Rendering Enhancements
Find support for an option that enhances visual quality at native resolution and only denoises and antialiases, support for the X-Rite and Substance Sheen parameter, the reduction of faceting to hide low tessellation when using subsurface scattering, and more.
Reduced Faceting
We reduced faceting to hide low tessellation when using subsurface scattering, where light intensity rapidly decreases as it penetrates and scatters within a material.
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Sheen
We added support for the X-Rite and Substance Sheen parameter by adding Sheen layer support for Plastic materials. When a plastic material is selected, in the Attributes, a Sheen section is found with the following options:
- Use Sheen - Added a multi-scattered sheen layer atop any other layers when enabled.
- Weight - Sets the amount of sheen applied. The higher the value the more the sheen.
- Roughness - Sets the randomness of the sheen's fiber orientation. The higher the value the more random the fibers are oriented.
- Color - Sets the color of the sheen.
- Use Texture - Determines whether a texture is used or not for the sheen. When enabled, more options appear for modifying the texture placement and size.
DLAA
We added DLAA (Deep Learning Anti-Aliasing) mode, as an alternative to the DLSS quality options. DLAA focuses on enhancing visual quality at native resolution and only denoises and antialiases. It employs AI to produce detailed frames without upscaling, which requires greater processing power. However, with a powerful NVIDIA RTX GPU, DLAA can provide superior image quality at all resolutions.
BRDF
We removed support for 6.0 and 2014 BRDF models and now only support the latest BRDF model (GGX), as it is the only model supported in Vulkan. An informational dialog appears and the BRDF model is automatically converted. As a result of this change, the BRDF Behavior option was removed from Render Settings and the BRDF Behavior and Update BRDF Behavior from File options from the Render Settings preferences.
Use All Available CPU Cores
This option enables VRED to use all available CPU cores used for raytracing. When enabled, Number of Cores is disabled, as VRED will use whatever is available. Find this in the Render Settings > General Settings > Options section.
Alpha Channel Dithering
We added dithering to the alpha channel for MR to reduce banding on shadow materials.
Example of banding
