2006, June 20 - Redviewer 1.3 Now running on ATI and all NIVIDIA FX graphic cards
Get real-time ray traced previews in Autodesk® 3ds Max® / VIZ for €290

Redway3d, the 3D interactive software publisher, announces the availability of Redviewer version 1.3, a new release of its pre-visualization tool for Autodesk® 3ds Max® / VIZ. Powered by the last version of the RED real-time ray tracing technology, Redviewer now runs on all Nvidia and most Ati graphical cards

Redviewer can save up to 30% of time on a 3D production by processing interactive ray tracing in the Autodesk® 3ds Max® / VIZ Viewport. It removes most of the intermediate renderings necessary to tune a CG image. Sold at 290 € until September 30, 2006 (VAT excluded), Redviewer can be paid back just in a few weeks!

Rendering architecture

Architectural scene WIP. 500K triangles, 100 lights dome, area shadows & true reflections, 4 seconds per full screen frame on a single 3Ghz, GeForce 6800 GT, 1Gb RAM computer.

Fully integrated to the Autodesk® 3ds Max® / VIZ user interface, Redviewer supports most of Autodesk® 3ds Max® / VIZ parameters including materials, lights, shadows, reflections and transparencies.

Redviewer v1.3 release highlights

Redviewer v1.3 adds full scene anti-aliasing support to the pre-visualization experience. It can be used to generate high-quality “make preview” movies or directly inside the viewport to catch all small rendering details in a scene. v1.3 although adds a rendering interruption capability, ATI support (beta version), old generation nVIDIA cards support, and memory optimizations.

 Redviewer materials screenshot

Set-up materials interactively

Materials setup is simplified with Redviewer by providing an interactive display for most of Autodesk® 3ds Max® / VIZ materials using per-pixel lighting real-time shaders. Main supported materials and components are: standard, architectural, blend, double sided, multi-sub, ray trace, shell, and shellac materials; all 2D maps, map compositors (composites, mix, and masks) and 3D maps (noise, falloffs…).
Redviewer lights screenshot

Tune scene lights and shadows interactively

Redviewer Interactive lighting capabilities cover all Autodesk® 3ds Max® / VIZ lights (directional, omni, spot, photometric) and mental ray® lights. It displays interactively shadow maps, ray traced shadows, area shadows, alpha and colored shadows as well.

Generate reflection and transparencies interactively

True reflections and transparencies are although interactively displayed within the Autodesk® 3ds Max® / VIZ viewport, making all intermediate renderings useless for tuning.

 Redviewer screenshot - reflections

Compute high quality pre-visualization film up to 50 times faster

Finally, by supporting animations and “make preview” features, Redviewer enables high quality pre-visualization films computed up to 50 times faster than traditional renderer. An immediate feed back can be communicated to the project stakeholder.

Download the english trial version / Check your hardware configuration / Visit the Redviewer gallery

About Redway3d

Redway3d S.A.S. is a 3D interactive software publisher based in Paris. 3D software and middleware commercialized by Redway3d are based on a unique interactive ray tracing technology, the R.E.D. (patent pending). The R.E.D. provides users with a 10 to 50 times faster rendering speed for the same quality delivered by non-interactive rendering engines. For more information, visit the Redway3d website at www.redway3d.com