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2Sided Material
This page provides some details on the settings available for the Translucent Two-Sided Material in V-Ray.
Materials
7.00.02
What's New
7.10.00
What's New
7.10.01
Official release, V-Ray 7, update 1, hotfix 1
What's New
ACEScg Workflow Setup
This page explains the proper ACEScg color space workflow with V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Tutorials
Additional Tools
This page provides links and information on all the external tools installed with V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Tools
Advanced Installation Methods
This page provides information about the advanced installation methods that V-Ray for Cinema 4D offers.
Installation and Licensing
Advanced Light Path Expressions
Now that we've looked at how LPEs work and know the basics let's look at some advanced concepts and more ways to use LPEs.
Render Elements
Al Surface Material
This page provides information about the V-Ray Al Surface Material in Cinema 4D.
Materials
Al Surface Node
This page provides information about the Al Surface node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
Ambient Light
This page provides information about the Ambient light in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Lights
Areas Tab
The Areas tab is part of the Chaos Scatter properties.
Chaos Scatter
Atmospheric Effects RE
This page provides information about the V-Ray Atmospheric Effects render element in Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Background RE
This page offers information about the V-Ray Background Render Element in Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Beauty RE
This page gives some basic details about the Beauty render preset and how it may be re-assembled in a composite using its component elements.
Render Elements
Beginner's Guide to Interior Design Rendering
This series of video tutorials guides you through the process of building an interior design, shading, lighting, rendering with V-Ray for Cinema 4D, and more!
Tutorials
Bitmap Node
This page provides information about the Bitmap node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Blend Material
This page introduces you to the V-Ray Blend Material, which allows the stacking and blending of different V-Ray materials together.
Materials
Blend Node
This page provides information about the Blend node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
Bump Material
This page provides details on how to use the optimized Bump Material in V-Ray.
Materials
Bump Node
This page provides information about the Bump node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
Bump Normals RE
This page provides information about the Bump Normals Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Bump to Glossiness
This page provides information about the Bump to Glossiness node texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Camera Clipping Tab
The Camera clipping tab is part of the Chaos Scatter parameters.
Chaos Scatter
Camera Overrides
This page provides information about the Camera Overrides Render Settings in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Settings
Cameras
Uses real-world camera settings such as f-stop, focal length, and shutter speed to set up the virtual CG camera
Overview
Car Paint 2 Material
This page offers information about the V-Ray Car Paint 2 material in Cinema 4D.
Materials
Car Paint 2 Node
This page provides information about the Car Paint 2 node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
Caustics
This page offers information about the Caustics effect in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Settings
Caustics RE
This page offers information about the Caustics Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Cellular Node
This page provides information about the Cellular node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Chaos Cloud
This page provides information about submitting render jobs to Chaos Cloud from V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Chaos Cloud
Chaos Cloud Collaboration
This page provides information on the Chaos Cloud Collaboration options.
Chaos Cloud
Chaos Cloud Supported Features
Chaos Cloud
Chaos Cosmos Browser
This page gives information about Chaos Cosmos Browser in Cinema 4D.
Overview
Chaos License Quick Start Guide
Floating Licenses can be shared between multiple users and can be used completely online or within a local network, depending on the setup.
Installation and Licensing
Chaos Scatter
This page provides information about the Chaos Scatter plugin in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Overview
Chaos Telemetry
This page provides information on Telemetry for the V-Ray for Cinema 4D Improvement Program.
Installation and Licensing
Checker Node
This page provides information about the Checker node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Classic Materials
By default, the V-Ray materials menu is visible next to the Create menu in the Material Manager.
Materials
Classic Textures
This page provides links to the textures available with V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Coat Filter RE
This page provides information on the Coat Filter Render Element.
Render Elements
Coat Glossiness RE
This page provides information on the Coat Glossiness Render Element.
Render Elements
Coat RE
This page provides information on the Coat Render Element.
Render Elements
Coat Reflection RE
This page provides information on the Coat Reflection Render Element.
Render Elements
Color Arithmetic Node
This page provides information about the Color Arithmetic node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Color Channel Node
This page provides information about the Color Channel node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Color Correction Node
This page provides information about the Color Correction node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Color Management
This page provides information about the Color Management rollout of the V-Ray tab.
Render Settings
Color Mapping
This page provides information about the Color Mapping Render Settings in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Settings
Color Node
This page provides information about the Color node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Color Range Node
This page provides information about the Color Range node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Color to Float Node
This page provides information about the Color to Float node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Color to UVW Node
This page provides information about the Color to UVW Node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Combine Color Node
This page provides information about the Combine Color node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Combine Float Node
This page provides information about the Combine Float node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Common Tab
This page provides information about the Common tab in V-Ray Render Settings in Cinema 4D.
Render Settings
Compose Color Node
This page provides information about the Compose Color node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Condition Node
This page provides information about the Condition node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Config Tab
The Config tab is part of the Chaos Scatter parameters.
Chaos Scatter
Context Nodes
This page provides information on the Context nodes.
Textures
Convert Materials
This page provides information about the Convert Materials Tool.
Tools
Convert V-Ray 3 Scene
This page provides information about the Convert V-Ray 3 scene tool in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Tools
Coverage RE
This page provides information about the Coverage Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Create Custom Cosmos Asset
This page describes the Create Custom Cosmos Asset functionality in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Chaos Cosmos Browser
Creating Dump Files
This page provides assistance for creating dump files.
Supported Features
Credits and Copyrights
This page contains credits and copyrights information related to V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Installation and Licensing
Cryptomatte RE
This page provides information about the Cryptomatte Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Curvature Node
This page provides information about the Curvature node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Denoiser Tool
This page provides information on the V-Ray denoising tool available on all platforms.
Tools
Diffuse RE
This page provides information about the Diffuse Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Direct Light
This page provides information about the Direct Light in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Lights
Dirt Node
This page provides information about the Dirt node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Displacement
This page provides general information about the Displacement sub-section of the Rendering tab of the V-Ray Volumetric Grid.
Volumetrics
Distance Node
This page provides information about the Distance node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Distributed Rendering
This page provides information on Distributed Rendering (DR2) in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Rendering and Post-Processing
Dome Light
This page provides information about the V-Ray Dome Light in Cinema 4D.
Lights
Download Cosmos Assets
This page provides information on the Download Cosmos Assets tool in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Chaos Cosmos Browser
DR Bucket RE
This page provides information about the Distributed Rendering Bucket Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Edges Node
This page provides information about the Edges node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
End User License Agreement
Read the full text of the End User License Agreement at chaos.com/eula.
Installation and Licensing
Environment Fog
This page provides information about the Environment fog in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Volumetrics
Environment Overrides
This page provides information about the Environment Overrides Render Settings in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Settings
Exporting V-Ray Scene Files
This page provides information on V-Ray Scene Files (.vrscene) and how to use them in workflows.
Render Settings
Extra Tex RE
This page provides information about the Extra Tex render element.
Render Elements
Falloff Node
This page provides information about the Falloff node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Fast SSS 2 Node
This page provides information about the Fast SSS 2 node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
Fast SSS2 Material
This page provides information about the V-Ray Fast SSS2 Material in Cinema 4D.
Materials
Fire
This page provides general information about the Fire subsection of the Rendering tab of the V-Ray Volumetric Grid.
Volumetrics
Fire Lights
This page provides general information about the Fire Lights sub-section of the Rendering tab of the V-Ray Volumetric Grid.
Volumetrics
Float Arithmetic Node
This page provides information on the Float Arithmetic node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Float to Color Node
This page provides information about the Float to Color utility node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Frame Info
This page provides information about the Frame Info tab of the V-Ray Volumetric Grid.
Volumetrics
Free Trial
If you wish to cancel the subscription, you can do so from the Active Products page of the my.chaos website. The Cancel subscription link is located next to the Auto renewal status.
Installation and Licensing
Fresnel Node
This page provides information about the Fresnel node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Gaussian Splats Tutorial
This tutorial shows the steps needed to generate a Gaussian splat and render it with V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Tutorials
Geometry
Shades X-Particles, ThinkingParticles, and Matrix object.
Geometry
Geometry Instances Particle Type
This page provides information about the Geometry Instances Particle Type for the V-Ray Particles geometry.
Geometry
Geometry Overrides
This page provides information about the Geometry Overrides Render Settings in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Settings
Geometry Tag
This page provides information about the Geometry tag in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Geometry
GI Tab
This page provides information about the GI tab of the V-Ray Render Settings in Cinema 4D.
Render Settings
Global Illumination RE
This page provides information about the Global Illumination render element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Grid Node
This page provides information about the Grid node texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Hair Next Material
This page provides information on the V-Ray Hair Next Material.
Materials
Hair Next Node
This page provides information about the Hair Next node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
Hair Sampler Node
This page provides information about the Hair Sampler node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
How to Create God Rays Effect
This tutorial shows how to create God Rays effect in V-Ray using the Environment Fog feature.
Tutorials
How to Use Matte Objects
This tutorial explains how you can make any object a shadow catcher.
Tutorials
IES Light
This page provides information about the V-Ray IES light in Cinema 4D.
Lights
Image Sampler
This page provides information on the Image Sampler rollout in the Render Settings.
Render Settings
Image to Tiled Multiresolution EXR Converter
This is a tool that is common for all V-Ray installations.
Tools
Import and Export of V-Ray Proxy
This page provides information on the import and export of a V-Ray Proxy in Cinema 4D.
Geometry
Input
This page provides information about the Input tab of the V-Ray Volumetric Grid.
Volumetrics
Installation
This guide is to serve as a reference for installing V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Installation and Licensing
Installation and Licensing
This page provides information on how to get V-Ray up and running.
Overview
Installation from zip
This page describes how to set up your local system so that it loads the files for the correct V-Ray version.
Installation and Licensing
Interactive Tab
This page provides information about the Interactive tab of V-Ray Render Settings in Cinema 4D.
Render Settings
Introduction to Light Path Expressions
If you are not familiar with using Light Path Expressions (LPEs), this page is a good place to start. The sections below explain what LPEs are, how they work, and what are the possible use cases.
Render Elements
Invert Float Node
This page provides information about the Invert Float node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Invert Node
This page provides information about the Invert node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Irradiance Map Viewer
The irradiance map viewer can be used to view, merge, and save irradiance map files created by V-Ray.
Tools
Layered Node
This page provides information about the Layered node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Layers
This page contains information on the Layers panel in the V-Ray Frame Buffer.
Rendering and Post-Processing
Legacy Lights
This page provides information about the legacy lights in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Lights
Lens analysis tool
The lens analysis utility is the primary tool V-Ray supplies for creating, previewing, and editing V-Ray lens files (*.vrlens). It contains a camera distortion analyzer and a tool for correcting/distorting images. The VRLENS files can be used in Cinema 4D, 3ds Max, Maya, etc., to provide realistic (measured) camera...
Tools
Lens Effects Filter Generator
This page describes the Filter Generator for Lens Effects.
Tools
Lens Effects Layer
This page provides information on the Lens Effects layer found in the V-Ray Frame Buffer.
Rendering and Post-Processing
License Agreements and Copyrights
This section contains information on licensing agreements and copyrights for V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Installation and Licensing
Light Lister
This page provides information about the V-Ray Light Lister tool.
Tools
Light Material
This page provides some details on the settings available for the Light Material in V-Ray.
Materials
Light Node
This page provides information about the Light node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
Light Path Expressions
This page provides information about Light Path Expressions.
Render Elements
Light Select RE
This page provides information about the Light Select Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Lighting RE
This page provides information about the Lighting Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
LightMix RE
This page gives information on the VRayLightMix render element.
Render Elements
Lights
This page offers information about the V-Ray Lights in Cinema 4D.
Lights
Lights Overrides
This page provides information about the Lights Override Render Settings in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Settings
Live Link to Chaos Vantage
This page provides an overview of the Vantage Live Link feature in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Overview
Luminaire Light
This page provides information about the Luminaire Light in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Lights
Luminance Node
This page provides information about the Luminance node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Make Shadow Catcher
This page provides information about the Make Shadow Catcher Tool.
Tools
Mask Node
This page provides information about the Mask node texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Masks
The V-Ray Masks are used to refine only selected parts of the rendered image in the VFB. They can be applied to Color correction layers and also to Folders in the VFB layers tree.
Rendering and Post-Processing
Material ID RE
This page provides information about the Material ID Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Material Node
This page provides information about the Material node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
Material Select RE
This page provides information about the Material Select Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Materials
V-Ray for Cinema 4D offers two types of materials - the classic materials and the node materials (available for Cinema 4D versions 21.1 and later only).
Materials
Materials Overrides
This page provides information about the Materials Override Render Settings in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Settings
Matte Shadow RE
This page provides information about the Matte Shadow Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Maxon Noise Node
This page provides information about the Maxon Noise node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Menu Integration
This page provides information on how V-Ray integrates into the standard Cinema 4D menus.
Overview
Mesh
This page provides general information about the Mesh sub-section of the Rendering tab of the V-Ray Volumetric Grid.
Volumetrics
Mesh Light
This page provides information about the Mesh Light in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Lights
Metalness RE
This page provides information about the Metalness render element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Mix Node
This page provides information about the Mix node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Multi Matte ID RE
The Multi Matte ID Render Element isolates objects with specific Multi Matte IDs for compositing purposes.
Render Elements
Multi Matte RE
This page provides information on the Multi Matte Render Element, which creates red, green, and blue selection masks based on an object's Object ID or Material ID.
Render Elements
MultiSubTex Node
This page provides information about the MultiSubTex Node texture.
Textures
Node Materials
This page provides information about the V-Ray Node materials available in V-Ray for Cinema 4D, find out how to create, assign, and use them.
Materials
Node Textures
This page provides information about the Texture nodes in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Noise Max Node
This page provides information about the Noise Max node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Normal Map Node
This page provides information about the Normal Map node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Normals RE
This page provides information about the Normals Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
OBJ GEO PLY to .vrmesh converter
This page describes the ply2vrmesh command-line utility.
Tools
Object ID RE
This page provides information about the Object ID Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Object Select RE
This page provides information about the Object Select render element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Object Tab
The Object tab is part of the Chaos Scatter parameters.
Chaos Scatter
OCIO Node
This page provides information about the OCIO node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Omni Light
This page provides information about the Omni light in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Lights
Onboarding Video Series
This page provides a list of video tutorials that can help new users begin their journey with V-Ray for Cinema 4D. These videos cover all the basics - from getting to know the interface to lighting and adding materials to a scene, all the way to post-production and animating your renders. Each video also provides an...
Tutorials
OSL Material
This page provides information about the OSL Material in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
OSL Material Node
This page provides information about the OSL material node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
Outlines
This page provides information about the Outlines node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Override Material
This page provides information about the V-Ray Override Material in Cinema 4D.
Materials
Override Material Node
This page provides information about the V-Ray Override Material Node in Cinema 4D.
Materials
Overrides Tab
This page provides information about the Overrides tab of the V-Ray Render Settings in Cinema 4D.
Render Settings
Particle Sampler Node
This page provides information about the Particle Sampler node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Phoenix Particle Type
This page provides information about the Phoenix Particle Type for the V-Ray Particles geometry.
Geometry
Physical Camera
This page provides information on the Physical camera attributes.
Cameras
Portable Installation
This page provides information about the portable installation of V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Installation and Licensing
Post-production and Generating Different Types of Images with the VFB
This page provides information on using the V-Ray Frame Buffer for post-production of EXR images rendered in Chaos Cloud.
Chaos Cloud
Preferences V-Ray Menu
This page offers information about the Preferences tab in Cinema 4D.
Menu Integration
Preview
Тhis page provides information about the Preview tab of the V-Ray Volumetric Grid.
Volumetrics
Profiler
This page provides information on the Profiler in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Settings
Quick How-To Tutorials
This page contains several quick tutorials for Cinema 4D.
Tutorials
Ramp Node
This page provides information about the Ramp node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Random Node
This page provides information about the Random node texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Raw Coat Filter RE
This page provides information on the Raw Coat Filter Render Element.
Render Elements
Raw Coat Reflection RE
This page provides information on the Raw Coat Reflection Render Element.
Render Elements
Raw GI RE
This page provides information about the Raw GI Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Raw Lighting RE
This page provides information about the Raw Lighting Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Raw Reflection RE
This page provides information about the Raw Reflection Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Raw Refraction RE
This page provides information about the Raw Refraction Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Raw Shadow RE
This page provides information about Raw Shadow Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Raw Sheen Filter RE
This page provides information on the Raw Sheen Filter Render Element.
Render Elements
Raw Sheen Reflection RE
This page provides information on the Raw Sheen Reflection Render Element.
Render Elements
Raw Total Light RE
This page provides information about the Raw Total Light Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Ray Switch Node
This page provides information about the Ray Switch node texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Rectangle Light
This page provides information about the Rectangle light in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Lights
Reflection Filter RE
This page provides information about the Reflection Filter Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Reflection Glossiness RE
This page provides information about the Reflection Glossiness Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Reflection Highlight Glossiness RE
This page provides information about the Reflection Highlight Glossiness Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Reflection IOR RE
This page provides information about the Reflection IOR Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Reflection RE
This page provides information about the Reflection Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Refraction Filter RE
This page provides information about the Refraction Filter Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Refraction Glossiness RE
This page provides information about the Refraction Glossiness Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Refraction RE
This page provides information about the Refraction Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Release Notes
What's New
Remap Node
This page provides information about the Remap node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Render Elements
This page provides information about the V-Ray Render Elements in Cinema 4D.
Overview
Render ID RE
This page provides information about the Render ID Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Render Settings
This page provides information about V-Ray Render Settings in Cinema 4D.
Render Settings
Rendering
This page provides general information about the Rendering tab of the V-Ray Volumetric Grid.
Volumetrics
Rendering and Post-Processing
Overview
Rendering Overrides
This page provides information about the Rendering Overrides Render Settings in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Settings
Rendering with V-Ray GPU
This page provides information on rendering with V-Ray GPU.
Rendering and Post-Processing
Resumable Rendering Workflow
This page is a tutorial on how to use resumable rendering with V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Tutorials
RGB to HSV Node
This page provides information about the RGB to HSV node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Sample Rate RE
This page provides information about the Sample Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Sampler Info Node
This page offers information about the Sampler Info node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Sampler Info RE
This page provides information about the Sampler Info Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Scanned Material
This page provides information about the V-Ray Scanned Material in Cinema 4D.
Materials
Scanned Node Material
This page provides information about the Scanned node material in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
Scatter Edge Trimming
This page provides information about the Scatter Edge Trimming texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Scatter Textures
This page provides a list of textures aimed at enhancing the Chaos Scatter plugin in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Self-Illumination RE
This page provides information about the Self-Illumination Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Settings Tab
This page provides information about the V-Ray Settings tab of the Render Settings in Cinema 4D.
Render Settings
Shadow RE
This page provides information about the Shadow Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Sheen Filter RE
This page provides information on the Sheen Filter Render Element.
Render Elements
Sheen Glossiness RE
This page provides information on the Sheen Glossiness Render Element.
Render Elements
Sheen RE
This page provides information on the Sheen Render Element.
Render Elements
Sheen Reflection RE
This page provides information on the Sheen Reflection Render Element.
Render Elements
Silent Installation and Uninstallation
This page provides information on setting up and removing V-Ray through a silent installation and uninstallation.
Installation and Licensing
Smoke Color
This page provides general information about the Smoke Color sub-section of the Rendering tab of the V-Ray Volumetric Grid.
Volumetrics
Smoke Node
This page offers information about the V-Ray Smoke Node in Cinema 4D.
Textures
Smoke Opacity
This page provides information about the Smoke Opacity rollout of the V-Ray Volume Grid Rendering tab.
Volumetrics
Softbox Node
This page provides information about the V-Ray Softbox node in Cinema 4D.
Textures
Specular RE
This page provides information about the Specular Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Sphere Light
This page provides information about the Sphere Light in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Lights
Splat Node
This page provides information about the Splat node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Spot Light
This page provides information about the Spot light in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Lights
SSS RE
This page provides information about the SSS Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Start V-Ray
When using the default installation method, V-Ray is installed in the Cinema 4D plugins folder. This means that the V-Ray plugin is loaded automatically when Cinema is started. In this case, all you need to do to start rendering with V-Ray is to change the Render Engine to V-Ray in the Render Settings.
Installation and Licensing
Stochastic Flakes
This page provides details on the settings available for the Stochastic Flakes Material in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
Stochastic Flakes Node
This page provides information about the Stochastic Flakes node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
Stucco Node
This page provides information about the Stucco node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Substance
This page provides information about the Substance node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Supported Features
Cinema 4D shaders marked as baked are supported by V-Ray via the Bake Cinema 4D Shaders option available in Render Settings > Overrides > Textures or via the VRayC4DBake texture.
Overview
Surface Color
This page provides information about the Surface Color texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Surface Scattering Tab
The Surface Scattering Tab is part of the Chaos Scatter parameters.
Chaos Scatter
Switch Material
This page provides information about the V-Ray Switch Material in Cinema 4D.
Materials
Switch Material Node
V-Ray Switch Material node can be used to switch between different materials based on a value sampled from a texture.
Materials
System Requirements
This page provides information on what hardware and operating systems are required for V-Ray to work properly.
Installation and Licensing
TexOSL Node
This page provides information about the TexOSL Node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Texture Baking
This page provides information on texture baking in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Tools
Textures
This page provides links to the textures available with V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Overview
Textures Overrides
This page provides information about the Textures Overrides Render Settings in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Settings
Tiles Node
This page provides information about the Tiles node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Tips
This page provides some extra tips on rendering a V-Ray Volumetric Grid.
Volumetrics
Tools
This page provides information on the V-Ray Tools available in Cinema 4D. For further information on any tool, click on its thumbnail.
Tools
Toon Lighting RE
This page provides information about the Toon Lighting render element.
Render Elements
Toon Material
This page provides information about the V-Ray Toon Material in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
Toon Material Node
This page provides information about the Toon Material Node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
Toon RE
This page provides information on the Toon Render Element.
Render Elements
Toon Specular RE
This page provides information about the Toon Specular Render Element.
Render Elements
Total Light RE
This page provides information about the Total Light Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Transformations Tab
The Transformations tab is part of the Chaos Scatter parameters.
Chaos Scatter
TriPlanar Node
This page provides information about the TriPlanar node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Tutorials
Browse various tutorials for V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Overview
Two Sided Material Node
This page provides information about the Two Sided Material node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
Uninstall V-Ray
This page provides information on uninstalling V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Installation and Licensing
User Attributes Workflow
This page provides a guide to the V-Ray user attributes with two example use cases, which you can try for yourself.
Tutorials
User Color Node
This pages provides information about the User Color Node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
User Integer Node
This page provides information about the User Integer node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
User Scalar Node
This page provides information about the User Scalar node texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
UVW Channel Node
This page offers information about the UVW Channel node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
UVW Object Node
This page provides information about the UVW Object node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
UVW Place 2D Node
This page provides information about the UVW Place 2D node texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
UVW Projection Node
This page provides information about the UVW Projection node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
UVW Randomizer Node
This page provides information about the UVW Randomizer node in Cinema 4D.
Textures
UVW to Color Node
This page provides information about the UVW to Color node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
UVW Transform Node
This page provides information about the UVW Transform node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
V-Ray 5
What's New
V-Ray 6
V-Ray, VRayLightDome, VRayLightIES, VRayLightRectangle, VRayLightSphere, VRaySun
What's New
V-Ray 7
What's New
V-Ray Clipper
This page provides information about the Clipper tool in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Geometry
V-Ray Decal
This page provides information about V-Ray Decal for Cinema 4D.
Geometry
V-Ray Enmesh
This page provides information about the V-Ray Enmesh geometry.
Geometry
V-Ray Environment
This page provides information about the V-Ray Environment tool in Cinema 4D.
Lights
V-Ray Frame Buffer
This page provides information on the V-Ray Frame Buffer and its features.
Rendering and Post-Processing
V-Ray Fur
This page provides information about V-Ray Fur in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Geometry
V-Ray Gaussians
This page provides information about the Gaussian splats geometry in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Geometry
V-Ray Image to EXR Converter
This is a V-Ray application that is common across all V-Ray installations.
Tools
V-Ray Material
This page provides information about VRayMtl in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
V-Ray Material Bump
The Bump tab is part of the V-Ray Material parameters.
Materials
V-Ray Material Coat
The Coat tab is part of the V-Ray Material parameters.
Materials
V-Ray Material Diffuse
The Diffuse tab is part of the V-Ray Material parameters.
Materials
V-Ray Material Node
This page provides information about the V-Ray Material node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
V-Ray Material Options
The Options tab is part of the V-Ray Material parameters.
Materials
V-Ray Material Outlines
The Outlines tab is part of the V-Ray Material parameters.
Materials
V-Ray Material Preview Settings
The Preview Settings tab is part of the V-Ray Material parameters.
Materials
V-Ray Material Reflection
The Reflection tab is part of the V-Ray Material parameters.
Materials
V-Ray Material Refraction
The Refraction tab is part of the V-Ray Material parameters.
Materials
V-Ray Material Sheen
The Sheen rollout is part of the V-Ray Material parameters.
Materials
V-Ray mesh viewer
This page describes the V-Ray Mesh Viewer and its usage.
Tools
V-Ray Particle Type
This page provides information about the V-Ray Particle Type of the V-Ray Particles geometry.
Geometry
V-Ray Particles
This page provides information about the V-Ray Particles in Cinema 4D.
Geometry
V-Ray Scene
This page provides information on the V-Ray Scene in Cinema 4D.
Geometry
V-Ray Sun
This page provides information about the Sun in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Lights
V-Ray Sun and Sky
This page provides information about the V-Ray Sun and Sky system in Cinema 4D.
Lights
V-Ray Tab
This page provides information about the V-Ray tab in V-Ray Render Settings.
Render Settings
V-Ray Toolbar
Tools
V-Ray Toon
This page provides information about the V-Ray Toon Volumetric.
Volumetrics
Vector Product Node
This page provides information about the Vector Product node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
Velocity RE
This page provides information about the Velocity Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements
Vertex Color Node
This page provides information about the Vertex Color node in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
VFB Settings
This page provides information about the V-Ray Frame Buffer settings.
Rendering and Post-Processing
Viewport Display Tab
The Viewport Display tab is part of the Chaos Scatter parameters.
Chaos Scatter
Viewport Interactive Rendering
This page provides information about the Viewport Interactive Rendering in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Rendering and Post-Processing
VolumeGrid
This page provides general information and links about the V-Ray Volumetric Grid.
Volumetrics
Volumetric
This page provides general information about the Volumetric sub-section of the Rendering tab of the V-Ray Volumetric Grid.
Volumetrics
Volumetric Overrides
This page provides information about the Volumetric Overrides rollout of the Render Settings Overrides tab.
Render Settings
Volumetric Rendering In-Depth
This page provides some useful tips for rendering volumetric effects.
Volumetrics
Volumetrics
Atmospheric effect that allows the simulation of participating media like fog and atmospheric dust.
Overview
VRayAColorOp
This page provides information about the V-Ray A Color Operation Texture.
Textures
VRayBitmap
This page provides information on the V-Ray Bitmap Texture.
Textures
VRayC4DBake
This page provides information about the V-Ray C4DBake utility texture.
Textures
VRayCurvature
This page provides information about the V-Ray Curvature shader in Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRayDirt
This page provides information on the V-Ray Occlusion or Dirt Map for Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRayDistance
This page provides information on the V-Ray Distance Map.
Textures
VRayEdges
This page provides information on the V-Ray Edges texture.
Textures
VRayFalloff
This page provides information on the V-Ray Falloff Map.
Textures
VRayFresnel
This page provides information on the V-Ray Fresnel Map.
Textures
VRayHairSampler
This page provides information about the V-Ray Hair Sampler texture in Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRayLayered
This page provides information about the VRayLayered texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRayMix
This page provides information about the Mix texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRayMultiSubTex
This page provides information about the Multi Sub texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRayNormalMap
This page provides information about the V-Ray Normal map in Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRayObjectProperties
This page provides information about the V-Ray Object Properties in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Geometry
VRayOCIO
This page provides information about the V-Ray OCIO texture in Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRayOSL
This page provides information about the V-Ray OSL texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRayParticleSamplerTexture
This page provides information about the Particle Sampler texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRayProxy
This page provides information about V-Ray Proxy in Cinema 4D.
Geometry
VRayProxy File Formats
This page provides information on the files formats supported by V-Ray Proxy objects.
Geometry
VRayRamp
This page provides information about the VRayRamp texture in Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRayRenderableSpline
This page provides information about the V-Ray Renderable Spline tag in Cinema 4D.
Geometry
VRaySamplerInfo
This page provides information about the V-Ray Sampler Info texture in Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRaySky
This page includes details about the Sky texture used for the environment with V-Ray Sun.
Textures
VRaySoftbox
This page provides information about the V-Ray Softbox texture in Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRayTriPlanar
This page provides information on V-Ray Triplanar Texture Mapping.
Textures
VRayUserColor
This page provides information about the VRayUserColor texture in V-Ray Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRayUserInteger
This page provides information about the VRayUserInteger texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRayUserScalar
This page provides information about the VRayUserScalar texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRayUVWChannel
This page provides information about the V-Ray UVW Channel texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRayUVWRandomizer
This page provides information about the UVWRandomizer texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRayUVWTransform
This page provides information about the UVWTransform texture in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Textures
VRmat Material
This page provides information about the VRmat material in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
VRmat Node Material
This page provides information about the VRmat Node Material in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Materials
What's New
What's New
What's New in V-Ray 5
Now from a single render, you can create dozens of lighting scenarios. Change the color and intensity of lights instantly without having to render again.
What's New
What's New in V-Ray 5, Beta
The new layer-based compositor allows you to combine render passes, set blending modes, and adjust colors without going to a separate app.
What's New
What's New in V-Ray 5, update 1
With support for Cinema 4D’s latest node-based material editing system, you can now easily view and manage your entire V-Ray shading network—all the way from creating materials and textures to adding the finishing touches.
What's New
What's New in V-Ray 5, update 2
In addition to high-quality 3D models and HDRI skies, Chaos Cosmos now includes 200 high-resolution V-Ray materials that are ready to render just the way you want. Browse materials >
What's New
What's New in V-Ray 6
Learn more about Environment Fog and Translucency
What's New
What's New in V-Ray 6, update 1
Check out all the new and exciting features that will help you elevate your renders.
What's New
What's New in V-Ray 6, update 2
What's New
What's New in V-Ray 7
What's New
ZDepth RE
This page provides information about the ZDepth Render Element in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Render Elements