New Renderer from NextLimit, Maxwell Render

[natty]

I did ask and they said you can buy it ... no demo .... would you trust a product like a GI renderer without first trying it ? ...yeah i'll have 2 please

[trick]

If the demo takes twice as long as promised, expect the final release around........1st quarter 2006 !!!!, instead of june 2005

If it still takes a month to release the demo....well, worst case scenario you may not survive the final release

Check if you can transfer your license first !!!

[Gijs]

Just mailed them again, and immediately got an answer:

"Keep watching our website the following 1-2 days"

[flipside]

I'm watching, and watching, and watching, and watching,

I see nothing!

[Gijs]

I think he mistyped the -

[trick]

I think he mistyped the -

For a 0, 1, 2 or what

[Gijs]

http://www.maxwellrender.com/gallery/plugs/max.html

Look at the render screen!

It seems that you have to choose a render time rather than a quality. The render result after 5 minutes is visible in the image. Note that this is a 320 x 200 image!

Preorder, yeah right

[natty]

yeah sounds like its time = quality dependant ... did you see ..... 5m 28s of 2h .... 5 mins @ that quality what you see there ... ! .. for 5 mins its very grainy .. so how long do those images take in there gallery ? 2 day's ?

[natty]

sure i'll have 2 please ... naaaa ....dont need to try it first ..

Edit ... Looks like Busy ray to me !! same process .. http://www.busyray.com/

[cocolas]

yeah sounds like its time = quality dependant ... did you see ..... 5m 28s of 2h .... 5 mins @ that quality what you see there ... ! .. for 5 mins its very grainy .. so how long do those images take in there gallery ? 2 day's ?

yeah that is pretty funny......after 5mins and it still looks sooo grainy.....I can't imaging waiting 2 hours for a square table w/ a few objects on it.....no glossies/ refractions/ caustics....etc......hehehehehe :P

I think we're switching to maxwell guys :P ......can't affort to loose such an opportunity.......I'm sure our clients woun't mind waiting half a week for an interior render of a simple room......and maybe a whole week if we add glossy reflections :P

and offcourse...no need to try it first...that screenshot conviced me....

paul.

[percydaman]

I dont think even methuselah would have the patience to wait around for one of those to finish...

[finish]

i think you guys missunderstand the maxwell purpose. i believe (and i can be wrong) they target people who GOT the power to compute highly accurate images, exactly like for reaflow. it's a good thing to see someone pushing mlt to the market so that we can see it at work

[travistlo]

Looks like Busy ray to me !! same proces

Atleast busy ray is free.

[natty]

yeah travistlo thats right ..

[Nenad]

Well, there is a nice little anim (gallery > video > technical) rendered in 15 mins per frame... What do you think of it?