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Learn moreV-Ray® for 3ds Max is a production-proven rendering software. Known for its versatility and ability to handle any type of project — from massive, dynamic scenes having thousands of lights to a sublime still life — it is the go-to solution for artists and designers across 3D industries.
From individual creators to the biggest enterprises, we have a plan for you
with the purchase of any Chaos license.
1 license – billed annually $514.80
You can use your license on any device with your Chaos login.
1 license – billed annually $718.80
This license can be shared among users upon availability.
1 license – billed annually $1,149.60
This license can be shared among users upon availability.
with the purchase of any Chaos license.
Find the plan that's right for you.
You can use your license on any device with your Chaos login.
This license can be shared among users upon availability.
This license can be shared among users upon availability.
See the available products in each plan
V-Ray integrates with your favourite design applications
Reliable, high-end customer assistance
Stay current with latest innovations
Free access to expert training
Share licenses across multiple machines and users
Industry leading photoreal renderer
Total control for the expert users who need it
Wide range of post-production tools available
Integration into all leading 3D CAD/BIM/DCC softwares
One license for all your modelling platforms
Highest visual realisim for interior & exterior
Choose between CPU, GPU, or both for peak performance
Built to handle your most complex scenes
Lighting with procedural clouds, Sun & Sky model, GI, caustics, and more
Effortless environment creation with Gaussian splats
Reduce noise and speed up production rendering
Real-time ray traced viewport to support decision making
Real-time previews of your V-Ray scene
Share your work, gather feedback, and manage approvals
Create realistic people & vegetation with a few clicks
Impress your clients with immersive virtual tours
Render on our servers and never be limited by time or hardware
High-quality video walkthroughs
Easy to start with presets, powerful enough for complex effects
Create any type of fire, smoke, and fog effects
Create realistic liquid simulations
Create ocean surfaces that never repeat
Control over floating objects
Fast and smooth image sequence playback
Produce high quality animations with real time ray tracing
Smart moving crowds
Smart moving traffic
Thousands of ready-to-render models
Thousands of scanned & CG photoreal materials
Create render-ready PBR materials from images & photos
HDRI skies for lighting any day, night, or studio scene
Ability to edit & customize Chaos Scans materials
Thousands of high-quality 4D and 3D people models
Find the plan that's right for you.
You can use your license on any device with your Chaos login.
See the available products in each plan
V-Ray integrates with your favourite design applications
Reliable, high-end customer assistance
Stay current with latest innovations
Free access to expert training
Share licenses across multiple machines and users
Industry leading photoreal renderer
Total control for the expert users who need it
Wide range of post-production tools available
Integration into all leading 3D CAD/BIM/DCC softwares
One license for all your modelling platforms
Highest visual realisim for interior & exterior
Choose between CPU, GPU, or both for peak performance
Built to handle your most complex scenes
Lighting with procedural clouds, Sun & Sky model, GI, caustics, and more
Effortless environment creation with Gaussian splats
Reduce noise and speed up production rendering
Real-time ray traced viewport to support decision making
Real-time previews of your V-Ray scene
Share your work, gather feedback, and manage approvals
Create realistic people & vegetation with a few clicks
Impress your clients with immersive virtual tours
Render on our servers and never be limited by time or hardware
High-quality video walkthroughs
Easy to start with presets, powerful enough for complex effects
Create any type of fire, smoke, and fog effects
Create realistic liquid simulations
Create ocean surfaces that never repeat
Control over floating objects
Fast and smooth image sequence playback
Produce high quality animations with real time ray tracing
Smart moving crowds
Smart moving traffic
Thousands of ready-to-render models
Thousands of scanned & CG photoreal materials
Create render-ready PBR materials from images & photos
HDRI skies for lighting any day, night, or studio scene
Ability to edit & customize Chaos Scans materials
Thousands of high-quality 4D and 3D people models
This license can be shared among users upon availability.
See the available products in each plan
V-Ray integrates with your favourite design applications
Reliable, high-end customer assistance
Stay current with latest innovations
Free access to expert training
Share licenses across multiple machines and users
Industry leading photoreal renderer
Total control for the expert users who need it
Wide range of post-production tools available
Integration into all leading 3D CAD/BIM/DCC softwares
One license for all your modelling platforms
Highest visual realisim for interior & exterior
Choose between CPU, GPU, or both for peak performance
Built to handle your most complex scenes
Lighting with procedural clouds, Sun & Sky model, GI, caustics, and more
Effortless environment creation with Gaussian splats
Reduce noise and speed up production rendering
Real-time ray traced viewport to support decision making
Real-time previews of your V-Ray scene
Share your work, gather feedback, and manage approvals
Create realistic people & vegetation with a few clicks
Impress your clients with immersive virtual tours
Render on our servers and never be limited by time or hardware
High-quality video walkthroughs
Easy to start with presets, powerful enough for complex effects
Create any type of fire, smoke, and fog effects
Create realistic liquid simulations
Create ocean surfaces that never repeat
Control over floating objects
Fast and smooth image sequence playback
Produce high quality animations with real time ray tracing
Smart moving crowds
Smart moving traffic
Thousands of ready-to-render models
Thousands of scanned & CG photoreal materials
Create render-ready PBR materials from images & photos
HDRI skies for lighting any day, night, or studio scene
Ability to edit & customize Chaos Scans materials
Thousands of high-quality 4D and 3D people models
This license can be shared among users upon availability.
See the available products in each plan
V-Ray integrates with your favourite design applications
Reliable, high-end customer assistance
Stay current with latest innovations
Free access to expert training
Share licenses across multiple machines and users
Industry leading photoreal renderer
Total control for the expert users who need it
Wide range of post-production tools available
Integration into all leading 3D CAD/BIM/DCC softwares
One license for all your modelling platforms
Highest visual realisim for interior & exterior
Choose between CPU, GPU, or both for peak performance
Built to handle your most complex scenes
Lighting with procedural clouds, Sun & Sky model, GI, caustics, and more
Effortless environment creation with Gaussian splats
Reduce noise and speed up production rendering
Real-time ray traced viewport to support decision making
Real-time previews of your V-Ray scene
Share your work, gather feedback, and manage approvals
Create realistic people & vegetation with a few clicks
Impress your clients with immersive virtual tours
Render on our servers and never be limited by time or hardware
High-quality video walkthroughs
Easy to start with presets, powerful enough for complex effects
Create any type of fire, smoke, and fog effects
Create realistic liquid simulations
Create ocean surfaces that never repeat
Control over floating objects
Fast and smooth image sequence playback
Produce high quality animations with real time ray tracing
Smart moving crowds
Smart moving traffic
Thousands of ready-to-render models
Thousands of scanned & CG photoreal materials
Create render-ready PBR materials from images & photos
HDRI skies for lighting any day, night, or studio scene
Ability to edit & customize Chaos Scans materials
Thousands of high-quality 4D and 3D people models
For truly photorealistic renders, you want a raytracer that’s built for quality, optimized for speed, and ready to scale. V-Ray gives you the power to work with lightning-fast interactive and heavyweight production rendering—all while getting the most from your CPU and GPU hardware.
When you’re working with the biggest scene you’ve ever seen, you need a renderer that won’t let you down. Billions of polygons? Thousands of lights? V-Ray can handle it all. Render anything and everything with V-Ray. Adaptive Lights, Proxy Objects, Distributed Rendering — an arsenal of production-proven features when you need them.
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V-Ray equips you with a complete set of lighting, shading, and rendering tools—all integrated with 3ds Max. The redesigned V-Ray Frame buffer with light mixing and layered compositing means you only need to use one tool for more than just rendering — no need to go back and forth between different apps.
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Present your ideas in 100% ray-traced quality without the need of extra optimizations and conversions. Make project changes directly in 3ds Max and validate your designs on the spot.
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V-Ray is compatible with all the most popular 3ds Max plugins — Substance, Forest Pack, Railclone, Ornatrix, Tyflow, Phoenix, and more. V-Ray is also the perfect fit for any pipeline with support for open standards such as Alembic, OSL, OpenColorIO, and now ACEScg. Plus, it works seamlessly with data from other Chaos products like Enscape.
Create faster and enhance the realism of your renders in just a few clicks with a powerful new set of features. Generate render-ready PBR materials from photos in seconds with the new AI Material Generator.
Easily create realistic people and vegetation using AI Enhancer, and produce stunning night renders with the new Night Sky feature. Immerse your clients in your scenes via a simple URL, thanks to the new Chaos Cloud 3D Streaming. And much more!
Check out the list of versatile features available in
the V-Ray for 3ds Max rendering plugin.
Get a 30-day free trial and dive into the full range of features we offer. You will also get access to comprehensive training resources and dedicated customer support.
Start rendering for free in seconds.We love the photorealistic quality V-Ray can achieve, plus the ability to fine-tune parameters to meet our specific needs.
Andy Thomas, Head of Visualization & VR, EMEA, AECOM
Christian Debney’s SpaceX-inspired short film ignites rocket fuel and tugs heartstrings. Find out how the director launched human feelings into outer space.
Learn how archviz studio Rembrandt is Dead brings architectural tales to life with V-Ray for Rhino, 3ds Max, Chaos Cloud Rendering, and Chaos Phoenix.
Discover Emil Rasmussen's stunning 3D work created with V-Ray for 3ds Max, dive into his journey as a 3D apprentice, and learn about his creative process.
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