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COMPONENTS

MAXWELL RENDER

THE CORE RENDER application. Maxwell Render can also be launched from the command line, without displaying the Maxwell GUI. This can be useful for automating certain render tasks, although the new scripting capabilities in Maxwell Render version 2 (and further extended in version 2.5) offer much greater control and functions to automate jobs. Please see the in-depth Command Line description on the Command Line page.

NETWORK RENDERING

The Maxwell Render™ Network system allows jobs to be sent individually to each machine on the net, rendering animations or single frames. It is also possible to let all machines render the same frame and merge the images that have been created at the end of the rendering process. Other useful functions include grouping nodes for exclusive assignment or displaying an image that is being rendered by a specific node.

PLUG-INS

Connecting Maxwell Render to the most popular 3D / CAD and post-production applications. For a complete overview, see Plug-ins

MXED

The Maxwell Render Material editor. A versatile Material Editor with powerful, physically based correct materials.

MAXWELL STUDIO

A sophisticated scene editor with a full 3D environment, offering an alternative workflow to work with 3D applications that do not have a Maxwell plug-in.

GENERAL FEATURES

PHYSICALLY CORRECT
UNBIASED
MAXWELL FIRE
- Fast Interactive Rendering
- Preview scene changes in seconds
- Integrated in plug-ins and Maxwell Studio

MULTILIGHT™
- Adjust in real time emitter intensity and color, Sky and HDRIs.
- Keyframe animated intensities and colors
- Adjustments can be made during or/and after the render is finished.

ADVANCED PHYSICAL SKY SYSTEM
- Aerosols
- Presets
- Real-life parameters
- Sky to HDRI conversion
- MultiLight™ controllable

SKY DOME
HDR/MXI ENVIRONMENT SYSTEM
- Multi-channel control
- MultiLight™ controllable

ADVANCED ILLUMINATION SYSTEM
- Color + Luminance emitters
- Temperature emitters (Kelvin)
- HDR/ MXI emitters
- Luminary pre-sets
- Real-life units
- IES and EULUMDAT support
- Multilight™ controllable

INSTANCING
MOTION BLUR
RESUME RENDER

RENDER CHANNELS
COLOR SPACES
- sRGB, Adobe98, Apple, PAL, NTSC
RENDER LAYERS
- 8/16/32 BITS OUTPUT
- PNG, TGA, JPG, TIFF, JPG2000, MXI, HDR,
  EXR, BMP
COMPATIBLE WITH REALFLOW

MATERIAL FEATURES

STACKED LAYERS
- Stack layers on top of each other
- Create extremely complex materials
- BSDF blending (Normal, Additive)
- Weight mapping

SUBSURFACE SCATTERING
THIN SSS
FRESNEL SIMULATION
SPECTRAL DISPERSION

ADVANCED ABSORPTION AND TRANSMITTANCE
- With attenuation distance
- Mapped (smooth, color)
- Clipped (explicit, black & white)

ADVANCED ANISOTROPY
MATTE MATERIAL
BUMP AND NORMAL MAPPING
COMPLEX IOR FILES

COATING LAYERS
- Thin film interference/ iridescence
- Thickness mapping
- Emission layers

COMPOSITE EMITTERS
DISPLACEMENT

CAMERA FEATURES

SIMULENS™
- Diffraction
- Lens Scattering
- Devignetting
- AA Sharpness setting

SHIFT LENS
POLYGONAL/ CIRCULAR DIAPHRAGM
SHUTTER SPEED
FOCAL LENGTH
FSTOP
DEPTH OF FIELD (DOF)
AUTO EXPOSURE
Z-CLIP PLANES

NETWORKING FEATURES

HYBRID NETWORK support
- Windows 32, Windows 64, Mac OSX and Linux 64

FULL MONITORING
Auto-detect RENDERNODES
COOPERATIVE/ ANIMATION/ SINGLE JOB MODES
BATCH RENDERING/ RENDER QUEUE
PRIORITY CONTROL
SCRIPTING

PLUG-INS

All available plug-ins are compatible with the latest version of Maxwell Render. The plug-ins have their own specific user guides, available on this site.

3D/CAD PLUG-INS SUPPORTED BY NEXT LIMIT TECHNOLOGIES
- 3ds Max, ArchiCAD, Cinema4D, Form·Z, LightWave, Maya, Modo, Rhino, SketchUp, SolidWorks, Softimage.

POST PROCESSING PLUG-INS SUPPORTED BY NEXT LIMIT TECHNOLOGIES
- After Effects, Nuke, Photoshop

PLUG-INS SUPPORTED BY THIRD PARTIES
- Allplan, SolidThinking

For a detailed list of available plugins and host versions, see Plug-ins

For all other applications (AutoCAD, Revit, Blender, etc.) it is possible to bring geometry in one of the supported file formats into Maxwell Studio.

MAXWELL STUDIO

FLEXIBLE SCENE EDITOR as an alternative workflow option.
- Import objects
- Supported file formats: MXS, OBJ, STL, PLY, LWO, XC2, 3DS, DXF, FBX, DAE.
- Set up cameras
- Apply materials
- Set up sky and lights
- Send to render
HIERARCHY support.
FLEXIBLE AND CUSTOMIZABLE UI
REAL TIME OPENGL previews
- Sky/ Sky Dome
- Environment
- DOF indicator

MAXWELL FIRE INTEGRATED
- Preview instantly any changes in your scene

REAL TIME COMPASS/ SUN position
MATERIAL EDITOR
MATERIAL WIZARDS
MATERIAL BROWSER
MXM GALLERY integration
ORTHOGRAPHIC RENDERING
UV MAPPING TOOLS
GOOGLE™ EARTH KML MARKUP support
EXPORT OBJ option

ADDITIONAL CONTENT

The following additional contents are included with the purchase of a Standard license of Maxwell Render.

ACCESS TO 11 3D/CAD PLUG-INS AND 3 POST PRO PLUG-INS, FREE OF CHARGE

VIP ACCESS to the official Maxwell Render forum
- http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum

A FREE PACK OF DOSCH DESIGN HDRIs

A FREE PACK OF ERCO IES LIGHTS

ACCESS TO MAXWELL RENDER RESOURCES website
- http://resources.maxwellrender.com

ACCESS TO ALL CONTENT IN THE MAXWELL RENDER SUPPORT SITE
- http://support.nextlimit.com

FREE MAINTENANCE AND BASIC TECHNICAL SUPPORT for 12 months from the first purchase

THE MAXWELL RENDER SDK

Image courtesy of Stack! Studios

COMPONENTS

MAXWELL RENDER

NETWORK RENDERING

PLUG-INS

MXED

MAXWELL STUDIO

GENERAL FEATURES

PHYSICALLY CORRECT

UNBIASED

MAXWELL FIRE

MULTILIGHT™

ADVANCED PHYSICAL SKY SYSTEM

SKY DOME

HDR/MXI ENVIRONMENT SYSTEM

ADVANCED ILLUMINATION SYSTEM

INSTANCING

MOTION BLUR

RESUME RENDER

RENDER CHANNELS

COLOR SPACES

RENDER LAYERS

COMPATIBLE WITH REALFLOW

MATERIAL FEATURES

STACKED LAYERS

SUBSURFACE SCATTERING

THIN SSS

FRESNEL SIMULATION

SPECTRAL DISPERSION

ADVANCED ABSORPTION AND TRANSMITTANCE

ADVANCED ANISOTROPY

MATTE MATERIAL

BUMP AND NORMAL MAPPING

COMPLEX IOR FILES

COATING LAYERS

COMPOSITE EMITTERS

DISPLACEMENT

CAMERA FEATURES

SIMULENS™

SHIFT LENS

POLYGONAL/ CIRCULAR DIAPHRAGM

SHUTTER SPEED

FOCAL LENGTH

FSTOP

DEPTH OF FIELD (DOF)

AUTO EXPOSURE

Z-CLIP PLANES

NETWORKING FEATURES

HYBRID NETWORK support

FULL MONITORING

Auto-detect RENDERNODES

COOPERATIVE/ ANIMATION/ SINGLE JOB MODES

BATCH RENDERING/ RENDER QUEUE

PRIORITY CONTROL

SCRIPTING

PLUG-INS

3D/CAD PLUG-INS SUPPORTED BY NEXT LIMIT TECHNOLOGIES

POST PROCESSING PLUG-INS SUPPORTED BY NEXT LIMIT TECHNOLOGIES

PLUG-INS SUPPORTED BY THIRD PARTIES

MAXWELL STUDIO

FLEXIBLE SCENE EDITOR as an alternative workflow option.

HIERARCHY support.

FLEXIBLE AND CUSTOMIZABLE UI

REAL TIME OPENGL previews

MAXWELL FIRE INTEGRATED

REAL TIME COMPASS/ SUN position

MATERIAL EDITOR

MATERIAL WIZARDS

MATERIAL BROWSER

MXM GALLERY integration

ORTHOGRAPHIC RENDERING

UV MAPPING TOOLS

GOOGLE™ EARTH KML MARKUP support

EXPORT OBJ option

ADDITIONAL CONTENT

ACCESS TO 11 3D/CAD PLUG-INS AND 3 POST PRO PLUG-INS, FREE OF CHARGE

VIP ACCESS to the official Maxwell Render forum

A FREE PACK OF DOSCH DESIGN HDRIs

A FREE PACK OF ERCO IES LIGHTS

ACCESS TO MAXWELL RENDER RESOURCES website

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