Maxwell Render is a rendering engine that accepts models and scenes created in 3D or CAD applications. Several of these applications are directly supported through a Maxwell Render plug-in; others can be used in conjunction with Maxwell Render by importing the geometry into Maxwell Studio, a component of the software.

About Version 2

The first information Maxwell Render developers revealed showed examples of improvement in speed and noise reduction, with 2x to 5x factors possible, sometimes more. They have also revealed significant improvements in Quality, and new Workflow enhancements, and have created a section called "And much more" to highlight more specific additions in V2.

In this announcement they have also added an example of HDR environment lighting improvements to the Speed/ noise section, an image showing improvements in metals to the Quality section, and examples of the new Stacked Layers and IES lights features to And much more.

More Information at www.maxwellrender.com. Image Courtesy of Kentaro Kaneko, and Video Next Limit S.L.