Maxwell Render

With Maxwell Render it is possible to create interactive "snapshots" from the current frame and studio-quality previews from entire your simulations inside RealFlow. All of RealFlow's physical nodes (particles, meshes, mist, objects, RealWave surfaces) are supported. We have also added several → materials for instant use.

You have to differentiate between three basic modes:

• "Maxwell Interactive". This mode is also called "FIRE". RealFlow creates a temporary render of the current frame that cannot be saved. When you change → viewport perspective, → lighting, and → materials the render will be updated in realtime.
• "Maxwell Preview". RealFlow renders the entire simulation frame by frame. The result is stored as an image sequence and can be viewed in the → "Movie Player".
• "Render". If you want to create a render from a single frame or an animation with a fully-featured user interface click on the appropriate button in the "Render" shelf.

An example image made with "Maxwell Interactive".

Furthermore you can

• adjust your lighting environment (physical sky with sun position, or image based lighting),
• define the render's quality (quality level, render engine, sampling level)
• export channel maps (Alpha, velocity, normal)

The "Maxwell Scene Preferences".

Global settings and adjustments, valid for every scene, are available under

→ Preferences > Preview > Maxwell Options

If you want to change the render engine's parameters for an individual scene go to

→ Render shelf > Maxwell Scene Preferences (Ctrl/Cmd + M)