Our new method of calculating global illumination, which additionally also analyses reflected and refracted rays. It therefore combines the operation of Radiosity and Ray tracing. It is based on checking whether a ray from a drawn light source reaches a given pixel, taking into account the reflection and absorption of light by different surfaces (one such sample is called a sample, and the program conducts millions of them, so we operate with megasamples). Each pixel is analysed individually. The calculations in highest quality mode take longer than Radiosity’s, but produce even more perfect results, sometimes indistinguishable from a real photograph! Only the current view is rendered, and the effects are displayed in real time in the preview at the bottom of the screen. The calculation process is interactive – during the calculation process, material parameters can be changed, e.g. reflections and roughness, operating mode (e.g. from preview to high quality), resolution of the resulting image, colour tone parameters and image filters. When used with the described algorithm, the Render PRO module can support multiple graphics cards and the calculation speed is scaled proportionally to the performance of a single graphics card. As a result, our software can render a single camera shot in parallel on up to a dozen graphics cards. Path tracing also makes it possible to create illustrations and spherical (360o) animations for sharing on a personal or company profile on Facebook.

That is, ‘ray tracing’ is a technique for calculating the reflections of rays from mirrored objects and refraction when penetrating transparent objects. It supplements the scene with rays missed by the Radiosity method, which only considers diffracted light. It provides realistic glosses on metal and ceramics and the natural appearance of glass, as well as multiple reflections in mirrors. In the latest version, all of the Ray tracing calculations take place on the graphics card, which has made it possible to push its parameters to the limit on each computer: 20 refractions and 20 reflections are analysed for each ray and as many as 32 samples per pixel are calculated! (the program checks 32 times whether a reflected or refracted ray hits a given screen pixel). Setting all parameters and quality levels automatically to the highest level will ensure the best results and definitely make everyone’s job easier. With this innovative method, your arrangement will take on a convincing reality.

It calculates global illumination (GI) (i.e. the distribution of indirect light, reflected from various surfaces and scattered in the scene). The biggest advantage of our method over other GI calculation methods is that once calculated, the lighting distribution is remembered, allowing the scene to be viewed from any point without new calculations. This makes it very easy to shoot video in rendered interiors. The GI calculation process is interactive – once the START button is selected, it is possible to change its settings (GI parameters) and the properties of the lights (e.g. colour, intensity, lighting style) or emissive materials (i.e. any texture with the property of emitting light into the environment), as well as changing colour tones (filters analogous to photographic filters). The software displays the effects of the changes after a few seconds.