I remember a few times when Vlado has said that he’s not been able to do a few things because of Pixar owning patents on some subdiv technologies. With this recent announcement by Pixar to make their subdiv technology released does this bode well for some new technologies in Vray? OpenSub…

Or was it their stochastic sampling?

Here’s a video on it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3L9BOTEtw

[image] VRay and maya blackhole type material ? Here’s a video on it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3L9BOTEtw It’s not just this technology we’re talking about :slight_smile: That does look bloody impressive though!

[image] VRay and maya blackhole type material ? Here’s a video on it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3L9BOTEtw Semi-sharp creases…nice! Hope that shows up in EditPoly/Turbosmooth soon… -Alan

more backgroud info from neil… http://www.neilblevins.com/cg\_education/opensubdiv\_intro/opensubdiv\_intro.htm

will vray support openSubDiv in the future..? here is a new video.. [Meet the Experts: Pixar Animation Studios, The OpenSubdiv Project]

Already available somewhat in max? Semi sharp creases feature at least. TurboSmooth Pro | Marius Silaghi's Store TurboSmooth Pro is a modifier plugin for 3ds Max which produces nice smooth semi-sharp creases on your models, unlike the ugly creases that the standard TurboSmooth produces…

[image] GTX 680 Performance (vray RT) & DirectCompute will vray support openSubDiv in the future..? Yes. But they will not be a complete replacement for the native V-Ray subdivisions. Best regards, Vlado

But will the native V-Ray subdivisions be Catmul-Clark compatible?

[image] Reminder, Vray exposure in nitrous viewport? But will the native V-Ray subdivisions be Catmul-Clark compatible? In the recent nightlies, there is an option to make them Catmul-Clark compatible, though in most cases, the differences are negligible. We still don’t support creasing though…

Pixar relaxing patent rules on Subdiv Technology.

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Dave_Wortley April 26, 2013, 10:30am 14

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Pixar relaxing patent rules on Subdiv Technology.

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