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Maxwell Render 2.5 User Manual
Chapter 1. Introduction | 6
graphics terminology, not reality. For example, the settings of the Maxwell Render camera
work and adjust just like the settings of a real camera and the strength of the lights in
your scene is based on real-world units. Because of this, it is straightforward to create and
render scenes, and set-up times are extremely low compared to other renderers.
In addition, Maxwell Render has a truly interactive preview tool, Maxwell Fire (Fast
Interactive Rendering). Maxwell Fire provides instant results while setting up a scene.
You can preview your scene’s lighting and materials in seconds.
Maxwell Render: unrivalled realism
The technology behind Maxwell Render is physically correct and unbiased, enabling users
to create materials, set lights and cameras, and render scenes, all in a hyper realistic
manner resulting in images that are indistinguishable from photographs. Maxwell’s
physically correct creations and data can help architects, designers and VFX supervisors
understand what lighting inside or outside a building would look like once realized, or what
a nal product would look like in production.
Maxwell Render: good value
A Maxwell Render license not only gives you access to the most realistic renderer on the
market, you also get free plug-ins to a wide range of popular 3D and CAD applications,
including Maya, Cinema4D, Rhino and SketchUp, so you can use Maxwell Render while
staying in the comfortable environment of the modeling software you are already familiar
with. For a complete list of available plug-ins go to section 3.01, Plug-ins. You also get
access to an online library of over 3900 free and ready-to-use materials, plus other
resources like textures, skies, free tutorials and community support.
Maxwell Render: a complete package
The Maxwell Render software package provides a complete solution, with a rendering
engine, a fully interactive preview tool (Maxwell Fire), a material editor, an editing
application, and a series of free plug-ins all in one. The application offers a range of features
needed to prepare, edit and render perfect images in a comfortable and straightforward
fashion, such as Multilight, Sub-surface scattering, Stacked materials and Displacement.
Please see below for a complete list of features in Maxwell Render.
Maxwell Render: something for everyone
Maxwell Render is the best solution for users with all kinds of requirements, needs and
backgrounds. For instance, Maxwell Render’s physically correct simulation helps architects
and designers to envisage how natural and articial light will affect their creations.
Automotive-, jewelry- and product designers can work with the thousands of free, ready-
to-use shaders that come with the software. And Maxwell’s realistic lighting enables them
to create images that look like photographs, saving the high expenses of actual studio
shoots and giving a clear idea of what the nal product will look like. Artists in the VFX
and lm industry will nd that Maxwell Render’s robust and easy to use network system
provides the speed and control they need in their complex pipelines and the demanding
environments they work in.
1.03 Complete features list
For a complete overview of all features available in Maxwell Render, please see:
http://www.maxwellrender.com/pdf/featureslist-v2.pdf
For an overview of the new features and improvements in the latest version of Maxwell
Render, please see:
http://www.maxwellrender.com/pdf/whatsnew-v2.1.pdf
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