Best Hardware for GPU Rendering in Octane – Redshift – Vray (Updated)

Last updated on June 13th, 2018,

Graphics Card (GPU) based render engines such as Redhift3D, Octane or VRAY-RT have matured quite a bit over the last years and are starting to overtake CPU-based Render-Engines.

But what hardware gives the best-bang-for-the-buck and what do you have to keep in mind when building your GPU-Workstation? What is the best Hardware and best GPU for rendering with Octane, Redhsift3D or VRAY-RT, that is affordable?Continue Reading

The Albedo Map Mystery Revealed

Last updated on May 25th, 2018,

There seems to be quite some hype about Albedo Maps recently, especially in 3D Rendering and Realtime Rendering Applications.

I recently learned what impact the correct usage of an Albedo Map can make in my projects and wanted to share my insight here:

An Albedo Map is basically an Image texture without any shadows or highlights.

Take the following Image as an example. On the left we have a picture of a brick wall with shadows and highlights and on the right these shadows and highlights are missing.Continue Reading

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