Hi, I recently read about the GGX shader:
Are there any plans to bundle this type of shader with V-Ray?
It would be very interesting to have this type of shader built-in.
YHeaaa its fantastic!
Yes, we’ll get to that…
Best regards,
Vlado
Funnily enough, after listening to GW’s 2nd tutorial I did a search for this too. Looks fantastic! Vlado, do you think this will be implemented fairly early on for Vray 3 ?
Yeeeiiiii , Iplement PLZ!
Yes, it’s toward the top of the list…
Best regards,
Vlado
That indeed is great news!
I really, really appreciate the complexity of this, but it would be so useful to have this as an Brdf option in the VRayMtl shader (alongside Blinn, Phong, Ward) rather than a V-Ray plug-in, meaning complete support for all the usual suspects in the VRayMtl shader so that we won’t end up with a “crippled” shader which does not support the same attributes found in the VRayMtl or a “hidden” shader with very hard-to-understand attributes.
I don’t know if this is at all achievable, but I figured I’d just throw it in there.
I also must say, midst all these feature/enhancement requests, that you and your developers are doing such an unmatched feat with developing V-Ray and turning around user feedback into usable features. Keep up the amazing work you do! 
Exactly what I’m planning to do, yes.
Thank you for the kind words!
Best regards,
Vlado
Wonderful!
I noticed that you can create a GGX shader with Maya/V-Ray 3 if you go through this route: create → vray → create from vray plugin → BRDF material
So… may I ask why this isn’t available in the regular VrayMtl node?
It is, in the latest nightlies and the upcoming beta.
Best regards,
Vlado
Oh, that’s absolutely awesome!
We’re usually told that Ward = best for metals while basically everything else should be really blinn.
Is this GGX method a one size fits all?
I’m no expert in this area but I would say ggx works really well for metals and sometimes other highly reflective materials.
Some examples: http://www.shlyaev.com/rnd/37-cpp-category/54-ggx
It’s a bit unlikely. It is good for metals, but you wouldn’t use it for skin, for example.
Best regards,
Vlado