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Generate high-quality images with unsurpassed realism. Take full advantage of parallelism on both multicore and multiprocessor workstations or across networked computers to achieve scalable performance. Based on the principles of physically accurate lighting, the advanced rendering power of mental ray® technology enables you to create a wide range of looks – from photorealistic imagery to stylized visualizations.

mental ray Standalone Benefits

• More Rendering Power, Speed, and Efficiency – Enjoy major processing productivity. Augment your interactive Autodesk 3D software rendering power by adding mental ray Standalone on additional rendering CPUs. This technology speeds up standard and interactive rendering, and reduces the rendering lag that can hinder creative workflow. Load balancing is automatically handled to reduce network bottlenecks.
• Multicore Awareness – Take advantage of the latest CPU offerings now with mental ray 3.5 Standalone multicore-aware licensing. Only one license is needed for a multicore processor, giving you even more rendering power for the dollar.
• Parallel Rendering – Boost rendering from Autodesk products when you export to the efficient .mi format and distribute rendering tasks over a network. mental ray automatically enables maximum rendering efficiency by minimizing network communications.
• Comprehensive Shader Libraries – Proprietary shader libraries come bundled with mental ray to support all of your Autodesk® Maya® and Autodesk® 3ds Max® content, including fur, hair, and volumetric fluids. (Note: All versions of mental ray Standalone available through Autodesk do not include shader libraries for all Autodesk products. You must specify the version of mental ray required and the application with which it will be used to help ensure compatibility.)
• Custom Shaders and Programmability – The mental ray advanced shading API (application programming interface), programming languages (C and C++), and runtime linking of user-created shaders enable the creation of geometry, procedural textures, materials, new lighting models, and volume and lens effects. In addition, you can control global illumination simulation through photon shaders and the Photon Map, as well as displacement maps.
• 64-Bit Computing – When it comes to rendering, mental ray Standalone 64-bit gives you even more options once you have chosen the hardware and operating systems best suited to your production pipeline. You can also take advantage of the expanded capabilities of 64-bit workstations for more addressable memory and improved handling of larger, more complex scenes. All this with the increased speed inherent in 64-bit architectures. (Note: 32-bit and 64-bit products are sold separately. The 64-bit license activates both 32-bit and 64-bit mental ray. The 32-bit license activates the 32-bit mental ray only.)