when will we get our mitts on the next release Vlado ? 
:!: :!: :!: WE CANT WAIT ANYMORE :!: :!: :!: :lol: :lol: :lol:
ehehe 
It will be some more time guys - the new features need to be polished up a bit - but they are coming soon. If you really, really really need any of them - you can email me.
Best regards,
Vlado
hear that sound? thats the sound of 500 people emailing chaos with their âmust have latest vrayâ story. :lol:
Damn, I only really, really need it. Iâm one really short.
Damn, I only really, really need it. Iâm one really short.
Really? Really really need it? Matter of life and death? I mean⌠what if you didnât know about it existing. Wouldnât you try to find some solution to make it work? While it sucks, I live without Vray at work everyday. The fact is, in Renderman, we fake so much all the time.
Ok⌠Iâm just kidding around. But sometimes when I see emails from people crying for the latest feature Iâm reminded of the little kids in grocery stores crying to their mothers about how they really really need to have that toyâŚ
It was a joke, just a comment on Vladoâs âreally, really, reallyâ comment. I tend to agree with you about people âneedingâ the latest upgrade and features. Granted, Iâll be one of the first to download any new build, but itâs because I âwantâ it, not that I âneedâ it. Weâre never satisfied.
David
Muuuuuuuuuuuummmm
I really neeeeeeeeed that physical skyâŚIâll be a good boy 
I was kidding too⌠those new features are s-huh-weeeeeet! the physical camera gives me a⌠well⌠you know.
and the Dirt shader⌠yes it is called a dirt shader not an AO shader. Iâm happy that it is called a dirt shader more then it even being a new feature.
and the dome light that now takes HDRIs
need I go on?
physical sky is cool⌠but to be real honest, I would rather control it myself the old fashion way.
not 500, but more like 50000
Deny of service, poor computer
same here. I need another way to calculate AO like I need a kick to the jimmyâŚnow a dirt shader though⌠8)
could someone explain me what is the magic behind a physical camera ? 
thank you
I can only tell you what I know based on what I saw. The camera actually has the same physical properties (and therefore variables) as a real camera. The variables include film size (such as 35 mm), lens size (such as 20mm) aperture size such as (F8), focus such as (100 m), then you can add the âperfectingâ of the glass such as the bulging. So a fisheye lens will have the bulging. It also works directly with the DOF effect in a correct way. Basically it refracts the entire image through the lens of a virtual camera that has all the properties of a camera of the real world. The only âimperfectionâ that I did not see was vignetting and chromatic aberration. Not sure if Vlado is considering add these features⌠personally all I want in a camera like that it already has. I would rather add the vignetting in post (if at all), and the chromatic aberation just means you got a really cheap camera.
but does it come with a flash so you can do camera flash imagery ?
Oh, please, no chromatic aberration. Like you said cpnichols this is what you donât want in a camera!
God forgive me because Iâve sin. I was thinking about leaving 3dsmax and messing with Maya. But now with next vray realase I know I was wrong. :lol:
Well with the new Vray for Maya, you may not need to worry about that. I have to say, Both Maya 7 and Max 8 seem great.
well I was trying Maya but I guess I will never get itâs âshader editorâ many, many settings for every single thing, missing renderable lines thing (try to make huge amount of railings with maya :). Iâm really looking forward to see max 8 and Iâm hoping for some tiny viewport speed improvements. Maybe Autodesk will surprise us. Well itâs good to have hope right? After reading a lot on forums how people are dissapointed with max 8 announcement Iâm a bit afriad that soon many studios decide to leave max and if I donât start to learn Maya there wonât be any place for me to work anymore. Believe me it really makes me having nightmares when I sleep.