{"id":10308,"date":"2021-01-11T11:14:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T10:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/g100.us\/?p=10308"},"modified":"2023-01-03T18:39:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T17:39:11","slug":"best-renderers-render-engines-for-blender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-renderers-render-engines-for-blender\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Renderers (Render Engines) for Blender in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_39 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-66844751e6563\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #7f11e0;color:#7f11e0\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #7f11e0;color:#7f11e0\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\" \/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-66844751e6563\" class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-66844751e6563\" checked><nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 \"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-renderers-render-engines-for-blender\/#Best_Renderers_Render_Engines_for_Blender_in_2022\" title=\"Best Renderers (Render Engines) for Blender in 2022\">Best Renderers (Render Engines) for Blender in 2022<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-renderers-render-engines-for-blender\/#Cycles\" title=\"Cycles\">Cycles<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-renderers-render-engines-for-blender\/#Eevee\" title=\"Eevee\">Eevee<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-renderers-render-engines-for-blender\/#Workbench\" title=\"Workbench\">Workbench<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-renderers-render-engines-for-blender\/#OctaneRender_for_Blender\" title=\"OctaneRender for Blender\">OctaneRender for Blender<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-renderers-render-engines-for-blender\/#LuxCoreRender\" title=\"LuxCoreRender\">LuxCoreRender<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-renderers-render-engines-for-blender\/#Radeon_ProRender\" title=\"Radeon ProRender\">Radeon ProRender<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-renderers-render-engines-for-blender\/#MaltBeer\" title=\"Malt\/Beer\">Malt\/Beer<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-renderers-render-engines-for-blender\/#RenderMan\" title=\"RenderMan\">RenderMan<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-renderers-render-engines-for-blender\/#Redshift_for_Blender\" title=\"Redshift for Blender\">Redshift for Blender<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-renderers-render-engines-for-blender\/#Chaos_V-Ray\" title=\"Chaos V-Ray\">Chaos V-Ray<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-renderers-render-engines-for-blender\/#Nvidia_Omniverse\" title=\"Nvidia Omniverse\">Nvidia Omniverse<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-renderers-render-engines-for-blender\/#Other_and_Upcoming_renderers_for_Blender\" title=\"Other and Upcoming renderers for Blender\">Other and Upcoming renderers for Blender<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-renderers-render-engines-for-blender\/#AMDs_USD_Hydra_addon\" title=\"AMD\u2019s USD Hydra addon\">AMD\u2019s USD Hydra addon<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-renderers-render-engines-for-blender\/#Conclusion_-_Best_Renderer_for_Blender\" title=\"Conclusion - Best Renderer for Blender\">Conclusion - Best Renderer for Blender<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Blender is finally shedding its \u201cquirky kid around the block\u201d attire and donning a more serious and respected \u201c3D powerhouse\u201d one.<\/p>\n<p>It has been gaining widespread acceptance in the industry, and many studios and artists are incorporating it into their pipelines.<\/p>\n<p>And you ask, what\u2019s that shiny thing at the far end of the pipeline?<\/p>\n<p>Well, it\u2019s <em>rendering<\/em>, of course, and Blender\u2019s ecosystem is not short on powerful rendering solutions. Blender itself includes three versatile renderers out of the box and there are many more from third parties.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In this article, G100 will be taking a look at all these renderers.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Best_Renderers_Render_Engines_for_Blender_in_2022\"><\/span>Best Renderers (Render Engines) for Blender in 2022<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cycles\"><\/span>Cycles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Price: Free (included with Blender)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First up, the Cycles renderer. Cycles is the most feature-rich, production-proven renderer available in Blender.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a path-tracing engine, meaning that it is particularly good at recreating the intricacies of light bouncing around the scene and interacting with the various elements in it.<\/p>\n<p>It has already been used in many TV and Film productions, including the Netflix film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/80988892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Next Gen<\/a> by Canadian studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tangent-animation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tangent Animation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10309\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10309\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10309\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-1.jpg\" alt width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-1-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10309\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10309 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20800%20400%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20800%20400%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-1-768x384.jpg 768w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-1.jpg\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-10309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A still from \u201cNext Gen\u201d on Netflix, rendered with Cycles.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cycles boasts a rich set of rendering features, including powerful PBR shading nodes, accurate subsurface-scattering, vector displacement and adaptive subdivision, volume scattering and absorption, caustics, cryptomatte support, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Cycles is heavily maintained and updated, with recent development focusing on heavy optimization.<\/p>\n<p>This makes Cycles a relatively fast path tracer on top of its already impressive feature-set, especially with the addition of OptiX powered rendering, allowing it to leverage RTX cores to drastically improve rendering speeds. It also has multiple viewport and render denoiser, including the powerful OIDN (CPU) and OptiX (GPU) denoisers.<\/p>\n<p>It also features multi-GPU rendering support for both Nvidia and AMD GPUs as well as GPU + CPU \u201cHybrid\u201d rendering support with tile-stealing.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, Cycles does have its limitations.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s currently not as capable in areas such as caustics, where LuxCoreRender beats it in both speed and accuracy. It\u2019s also missing light-linking, a highly requested feature present in a lot of its direct competitors.<\/p>\n<p>Cycles has proven its success by being ported to plugins for other 3D Software, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/insydium.ltd\/products\/cycles-4d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Insydium\u2019s Cycles4D<\/a>, which brings Blender\u2019s Render Engine to <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-cinema-4d-pc\/\">Maxon\u2019s Cinema 4D<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Eevee\"><\/span>Eevee<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Price: Free (included with Blender)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Initially designed as a \u201crealtime\u201d viewport for Blender with the goal of being a pre-viz tool to help with the shading workflow of its big brother, Cycles, Eevee has turned into a beast of its own.<\/p>\n<p>Eevee is Blender\u2019s real-time rasterization render engine, which replaced the Blender Internal renderer in Blender 2.80.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since its release, Eevee has made waves when one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/download\/demo-files\/#eevee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">demo<\/a> after the next showcased its power despite being a rasterization engine.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10310\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10310\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10310\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2.jpg\" alt width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2-825x464.jpg 825w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2-594x335.jpg 594w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2-420x236.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"><\/noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10310\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10310 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201920%201080%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201920%201080%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2-825x464.jpg 825w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2-594x335.jpg 594w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2-420x236.jpg 420w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-2.jpg\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-10310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artwork\/GX65aB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cTiger\u201d by Daniel Bystedt<\/a> running in the viewport on Eevee<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While it can never beat a path-tracing engine blow for blow, especially in areas such as Global Illumination, Refraction, and Caustics, Eevee still boasts a powerful feature set on top of its blazing fast render speeds:<\/p>\n<p>Volume Rendering, Subsurface Scattering, Hair Support, a powerful Shader-to-RGB node for NPR shading, and the recently added Motion Blur and Cryptomatte support.<\/p>\n<p>Eevee\u2019s current development cycle is focused on filling the gaps in its feature set to make it fully viable as a production rendering option, and it was used extensively on the Coffee Run short by the Blender Animation Studio - Which is a fantastic watch if you haven\u2019t seen it yet:<\/p>\n<p><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PVGeM40dABA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PVGeM40dABA\" class=\" lazyload\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Eevee\u2019s biggest strength is Speed.<\/p>\n<p>This comes at the expense of its biggest shortcomings, which come by nature of its rasterization design:<\/p>\n<p>Reflection, refraction, contact shadows, and more are \u201cscreen-space\u201d effects, meaning that there is no true path-tracing calculating light bounces beyond the rendering screen.<\/p>\n<p>This can make realistic renders much more challenging to achieve, especially when compared to its more-accurate-but-slower path tracing brethren.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Workbench\"><\/span>Workbench<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Price: Free (included with Blender)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/latest\/render\/workbench\/introduction.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">workbench engine<\/a> is the \u201cstandard\u201d engine powering Blender\u2019s viewport.<\/p>\n<p>Its main responsibility being smooth performance when all tasks prior to texturing\/shading\/lighting\/rendering are performed.<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t all gray shades though, as the workbench boasts some powerful features aimed at visually assisting the user across a multitude of tasks, such as cavity rendering, matcaps, outlines, and Xray options among others.<\/p>\n<p>Some adventurous users even attempt to tame the workbench engine into rapidly spitting out \u201cfinished\u201d renders, but this is not for the faint of heart or easily achieved.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10311\" style=\"width: 2500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10311\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10311\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3.jpg\" alt width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3-825x464.jpg 825w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3-594x335.jpg 594w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3-420x236.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\"><\/noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10311\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10311 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202500%201406%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202500%201406%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 2500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3-825x464.jpg 825w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3-594x335.jpg 594w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3-420x236.jpg 420w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-3.jpg\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-10311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stoner, by TrollTew, rendered with the Workbench engine<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"OctaneRender_for_Blender\"><\/span>OctaneRender for Blender<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Price: 699\u20ac perpetual (1-year maintenance), 39,95\u20ac per month on an annual subscription<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/home.otoy.com\/render\/octane-render\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OctaneRender<\/a> was one of the pioneers in the GPU rendering scene when it first launched, and since then has become a household name for powerful yet fast rendering.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an unbiased, spectrally correct render engine that leverages RTX hardware to its fullest extent to render accurate images at blazingly fast speeds right in the viewport.<\/p>\n<p>It <a href=\"https:\/\/home.otoy.com\/render\/octane-render\/features\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">features<\/a>, among other things, layered materials (as opposed to manually mixing shading layers), Spectral Random Walk Subsurface Scattering, Volumetric Rendering, or Deep Pixel Rendering with full Nuke integration.<\/p>\n<p>Optimized out-of-core geometry for larger scenes, as well as two new \u201cVectron\u201d and \u201cSpectron\u201d modules allowing for the rendering of extremely large procedural Geometries and Volumes.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for Blender users, Octane offers a special free tier of its Blender plugin, with the caveat of supporting only one GPU in the aforementioned free version.<\/p>\n<p>The plugin comes in the form of a special Blender build downloaded directly from OTOY with the OctaneRender engine built-in, which might be an inconvenience for daily-build Blender power users.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10312\" style=\"width: 1908px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10312\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10312\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-4.jpg\" alt width=\"1908\" height=\"795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-4.jpg 1908w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-4-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-4-1024x427.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-4-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-4-1536x640.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1908px) 100vw, 1908px\"><\/noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10312\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10312 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201908%20795%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"1908\" height=\"795\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201908%20795%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1908w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1908px) 100vw, 1908px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-4.jpg 1908w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-4-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-4-1024x427.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-4-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-4-1536x640.jpg 1536w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-4.jpg\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-10312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hendrix-design.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jan Urschel<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another caveat is that Octane comes with its own shader nodes\/editor, and as such Cycles materials won\u2019t be automatically ported over to OctaneRender.<\/p>\n<p>However, both being PBR based render engines, the logic behind the shader construction is close enough to make the porting of shaders (at least ones based on image textures) straightforward enough.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"LuxCoreRender\"><\/span>LuxCoreRender<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Price: Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/luxcorerender.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LuxCoreRender<\/a> is not only one of the oldest unbiased physically-correct render engines on the block (carrying the mantle of the venerable LuxRender dating back to 2007), it\u2019s also one of the most powerful. LuxCoreRender is also an open-source project, making it a sort of kindred spirit to Blender in that regard.<\/p>\n<p>LuxCoreRender\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/luxcorerender.org\/goals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">design philosophy<\/a> is a no-holds-barred, fully physically accurate model when computing the render.<\/p>\n<p>The results of this are some of the most impressive\/accurate renders out of the box. It also outclasses \u201ctraditional\u201d Path-Tracers such as Cycles with a bevy set of features in place to compute light information even in the most challenging of scenes.<\/p>\n<p>This makes LuxCoreRender incredibly potent for rendering scenes with a focus on heavily refractive objects, caustics, or dimly lit interiors.<\/p>\n<p>It also features light grouping which Cycles is sorely missing at this point.<\/p>\n<p>While this no-compromise approach initially meant strenuous render times, updates to performance and GPU rendering as well as powerful denoising have dramatically increased render performance.<\/p>\n<p>LuxCoreRender also plays well with Blender, being available as a plugin - unlike Octane -, as well as being able to parse Cycles material nodes (although it does have its own nodes for optimal performance as well as a material library!)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10313\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10313\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10313\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5.jpg\" alt width=\"2000\" height=\"1126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5-825x464.jpg 825w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5-594x335.jpg 594w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5-420x236.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\"><\/noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10313\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10313 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202000%201126%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"2000\" height=\"1126\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202000%201126%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5-825x464.jpg 825w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5-594x335.jpg 594w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5-420x236.jpg 420w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-5.jpg\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-10313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lux Core\u2019s physically accurate might on display on this render from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rohrbach-viadas.art\/Rohrbach-Jewelry-Designs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Damien Rohrbach<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Radeon_ProRender\"><\/span>Radeon ProRender<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Price: Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.amd.com\/t5\/blender-tkb\/full-spectrum-rendering-in-radeon-prorender-for-blender\/ta-p\/421002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Radeon ProRender<\/a> is AMD\u2019s free Path-Tracing renderer.<\/p>\n<p>It positions itself between Cycles and Eevee with its innovative <a href=\"https:\/\/community.amd.com\/t5\/blender-tkb\/full-spectrum-rendering-in-radeon-prorender-for-blender\/ta-p\/421002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cFull Spectrum Rendering\u201d<\/a> mode.<\/p>\n<p>This mode, leveraging its Vulcan API backend, allows the combination of both rasterization (such as Eevee) and ray-tracing (such as cycles) to create visually appealing renders while still having an interactive realtime viewport experience.<\/p>\n<p>In practice, raytraced elements such as reflections and shadows are combined with a rasterized base-image, attempting a perfect compromise scenario.<\/p>\n<p>ProRender has a powerful Blender plugin that comes with a material library as well as Cycles-to-ProRender node converter.<\/p>\n<p>While it might not be as feature-complete as Cycles at this stage, this renderer proves to be a very interesting testing ground for unique features alongside the aforementioned \u201cFull Spectrum Rendering\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>With standouts such as the \u201cSample-Per-Seconds&#8221; feature to tame viewport frame rates, hardware-accelerated ray-tracing on series 6000 AMD cards, quick fog option, and more.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1030\" class=\"wp-image-10314\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-6.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-6.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-6-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-6-1024x549.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-6-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-6-1536x824.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1030\" class=\"wp-image-10314 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201920%201030%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201920%201030%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-6.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-6-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-6-1024x549.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-6-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-6-1536x824.jpg 1536w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-6.jpg\"><em>The Hybrid rendering feature on the top-right is Full Spectrum Rendering\u2019s claim to fame, combining a rasterized base image with raytraced reflections and shadows. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMD<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"MaltBeer\"><\/span>Malt\/Beer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Price: Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blendernpr.org\/beer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Beer render engine,<\/a> built on top of the Malt back-end, is a free and open-source real-time Non-PhotoRealistic (Or NPR) render engine for Blender, crowdfunded by the Blender NPR Community.<\/p>\n<p>A relative new-comer to the Blender renderer scene, the Beer render engine perfectly integrates with Blender as it was designed from the ground up with Blender in mind.<\/p>\n<p>It aims to expand Blender\u2019s Stylized rendering capabilities by re-organizing shaders via an easy-to-understand\/use layer system, as well as feature-based shading, more suited for NPR shaders. This means that you can find \u201crim light\u201d, \u201csilhouette\u201d, \u201csoft edge toon\u201d shaders ready to combine when using Beer to render out an NPR scene.<\/p>\n<p>This ease of use however is supplemented by powerful extendability, with shaders being easily hackable and moddable into new ones. Beer is still in heavy development and you can contribute to its fundraising effort if you feel so inclined.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10315\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10315\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10315\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-7.jpg\" alt width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-7.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-7-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-7-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10315\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10315 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20500%20500%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20500%20500%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-7.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-7-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-7-768x768.jpg 768w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-7.jpg\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-10315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A collection of renders made using Beer for its fundraising campaign, showcasing its NPR prowess.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"RenderMan\"><\/span>RenderMan<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Price: 595$<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/renderman.pixar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RenderMan<\/a> is Pixar\u2019s award-winning render engine and has announced that<a href=\"https:\/\/app.livestorm.co\/pixar-animation-studios\/new-bridge-tool?utm_source=Livestorm+company+page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> it will be supporting Blender<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With its momentous version 24 release, it will be the first to include GPU rendering, a welcome addition just in time for the newly dubbed Blender Bridge Tool release.<\/p>\n<p>The Blender Bridge Tool is the successor to an older, no-longer maintained Renderman plugin for Blender, promising to offer even tighter integration, including viewport rendering, light-linking, and light-mixing support, ILM\u2019s LAMA shader support, and even support for Grease Pencil.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10316\" style=\"width: 728px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10316\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10316\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-8.jpg\" alt width=\"728\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-8.jpg 728w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-8-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\"><\/noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10316\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10316 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20728%20386%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"728\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20728%20386%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-8.jpg 728w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-8-300x159.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-8.jpg\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-10316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A slide from the September 2020 RenderMan webinar showcasing Blender Support.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Redshift_for_Blender\"><\/span>Redshift for Blender<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Price: 22$ per month on a yearly subscription<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redshift3d.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Redshift<\/a>, the powerhouse GPU renderer used in films and tv shows such as Starz American Gods, is coming to Blender.<\/p>\n<p>A Beta version of its Blender addon is currently available to all holders of a Redshift License. While there are some features missing from the current iteration of the addon such as light-linking and motion blur, development is continuing until the Blender plugin reaches feature-parity with the engine.<\/p>\n<p>Redshift boasts blazing fast GPU-based rendering, thanks to its biased architecture (sacrificing computational accuracy for speed).<\/p>\n<p>It offers tons of control and customization options to hone in on the exact level of visual fidelity vs. speed you require out of the render.<\/p>\n<p>All while offering an impressive feature set such as volumetric rendering, hair rendering, tessellation and displacement, dedicated skin shader, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redshift3d.com\/product\/features#all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">and more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10317\" style=\"width: 1499px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10317\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10317\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-9.jpg\" alt width=\"1499\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-9.jpg 1499w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-9-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1499px) 100vw, 1499px\"><\/noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10317\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10317 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201499%201000%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"1499\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201499%201000%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1499px) 100vw, 1499px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-9.jpg 1499w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-9-768x512.jpg 768w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-9.jpg\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-10317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cMushrooms!\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/danwoje\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Woje<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chaos_V-Ray\"><\/span>Chaos V-Ray<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Price: 420$ Perpetual or 70$ monthly subscription<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>V-Ray is one of those Renderers that really needs no introduction. It's been used in all kinds of Movies, Cinematics, and Commercials alike.<\/p>\n<p>Available for a host of applications including Blender, V-Ray packs an extremely mature and production-proven render engine.<\/p>\n<p>Chaos' V-Ray Plugin for Blender is Open-Source and available for anyone to download from GitHub.<\/p>\n<p>To be able to communicate with V-Ray Standalone Application, though, you'll need a Render Node License.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nvidia_Omniverse\"><\/span>Nvidia Omniverse<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Price: Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nvidia has released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/omniverse\/?ncid=partn-759981#cid=ov03_partn_en-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Omniverse<\/a>, its USD based content-creation\/rendering hybrid.<\/p>\n<p>While the content creation module\u2019s collaborative mode, as well as its integrated GPU-accelerated dynamic simulations are impressive, to say the least, it\u2019s the rendering module that is of particular interest to us.<\/p>\n<p>Omniverse\u2019s rendering module, dubbed \u201cOmniverse RTX Renderer\u201d features real-time ray-tracing right in the viewport leveraging the latest updates in Nvidia hardware and software rendering technologies. Frankly, <a class href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vTGI7NXe9g0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the results out of the box are impressive<\/a>, with mind-numbing speed.<\/p>\n<p>Being still in its early days, Omniverse\u2019s rendering module is far from feature-complete with it still having to prove itself in a production setting, but this is already a very promising start.<\/p>\n<p>Nvidia is working on a Blender integration with Omniverse, though with no word on a release date as of yet.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Other_and_Upcoming_renderers_for_Blender\"><\/span>Other and Upcoming renderers for Blender<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are several notable render engines with upcoming Blender integrations at various stages of development that we are keeping an eye on.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AMDs_USD_Hydra_addon\"><\/span>AMD\u2019s USD Hydra addon<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>AMD has released a <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs\/BlenderUSDHydraAddon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USD Hydra addon<\/a> for Blender, which promises to be a game-changer in terms of rendering potential in Blender.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/graphics.pixar.com\/usd\/files\/Siggraph2019_Hydra.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hydra<\/a> is a framework developed by Pixar as part of its USD ecosystem. Hydra acts as USD based interface\/layer between DCCs. Renderers that communicate with the Hydra framework are called Hydra Render Delegates, allowing 3D content creation packages to host a multitude of Render engines via a Hydra addon.<\/p>\n<p>In practice, via the Hydra addon, Blender can now host all render engines which have Hydra Render Delegate versions, including ProRender, RenderMan, Arnold, Octane, Redshift, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The addon is still in development and currently ships with ProRender.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion_-_Best_Renderer_for_Blender\"><\/span>Conclusion - Best Renderer for Blender<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Which Blender render is best for you, depends a lot on your needs. Although many Render Engines for Blender are free, some others can cost a hefty sum of money.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, it depends not only on your budget, but the style you want to achieve, your pipeline and workflow with other software, and of course, the expertise you possess.<\/p>\n<p>If you already know how to use Redshift or Octane because you use these engines daily in other software, it would make sense to continue using it in Blender.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re just starting out with Blender and still learning, Cycles is a competitive and production-proven Renderer that can be learned quickly and has a helpful support community to back it up.<\/p>\n<p>All of Blender\u2019s Render Engines will need a Powerful PC, CPU or GPU, so make sure to give our <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-computer-for-blender\/\">Best PC for Blender Guide<\/a> a quick read, to speed up your render times.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>That\u2019s about it from our side! What Render Engine do you use? 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