Separate local subdivision for material editor

[king_max]

Would it be possible to have a separate subdivision/quality setting for the material editor only?
As from the recent vray builds where the the automatic subdivision is enabled by default it takes quite some time to render a preview in the material editor if working with complex ggx shaders. I can always enable "use local subdiv" and set manually the material reflection/refraction subdivision to get a faster preview, but it would be nice if there were a separate "general" setting that would affect only the preview in the material editor.

[oophus]

+1. Noticed this my self.

[vlado]

Ok, will see what can be done about it.

Best regards,
Vlado

[king_max]

Nice! Thank you!

[Dave_Wortley]

Anyway the shaderball can use the progressive sampler instead? Especially when you have a magnify window open to look at the shader ball at a bigger size, this would be very useful.

[king_max]

It would be even better if you could assign Vray RT for the shader ball!

[vlado]

It would be even better if you could assign Vray RT for the shader ball!

Or this...

Best regards,
Vlado

[dlparisi]

Or this...

Best regards,
Vlado

Ummm, wow. Just wow.

[Ihno]

Haha Santa 2.0 strikes again.
Didn't noticed that its already in the nightlys. Gonna have alot of fun with this
Since its a result of the render alliance api if I remember correctly this is 2017 only right?

[vlado]

Since its a result of the render alliance api if I remember correctly this is 2017 only right?

Yes, for the moment only in 2017. And there is more work to be done for sure.

Best regards,
Vlado

[flat]

This is a true preview rendering !!!

ChaosGroup should separate the project of V-Ray RT GPU.
I think that the preview which is not equal at all is unnecessary.

[bardo]

I hope this could give to the blender users the opportunity to have a rendered preview like Cycles..

Good job Chaos

[vlado]

ChaosGroup should separate the project of V-Ray RT GPU.

This is the goal, yes - to have the regular V-Ray on the one hand, and V-Ray GPU on the other; with both renderers usable in both production and interactive mode.

Best reagrds,
Vlado