Top 5 nodes Goodbye Kansas uses in Solaris for an efficient workflow
The key to a smarter workflow: nodes. Learn how Goodbye Kansas is using the building blocks of scene creation in Houdini to create powerful art.
V-Ray® for Houdini is a production-proven CPU & GPU rendering software for high-end VFX and animation. It comes with all the tools artists need to render amazing-looking procedural effects. Seamlessly integrated into Houdini, it enables smooth scene exchange and iterations with other DCC applications through full support for USD and a fully-featured V-Ray Hydra Delegate for Solaris.
V-Ray’s performance is production-proven. It’s been used by the world’s leading studios to render over 300 television series and feature films. In 2017, V-Ray received a Sci-Tech Academy Award for its contribution to photorealistic visual effects. In 2021, V-Ray was awarded with an Engineering Emmy for advancing the use of fully ray-traced rendering.
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V-Ray works seamlessly with Houdini and enables smooth scene exchange with other DCC applications. V-Ray for Houdini is compatible with industry standards, including USD and MaterialX, ACEScg, Alembic, OpenVDB, and OpenColorIO.
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The key to a smarter workflow: nodes. Learn how Goodbye Kansas is using the building blocks of scene creation in Houdini to create powerful art.
Artjail’s Lexus spot features bendy fruit falling from the sky. Head of 3D Ross Denner tells us how V-Ray for Houdini was instrumental in this imaginative ad.
Adding V-Ray for Houdini streamlines so many aspects of our pipeline. Combined with V-Ray for Maya and Nuke we have a complete rendering solution that allows look-dev on individual assets to be packaged and easily transferred between applications.
Grant Miller, Creative Director, Ingenuity Studios
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V-Ray integrate with your favourite design applications
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Style frames, shader tests, and lighting and rendering exploration
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Find the plan that's right for you.
For use by a single user with a single login and password. Use your personal single license on multiple devices with your My Chaos login.
V-Ray integrate 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 offline renderer
Total control for the expert users who need it
Color correct, composite, or adjust lights without re-rendering
One license for all your modelling platforms
Rendering that scales across CPUs, GPUs, or both
USD, MaterialX, support, and more for smooth data exchange
Scripting, APIs, and pipeline-friendly configurations
High-quality playblasts, 3D previz, and real-time references
Style frames, shader tests, and lighting and rendering exploration
Production ready shaders
Simulate real-world lighting or go artistic
Your fastest route from render to playback
Easy presets & template scenes, powerful enough for complex effects
Create any type of fire and smoke effects
Create realistic liquid simulations
Create ocean surfaces, waves with foam, splashes, and mist
Control over floating objects
Share your work, gather feedback, and manage approvals
Render on our servers without time or hardware limits
Thousands of ready-to-render models
5,000+ scanned & CG photoreal materials
HDRI skies for lighting any day, night, or studio scene
Ability to edit & customize Chaos Scans materials
Quickly add realistic crowds and traffic to your scenes
A floating license can be shared and used on any computer.
V-Ray integrate 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 offline renderer
Total control for the expert users who need it
Color correct, composite, or adjust lights without re-rendering
One license for all your modelling platforms
Rendering that scales across CPUs, GPUs, or both
USD, MaterialX, support, and more for smooth data exchange
Scripting, APIs, and pipeline-friendly configurations
High-quality playblasts, 3D previz, and real-time references
Style frames, shader tests, and lighting and rendering exploration
Production ready shaders
Simulate real-world lighting or go artistic
Your fastest route from render to playback
Easy presets & template scenes, powerful enough for complex effects
Create any type of fire and smoke effects
Create realistic liquid simulations
Create ocean surfaces, waves with foam, splashes, and mist
Control over floating objects
Share your work, gather feedback, and manage approvals
Render on our servers without time or hardware limits
Thousands of ready-to-render models
5,000+ scanned & CG photoreal materials
HDRI skies for lighting any day, night, or studio scene
Ability to edit & customize Chaos Scans materials
Quickly add realistic crowds and traffic to your scenes
A floating license can be shared and used on any computer.
V-Ray integrate 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 offline renderer
Total control for the expert users who need it
Color correct, composite, or adjust lights without re-rendering
One license for all your modelling platforms
Rendering that scales across CPUs, GPUs, or both
USD, MaterialX, support, and more for smooth data exchange
Scripting, APIs, and pipeline-friendly configurations
High-quality playblasts, 3D previz, and real-time references
Style frames, shader tests, and lighting and rendering exploration
Production ready shaders
Simulate real-world lighting or go artistic
Your fastest route from render to playback
Easy presets & template scenes, powerful enough for complex effects
Create any type of fire and smoke effects
Create realistic liquid simulations
Create ocean surfaces, waves with foam, splashes, and mist
Control over floating objects
Share your work, gather feedback, and manage approvals
Render on our servers without time or hardware limits
Thousands of ready-to-render models
5,000+ scanned & CG photoreal materials
HDRI skies for lighting any day, night, or studio scene
Ability to edit & customize Chaos Scans materials
Quickly add realistic crowds and traffic to your scenes