V-Ray Vision VS Frame Buffer

[georgia_ash]

Hello, I am very new to using V-Ray and I was wondering if someone would be able to inform me of the differences between V-Ray Vision and the frame buffer?

[nikoleta.garkova]

Hi georgia_ash,

V-Ray Vision is a real-time viewer - the engine used is different. Works like a V-Ray Interactive rendering session, but it uses a lightweight 'game engine' so to speak (rasterizer) to visualize a given V-Ray scene, as opposed to a ray-tracer (which is what essentially V-Ray is).
The advantages of Vision are that project changes will be immediately reflected in the Vision viewer but there are still many unsupported V-Ray features and effects. However, sometimes the quality produced is sufficient for a client, which is where it shines.

That being said, as a beginner user it might be better to first get familiar with the core raytracing engine - V-Ray, so you can understand how managing materials, lighting, etc. works. And, of course, you can use Vision at any point, should the produced results satisfy your needs.

To read more about V-Ray Vision, you can visit our documentation portal here: https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/...P/V-Ray+Vision
We've also made a great introduction video about Vision here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-kn...l=ChaosGroupTV

To learn more about V-Ray 5 for SketchUp, you can visit our docs page with essential resources and have a look at one of our webinars to get a better insight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceDV...l=ChaosGroupTV

[georgia_ash]

nikoleta.garkova Thank you very much for explaining that to me that has really helped. Also thank you for the additional materials I have already gone through some of these and my understanding of it is much better now. Many thanks again and kind regards.