Maxwell Render 3.1 will also support the UDIM UV offset format used by textures created in Mari. The release will also implements other VFX-friendly features, including a new worfklow for translating familiar, but non-physically based, lighting setups – such as spot lights – into Maxwell equivalents. New features in the update, which will be free to registered users, include support for the OpenVDB format for volumetrics, developed at DreamWorks, and widely used in visual effects. The announcement was made last month, but we missed it until it popped up on the new Maxwell Render blog. Next Limit has unveiled Maxwell Render 3.1, the latest update to the physically based renderer, adding support for OpenVDB, Mari’s UDIM texture format, and a new system for rendering skin. Skin rendering – and subsurface scattering in general – will be a focus for Maxwell Render 3.1, along with several new VFX-friendly features.

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