U-Render Visual Technology has released U-Render 2022.4, the latest version of its physically-based ‘really real-time’ render engine for Cinema 4D, adding a new non-photorealistic rendering toolset. Moreover, there’re plenty of other changes include support for Screen Space Global Illumination and multi-materials. U-Render has also discontinued perpetual licenses of the software in favor of annual subscriptions. U-Render promises genuine real-time rendering – the software is designed more like a game engine than a conventional offline renderer – with good support for Cinema 4D’s core features, including MoGraph. It supports PBR materials – standard Cinema 4D materials are automatically converted – with displacement and subsurface scattering; volumetric rendering; and a range of post effects. Now let’s get into details of those improvements and what iRender can offer you to boost render speed with this great render engine.  

Versatile new non-photorealistic rendering toolset

The main new feature in U-Render 2022.4 is the non-photorealistic rendering system, which enables users to render toon-shaded images in real-time. The software’s new NPR material comes with standard controls to adjust the colour ramp, plus a range of interpolation modes, making it possible to create hard-edged bands of color, or smooth color gradients, as well as the Color channel, the NPR material includes Specularity, Emissive, and Rim Light channels, so the toon-shaded highlights respond both to material properties and scene lighting. It is also possible to combine the base color gradient with bitmap textures or Cinema 4D’s native noises.

In addition, artists can apply toon outlines to renders: either at the outline of the model; at material or color boundaries; or based on the angle and distance of an edge from the camera, to generate internal details. Outlining can also be applied to the standard PBR material, creating interesting hybrid looks.

 SSGI, multi-materials & new sharpening filter

Other new features include support for Screen Space Global Illumination (SSGI) for indirect lighting effects, support for multi-materials, and a new sharpening material, aimed at rendering for print. There is also a new online library of assets – mainly tutorial and demo scenes – to download for free. Perpetual licenses now discontinued in favor of annual subscriptions. U-Render has also changed its licensing model, discontinuing perpetual licenses in favor of subscriptions. Annual subscriptions cost around €249/year – the exact cost varies from country to country, depending on local taxes – or $275/year in the US, compared to €299 for an old perpetual node-locked licence. This renderer  is available for Cinema 4D R20+ running on Windows 10 only. It should work with any modern Nvidia or AMD GPU. You can find a list of GPUs that U-Render has tested here.

Processor Requirements

• 64-bit Intel or AMD x64-based processor, 2 GHz or faster
• 8 GB or more of RAM
• 64-bit Windows 10
• 1 GB of available hard-disk space for 64-bit installation. Additional free space required during installation and for optional, additional materials
• at least 1920 x 1080 display resolution with 32-bit color
• Cinema4D R16 – R24

It has fully integrated real-time rendering. You can choose to send the scene to the standalone U-RENDER studio for rendering as well.

Graphics Processor Requirements

• GPU: AMD or NVIDIA
• 3 GB or more of graphics VRAM (8 GB or more recommended to run with Cinema4D)
• OpenGL 4.5 capable
• Multi-GPU setups (NVIDIA SLI, AMD Crossfire) are not supported

This renderer uses OpenGL, so it is GPU-based. It uses rasterization – like game engines – to achieve render times within milliseconds. Therefore, GPU is the most important factor for performance in U-Render.

U-Render only supports single graphic card. The reason is that multiple graphic cards CANNOT work together to render a single frame using rasterization, so the render capabilities will be affected when it benefits from high VRAM capacity. If this engine is your primary application, then we recommend using NVIDIA Geforce graphics cards as they generally have higher performance at a lower cost. The best NVIDIA GPUs for rendering are RTX 3060 Ti (4864 CUDA Cores, 8GB VRAM), RTX 3070 ( 5888 CUDA Cores, 8GB VRAM), RTX 3080 ( 8704 CUDA Cores, 10GB VRAM), and RTX 3090 ( 10496 CUDA Cores, 24GB VRAM). 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time. We will be ready to help you in any way!  Become a member of the iRender community today to stop wasting pointless hours of rendering. Always at the forefront of cutting-edge graphics technology, we do the rendering, the creativity is yours!

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Modern architecture is evolving at a rapid pace, and there are more options than ever before for presenting your ideas to others. That has always been an issue for architects since the complex designs in their thoughts have a hard time translating to paper in a way that the customer understands.

When we obtained access to new technology, which we will cover below, the concept of displaying your ideas became easier. It’s worth noting that the program is no longer as expensive as it was when it initially appeared, and it’s now much more accessible to the general public.

In this article, we’ll go over the fundamentals of both architectural visualization and real-time ray tracing and rendering, as well as why they’re important.

The act of putting your project idea to paper, or, as we’ll refer to it in this article, a 3D model, is known as architectural visualization. It’s the most effective technique to communicate what’s on your mind to the customer without causing any misconceptions.

Allowing the customer to view the 3D model reduces the number of second thoughts and adjustments that they may want to make after the project has already begun and the construction company has begun working.

It saves time because there are techniques to speed up the visualization process, and it gives both you and the consumer a clear picture of what you’re after, allowing all parties involved to make changes while it’s still simple to do so.

It works like this: you may use a tool to render your 3D model and include as many elements as you like, from the surroundings and backgrounds to textures and lighting, resulting in a realistic and stunning image that the consumer can explore. That way, people can tell you right away what they enjoy and what they think should be improved.

Smaller models of furniture, paintings, and other accessories can be added to create a virtual tour of your 3D model that you can take them on to show them what you’ve envisaged. It’s also not just for the consumer; you can utilize the 3D model to think about what further could be added based on your efforts.

Here, we’ll go through a few of the most popular architectural visualization apps and why you should give them a try. When it comes to realizing your ideas, the program you choose can make all the difference, so choose one that complements both your architectural and aesthetic viewpoints.

Artlantis

Artlantis is a visualization application designed exclusively for architects and designers to bring their concept to life in a high-definition, realistic representation. It has powerful shaders and photo-realistic models that you can use in your design to make it feel like you’re there.

FurryBall

FurryBall is a GPU-based rendering program that is simple to use and produces excellent results.

Its biggest feature is its real-time preview system, which allows you to quickly make changes to your model and receive a sample of how the alteration will look without having to render the entire scene. This saves you time and allows you to make changes to your design as you go.

Corona

Corona is a relatively new addition to the list of software you may use to bring your idea to life, and it does it without requiring difficult methods to get it to work. The reduced user interface makes manipulating your creation and getting the results you want much easier. It also gives you the ability to choose which alternatives are included in your presentation.

Real-time ray tracing is a concept that allows you to integrate realistic lighting in your 3D model by calculating which pixels would be influenced by the light source of your choice and subtly adjusting their color to give the model a more realistic appearance. It will give the model depth and shadows, enhancing the viewer’s immersion and making the model appear more genuine.

The real-time aspect means that the light source remains constant as you travel around the model, but the illumination changes depending on your viewpoint. So you may theoretically wander around your model in real-time and witness how rays from an external or internal light source land on items.

Real-Time Ray Tracing and Real-Time Rendering

Combining real-time ray tracing and rendering lets you make changes to your design much more quickly and create things like stunning panoramas and 360° animations of your model. What’s even better is that you can change the lighting to show your 3D model in both day and night conditions and see how it looks in both.

That allows you to play with internal and external light sources to make your model feel grounded and realistic. Real-time rendering has been on the rise lately, simply because it shortens the long rendering process we’ve been using up until now. It lets you see the results of your changes right away.

Immersive Realism

The combination of real-time rendering and tracing in your visualization makes an immersive experience that will help all the parties involved to understand your vision better and see how the final product will look with extraordinary detail and accuracy. The realistic view of your creation can very much help in explaining and promoting it to the client.

With real-time rendering, you can quickly add effects that enhance the realism of your model, and the depth and shadows provided by ray tracing give the viewer depth of field and make them feel like what they are seeing is achievable and can look just like the model.

Giving the customer a more realistic view while implementing their changes fast is an excellent way to ensure they see your model’s potential. Being able to make adjustments in real-time will save so much of the back-and-forth between you and the client, saving both of you large amounts of otherwise wasted time.

Lights Create The Atmosphere

The lighting of the room can influence not just the look but also the atmosphere of the room. When it comes to interior design, natural light can make the room seem more open, vibrant, and even bigger. Using this simple trick can present your design in the best way and enhance the interior design decisions you’ve already made, like the layout of the furniture and the colors that will blend and pop out when presented in natural light.

Lighting isn’t only crucial in interior design, as your model can look much better from the outside as well when viewed in proper natural light. With the improved technology, you can choose to display the model in bright daylight, during a sunset, or even at night.

When it comes to showing your design off in a dark setting, artificial light sources become hugely important. Not only can the model look better and warmer when you show internal light sources from the outside, but you can also add external light sources in certain spots that will accentuate and bring forward certain parts of the 3D render.

You’ll need technology that can support your efforts if you want to use software that allows you to produce your 3D models incredibly realistic and gorgeous. That means you won’t be able to use many of the tools that make your life easier without a powerful PC configuration.

Whatever application you pick, you’ll need a powerful CPU and GPU, as well as lots of working memory, to ensure that your rendering process and final result operate smoothly. No matter what, you’ll need a good CPU to execute your program without it lagging and bothering you. To bring your concept to life, you’ll also need a robust GPU.

Many people choose Nvidia’s GPU models as they have a wide array of programs and applications that they are compatible with. However, you can also choose an AMD model and use their specialized programs like AMD Radeon ProRender and OpenCL. Whichever model you go for, it will need to have a substantial memory to render a lot of textures and layers.

Using these current technology is the future of architecture, allowing architects and designers to more easily and swiftly express their ideas to customers. It’s believed that innovation won’t stop at 3D visualization and real-time rendering, but will spread to other IT fields.

Virtual Reality is one of the projected leaps, which could hypothetically take your clients on a first-person tour of your model. Imagine someone being able to walk around your design and see it from all angles, just like they would in real life. It opens up a plethora of possibilities. We’re excited to see what the future holds in terms of new tools that allows us to conceptualize and render our ideas.

Modern architecture would be inconceivable without appropriately modern visualization, and happily, there are a few techniques that may help you step up your game and generate some spectacular images, such as real-time ray tracing. Although 3D rendering takes a long time, it can be significantly shortened by using real-time rendering previews and effects.

The future is today, and we have a plethora of alternatives at our disposal to bring our vision to reality, so don’t be afraid to use them to their full potential. You’ll be able to construct a model that your client will appreciate and, more significantly, one that you will be proud of.

iRender prides itself on providing the right configuration packages for all popular render engines and plugins for Architectural Visualization and Real-Time Ray Tracing to give you a great experience in rendering. If you have any questions about using sofware and how to speed up your rendering for your projects with our service, register for an account today to experience our service. Or contact us via WhatsApp: (+84) 912 515 500/ email support@irender.net for advice and support.

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Overview Unreal Engine 5, which is the next major evolution of Unreal Engine, enhanced for the next generation of games, real-time visualizations, and immersive interactive experiences. It will empower game developers and creators across all industries to realize next-generation real-time 3D content and experiences with greater freedom, fidelity, and flexibility than ever before.

The UE5 Early Access release gives you the first chance to get your hands on these innovative new tools for next-generation game development. This Early Access release is aimed specifically at game developers who like to live on the bleeding edge.

Nanite

Our new Nanite virtualized micropolygon system lets users create games with massive, unprecedented amounts of geometric detail. Directly import film-quality source assets comprised of millions of polygons and place them millions of times, all while maintaining a real-time frame rate, and without any noticeable loss of fidelity. Nanite intelligently streams and processes only the detail you can perceive, largely removing poly count and draw call constraints, and eliminating time-consuming tasks such as baking details to normal maps and manually authoring LODs—freeing you up to concentrate on creativity.

Lumen

Lumen is a fully dynamic global illumination solution that lets users create dynamic, believable scenes. With Lumen, indirect lighting adapts on the fly to changes to direct lighting or geometry, such as changing the sun’s angle with the time of day, turning on a flashlight, or opening an exterior door. This means you no longer have to author lightmap UVs, wait for lightmaps to bake, or place reflection captures—you can simply create and edit lights inside the Unreal Editor and see the same final lighting as when the game is run on console.

Open Worlds

One of our goals is to make the creation of open worlds faster, easier, and more collaborative for teams of all sizes. The new World Partition system in Unreal Engine 5 changes how levels are managed and streamed, automatically dividing the world into a grid and streaming the necessary cells. Team members can also simultaneously work on the same region of the same World without stepping on each other’s toes via the new One File Per Actor system. Data Layers allow you to create different variations of the same World—such as daytime and nighttime versions—as layers that exist in the same space.

Animation

Author incredibly detailed characters in dynamic, real-time environments with Unreal Engine 5’s powerful animation toolset. Working in context, you can iterate faster and more accurately, without the need for time-consuming round-tripping. Artist-friendly tools like Control Rig let you quickly create rigs and share them across multiple characters; pose them in Sequencer and save and apply the poses with the new Pose Browser; and easily create natural movement with the new Full-Body IK solver. And with Motion Warping, you can dynamically adjust a character’s root motion to align to different targets with a single animation.

MetaSounds

Unreal Engine 5 introduces a fundamentally new way of making audio, with MetaSounds, a high-performance system that offers complete control over audio DSP graph generation of sound sources, letting users manage all aspects of audio rendering to drive next-generation procedural audio experiences. MetaSounds is analogous to a fully programmable material and rendering pipeline, bringing all the benefits of procedural content creation to audio that the Material Editor brings to shaders: dynamic data-driven assets, the ability to map game parameters to sound playback, huge workflow improvements, and much more.

Editor Workflow

The revamped Unreal Editor provides an updated visual style, streamlined workflows, and optimized use of screen real estate, making it easier, faster, and more pleasing to use. To free up more space for viewport interactions, we’ve added the ability to easily summon and stow the Content Browser and to dock any editor tab to the collapsible sidebar. You can now quickly access frequently used properties in the Details panel with a new favoriting system, while the new Create button on the main toolbar lets you easily place Actors into your world.

MetaHumans

Want to populate your Unreal Engine 5 worlds? MetaHumans created in MetaHuman Creator are compatible with both UE4 and UE5. Sign up for MetaHuman Creator Early Access to begin importing your own MetaHumans, or simply download any of over 50 premade digital humans from Quixel Bridge.

You might want to consider trying UE5 Early Access if most or all of the following statements apply to you:

• You are working on games or other similar interactive experiences.UE5 Early Access is intended to get disruptive new technologies into the hands of game studios as soon as possible, to aid in prototyping upcoming next-generation projects. However, the new features in UE5 Early Access have not yet been widely validated with customers for other workflows.
• You already have significant experience with UE4.Users who are already familiar with UE4 should be able to transition their workflows to UE5 with relative ease. UE5 Early Access is also accompanied by the Valley of the Ancient project, which illustrates many of the compelling new features in a working gameplay sample. However, outside of this project, learning materials for Early Access will be limited compared with the depth and breadth of materials that exist for UE4. In addition, new features and workflows will continue to change over time from their current state. We therefore recommend that users who are completely new to Unreal start by learning UE4 until UE5 is production-ready.
• You are planning a project for release in late 2022 or beyond.One of the principal aims of the Early Access release is to offer a first glimpse of the new features and workflows to game teams well in advance of their availability for production uses. This can help your team prepare to hit the ground running when UE5 reaches its production-ready release. If you’re planning a release of your project sooner, in 2021 or in early 2022, we highly recommend that you continue to build on the solid and battle-tested foundation offered by UE4.
• You don’t mind the rough edges.UE5 Early Access is a snapshot of a rapidly moving target. Before we consider the features introduced in Early Access to be ready for production use, we have a significant amount of work to do on performance, stability, and polish. If your goal is to gain experience with new features and workflows to prepare for future projects, this should not slow you down. However, we want you to be aware that relying on the new features in UE5 Early Access may entail some unpredictable disruptions. The good news is that you can help to smooth these rough edges by reporting your experiences to help us improve them.

If most or all of the statements above are not true — for example, if you are just getting started with Unreal, if you are planning a near-term project, or if you need a stable and production-ready engine — feel free to experiment with Early Access, but we recommend that you continue to work in UE4 for now.

Target Platforms and Devices

UE5 Early Access supports the same target platforms and devices supported by UE4, with the following exceptions:

• Support for 32-bit platforms has been removed.
• UE5 Early Access now supports Apple Silicon devices as a native runtime target. (Note, however, that the Unreal Editor runs translated through Rosetta 2 as an Intel binary.)
• Not all new features currently work on all platforms. For example, Lumen and Nanite do not currently support mobile devices or last-generation consoles, and require an NVIDIA or AMD GPU on PC. Platform and GPU support for new features may or may not change between Early Access and the production release of UE5.For more information on the current platform limitations by feature, see the Release Notes page and the detailed documentation on each individual feature.For the list of supported systems and SDK versions for all target platforms, see the Platform SDK Upgrades section of the Release Notes.

Hardware Requirements for Development

Basic hardware requirements for working with Unreal Engine 5 Early Access are unchanged from UE4. For details, see the most recent UE4 documentation.

However, some of the new features in Early Access will require higher-end hardware to get best results.

For example, to get the most out of Nanite and Lumen, we currently recommend the equivalent of an NVIDIA GTX 1080, AMD VEGA 64, or better. We also recommend upgrading to the latest drivers for your GPU.

Unreal Engine 5 is expected to ship in early 2022, and will empower creators across all industries to deliver stunning real-time content and experiences. The Early Access build has only been tested on game development workflows and offers a chance for game developers to go hands-on with some of the most exciting new features. Additional features and other improvements for all industries will be part of the full Unreal Engine 5.0 release in early 2022.

At iRender, we have developed multiple RTX 3090 workstations specifically optimized and configured for GPU rendering workflows, from single- GPU 1x RTX 3090 to Multi-GPU 2/4/6/8 x RTX 3090, you can choose one server that is suitable for your demand and your software to get started. You are guaranteed to experience maximum performance for your budget. Users will remotely connect to our server, install their software only one time and easily do any intensive tasks like using their local computers. We offer clients the powerful processor Intel Xeon W-2245 @ 3.90GHz / AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX @ 3.90GHz and up to 1 TB SSD to load your scene quickly.

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Reference source: Unrealengine.com