Iray Render Plug-in allows for the creation of state-of-the-art workflow with access to photo-realistic and physically based 3D rendering technology by simulating real-world physical behaviors of light and materials. The Iray implementation in Character Creator and iClone comes with a collection of easy-to-apply materials that do not require the user to have in-depth knowledge in CGI techniques, thanks to its material and light auto-conversion workflow and a vast material library.

iClone is a real-time 3D animation software that includes character animation, scene design, cinematic storytelling and much more, in one real-time engine.

Character Creator (CC) can create realistic looking, animation-ready 3D human characters for use with iClone and other 3D tools.

Why Iray

High Performance and Realistic Visuals

Iray with AI is bringing deep learning to both final frame and interactive photo-realistic rendering. This unique capability coming to Iray can expedite fine rendering in ways never seen before.
Employ realistic ray-tracing with physically based lighting and real-world materials.
Utilize your GPU to speed up the rendering and multiple GPUs to increase available video memory and boost render performance.

NVIDIA MATERIAL DEFINITION LANGUAGE

The NVIDIA Material Definition Language (MDL) gives you the freedom to share physically based materials and lighting between supporting 3D applications. Know more from the NVIDIA web page here

INTERACTIVE MODE VS. PHOTOREAL MODE
Interactive mode yields high-speed realistic rendering that can handle most naturalistic visuals including metallic surfaces and subsurface scattering. Photo-real mode goes a step beyond with advanced effects like caustics, reflections, refractions and complex global illumination at the expense of time. Know More >

LIGHTING
Iray provides a full range of lighting techniques including High Dynamic Range Image-based Lighting, emissive materials, physically based Sun and Sky. At the fundamental level, common directional, point, and spotlight systems can be easily converted from iClone light props.

IBL & Basic Light
Image-based Lighting (IBL) is a 3D rendering technique that uses High Dynamic Range (HDR) images to provide 3D scenes with highly-detailed, real-world lighting. You can synchronize sky textures to IBL images, create your own IBL maps from 3D scenes, and then blend and animate them to achieve dynamic lighting effects.

Mesh Lighting (Emissive Materials)
Mesh Light for Iray is a highly versatile lighting system defined by emissive materials from scene objects. Emissive materials emit light across their surface area. They contribute to bounce lighting in your scene and the associated properties such as color and intensity can be changed using iClone glow maps.

Sun and Sky
Iray features an advanced sun and sky system based on the highly accurate atmospheric simulation. Compute blue skies and red sunsets while abiding to physical laws of nature or render any time of the day realistically and expeditiously.

IES LIBRARY
IES stands for Illuminating Engineering Society. The IES standard file format was created for the electronic transfer of photo-metric data over the web. It has been widely used by many lighting manufacturers and is one of the industry standards in photo-metric data distribution.