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Iray vs luxus luxrender.

LuzfenixLuzfenix Posts: 57
in Daz Studio Discussion
I wanted to sit down and learn how to use one of these render engines and their shaders materials. But I am not sure which one would be better for me to use. I'd like to get realistic results. I've tried both. And both give the same results without fine tuning any shaders. I see some luxrender stuff that looks real enough for what I'd like. And some iray stuff that looks real enough for what I'd like. I don't really want to learn both though. Which one would be more beneficial to learn?

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  • mikael-aronssonmikael-aronsson Posts: 586

    If you use DS you get IRAY for free and all the updates, and most props these days come with IRAY shaders setup, so if are happy with the result (quality, performance and so on) from both then I would think IRAY would be the best choice.

     

  • LuzfenixLuzfenix Posts: 57
    I do already own luxus luxrender. I bought it before iray came out. I'm not sure I know much about iray. Because it's nvidia. I don't have a nvidia gfx card but the iray works fine. And it takes just as long as luxrender to render
  • prixatprixat Posts: 1,590
    edited July 2016

    If all things are equal in terms of speed, then having Iray built-in, gives it the advantage of not having to re-translate, re-build or re-apply materials (and lights) if you make big changes to your scene.

    The disadvantage of Iray is you lose the network and stop/resume rendering capabilities you have with Luxrender.

    If you have a recent version of C4D then the Iray model is going to be familiar to you as its similar to the new "Reflectance" materials.

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  • LuzfenixLuzfenix Posts: 57
    I do have the new c4d. I'm not getting on with it at all. The textures render all pixelated and with squares everywhere. I've just gotten used to the new reflectance channel in it. I struggled at first tho.
  • areg5areg5 Posts: 617

    Do the Luxrender shaders work with Iray?

  • evilded777evilded777 Posts: 2,465
    areg5 said:

    Do the Luxrender shaders work with Iray?

    No.

     

  • LuzfenixLuzfenix Posts: 57
    areg5 said:

    Do the Luxrender shaders work with Iray?

    I don't think so. And I don't think iray shaders work in luxrender. Which is why I would prefer to just learn one render engine and it's shaders.
  • evilded777evilded777 Posts: 2,465

    I side with Prixat for the same reasons and a few more personal ones that I won't go into.

  • LuzfenixLuzfenix Posts: 57
    I think I'll give iray a go then. I do like the idea of it being built in and not having to jump between software when I change something
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