Chaos Vantage v1.3.0 released

[s.balabanov]

Hello everyone!

There's a new update - v1.3.0. Here are some of the included improvements:

• New feature: NVIDIA AI denoiser (requires driver 466.11 or later)
  • It provides great quality for high quality ("offline") rendering with modest sample counts.
  • There is a new default denoising mode for interactive rendering called "Combined". It combines the Vantage denoiser and NVIDIA AI. It is recommended to set the denoiser at 100% when using "Combined" or NVIDIA AI mode.
• Added support for most animated camera parameters (the floating point values)
• Added support for translucency (Mtl2Sided)
• Added support for object camera/reflection/refraction/GI/overall visibility and cast/receive shadows (MtlRenderStats)
• Added the ability to customize keyboard shortcuts from the Edit menu

You can find the full change log here:
https://docs.chaosgroup.com/x/DgihAw

You can download the update from here:
https://download.chaosgroup.com/?platform=47&product=63

Note about memory usage indication:
There is a bug in Windows currently, that causes memory buffers shared with NVIDIA AI for denoising to be counted as used memory twice. However, the second time it's only virtual memory, it is not physical usage on the GPU. So, the indicated memory use will be somewhat higher than reality, depending on resolution. This is harmless, except when you're near your maximum memory capacity - if "safe allocations" are enabled, it may cause insufficient memory messages before actually reaching the memory limit.

Thank you!
The Chaos Vantage Team

[s.balabanov]

Hello everyone!

Here's a quick video that shows what's new in the update:

Best regards,
The Chaos Vantage Team