than a render image holder window, with Light Mix capabilities for modifying the scene lighting after rendering and Layer Compositing for a higher level of post-processing adjustments.

  • Image preview:
    Loads render elements channels via a dropdown list;
    Works with display corrections;
    Loads various 8bit and 32bit file formats, including V-Ray resumable files;
    Image comparison between 2 or 4 renders;
  • Image management:
    Keeps the rendered image in full 32-bit floating point format;
    Can store history of rendered images with their post rendering corrections;
    Can save corrected output to various image formats;
  • Image editing and post processing:
    Add Color Corrections to rendered image and its elements;
    Layer Compositing for anything from a simple Back to Beauty workflow or advanced compositing;
    LightMix adjustment of the scene lighting after rendering the image;
  • Scene editing:
    Can modify actual lights values by transferring updated intensity and color from LightMix mode;
  • Render management:
    Denoiser control;
    Region rendering control and test resolution;
    Allows you to choose the order in which the buckets are rendered.
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||V-Ray Toolbar|| > VFB button

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||V-Ray Menu|| > Show V-Ray VFB

 

V-Ray Update

If a newer version of V-Ray is available, you are notified by a button in the VFB toolbar. For more information, see the V-Ray UI page.

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VFB Menu

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The V-Ray Frame Buffer menu holds the main frame buffer commands. Some of the options are also available in the VFB toolbar for a quick access.

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When first opening the Collaboration tab, click anywhere in the tab to upload the current image in the VFB to Chaos Cloud Collaboration. Following that, you can upload other images via the Upload image to Chaos Collaboration  button button or some of the other options provided by the VFB.

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Open in browser – Opens the uploaded images in Chaos Cloud Collaboration.

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A direct upload of images by dragging them It is also possible to directly drag the images from the Explorer to the Collaboration tab is also possible.

 


Render Region

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Region rendering can be used in both IPR and Production modes to isolate only part of the frame for rendering. Usually, when a render region is used, you would like to save the whole frame instead of the region only.

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