Kray 1.7 - Polyloop

Scratch · 1st January 2007, 11:26

A little animation test made with kray 1.7. rendering time : 2min/frame with an amd dualcore 4400 +... Awesome

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Copy and paste the link if it don't works.

http://xoomer.alice.it/engramstudios/HowardB_Room.avi

The thread link :

http://www.newtek.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61224

Happy new year

tonymax · 1st January 2007, 13:38

thats a cool animation... is kray a plugin renderer for LW....

Scratch · 1st January 2007, 14:16

Yes, this is a render Engine for lightwave.

Here is the link to the official site :

www.kraytracing.com

Pete Exxtreme · 1st January 2007, 16:11

It's cheaper than Fprime it seems (i don't know if they are comparable), but as far as i know both don't deal with LW9 nodes...

Butch · 4th January 2007, 10:39

Seems that Kray will finaly be an GI engine thas been missinh in LW for all this years.
Anyone tried it?

Scratch · 4th January 2007, 11:49

Hi,

I have tried the version 1.6 and this is a very good render engine. The only problem is that the doc is a little poor. But with the v1.7 the doc is about to be rewrite.

You can try the demo version 1.6. You can download here :

www.kraytracing.com

This is a full time unlimited version. The only little little little limitation is that it appear a very fine black strip with the rendering time to the bottom of pic.

Enjoy

Butch · 4th January 2007, 12:23

Does it have network rendering option, distirbutive rendering that is?

Scratch · 4th January 2007, 13:45

Yes, in the v1.7. Up to 128 threads(with the same licence he he he)

Not in the 1.6

Butch · 4th January 2007, 14:43

Great!
What about speed?!
Do you find it fast?

Scratch · 5th January 2007, 00:49

I have not compared to other engine but I thing it is fast for this kind of render. And
the next version is faster. And the results are awesome.

Scratch · 23rd January 2007, 23:25

Hi,

Look at this animation made with lightwave+Kray... Very cool tests. I like very much the first...

http://www.kraytracing.com/index.php...al=2&details=1

Bye

ronjurman · 24th February 2007, 04:07

An interesting note from the Kray manual (which is available for download) Features: page 3:

"Features

Kray is not just a plug-in. It is a complete rendering system that can render even if you don’t have LightWave installed on your computer. Kray reads LightWave scene/object files directly."

I wonder how this works ...

rj

P.S. It doesn't. Quick search turned up similar question to developers. It 'was' standalone, previous to version 1.6. It isn't anymore. Sad.

1st January 2007, 11:26	#1 (permalink)
Scratch Extrusion Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 173	Kray 1.7 A little animation test made with kray 1.7. rendering time : 2min/frame with an amd dualcore 4400 +... Awesome. Copy and paste the link if it don't works. http://xoomer.alice.it/engramstudios/HowardB_Room.avi The thread link : http://www.newtek.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61224 Happy new year __________________ Lightwave and Hexagon user

1st January 2007, 14:16	#3 (permalink)
Scratch Extrusion Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 173	Yes, this is a render Engine for lightwave. Here is the link to the official site : www.kraytracing.com __________________ Lightwave and Hexagon user

1st January 2007, 16:11	#4 (permalink)
Pete Exxtreme Lick it up Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Thonon/France Posts: 4,615 Images: 21	It's cheaper than Fprime it seems (i don't know if they are comparable), but as far as i know both don't deal with LW9 nodes... __________________ Toute faute de frappe ou erreur de syntaxe sont dues a un clavier rebelle à toute forme d'autorité. LightWave 9 \| Hexagon 2 My gallery

4th January 2007, 11:49	#6 (permalink)
Scratch Extrusion Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 173	Hi, I have tried the version 1.6 and this is a very good render engine. The only problem is that the doc is a little poor. But with the v1.7 the doc is about to be rewrite. You can try the demo version 1.6. You can download here : www.kraytracing.com This is a full time unlimited version. The only little little little limitation is that it appear a very fine black strip with the rendering time to the bottom of pic. Enjoy __________________ Lightwave and Hexagon user

4th January 2007, 13:45	#8 (permalink)
Scratch Extrusion Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 173	Yes, in the v1.7. Up to 128 threads(with the same licence he he he) Not in the 1.6 __________________ Lightwave and Hexagon user

1st January 2007, 13:38	#2 (permalink)
tonymax NURBS Booleans are your friend Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 117	thats a cool animation... is kray a plugin renderer for LW....

4th January 2007, 10:39	#5 (permalink)
Butch Extrusion Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 171	Seems that Kray will finaly be an GI engine thas been missinh in LW for all this years. Anyone tried it?

4th January 2007, 12:23	#7 (permalink)
Butch Extrusion Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 171	Does it have network rendering option, distirbutive rendering that is?

4th January 2007, 14:43	#9 (permalink)
Butch Extrusion Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 171	Great! What about speed?! Do you find it fast?

5th January 2007, 00:49	#10 (permalink)
Scratch Extrusion Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 173	I have not compared to other engine but I thing it is fast for this kind of render. And the next version is faster. And the results are awesome. __________________ Lightwave and Hexagon user

23rd January 2007, 23:25	#11 (permalink)
Scratch Extrusion Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 173	Hi, Look at this animation made with lightwave+Kray... Very cool tests. I like very much the first... http://www.kraytracing.com/index.php...al=2&details=1 Bye __________________ Lightwave and Hexagon user

24th February 2007, 04:07	#12 (permalink)
ronjurman Box modeling Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 201	An interesting note from the Kray manual (which is available for download) Features: page 3: "Features Kray is not just a plug-in. It is a complete rendering system that can render even if you don’t have LightWave installed on your computer. Kray reads LightWave scene/object files directly." I wonder how this works ... rj P.S. It doesn't. Quick search turned up similar question to developers. It 'was' standalone, previous to version 1.6. It isn't anymore. Sad. Last edited by ronjurman; 24th February 2007 at 04:24.

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