Tweakability ability to make images. This software is obsolete avoid at all costs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Poor Export/Translate speed. Too much knowledge required to optimise Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
By far one of the best on the market to render quickly and smoothly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Pricing can be an issue, but with quality comes pricing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
For a long time it was available as a plug-in in Maya and Max for free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Compared to other renderers (for example, Vray), Mental Ray was slow in calculating metals. It was developed slowly(for example, there was no PBR workflow). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It comes pre-installed with multiple Autodesk software, hence it eliminates the need to buy an external renderer for complex ray tracing functions like Caustics and GI. Recent updates allow for calculating GI solutions over GPU, which has significantly sped up render times. Its ability to render in 32-bit EXR allows for a non-destructive linear workflow. It allows for the creation of industry-standard level graphics at no extra cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The render frame buffer is not as useful compared to other renderers out there in the market. Distributed rendering is not user-friendly in any given situation. Mental Ray Satellite is more confusing and crashes without notification. Real-time rendering is not available for Mental Ray production render. Mental Ray IPR is slow and lacks GPU addition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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