In addition, SplutterFish is also pleased to announce the immediate availability of its first Professional-Edition beta version (2.1 Pro-Beta), which introduces even more new features, and is available exclusively to Brazil r/s v2 Professional Edition clients.

"This Changes Everything!"

Brazil r/s v2 is more than a simple upgrade or a set of new features. Brazil r/s v2 is practically a brand new product.

Striving to address the complex needs of its diverse customer-base, SplutterFish put Brazil r/s v2 through extensive, large-scale, professional beta-testing and early pre-release sales. CG artists utilizing Brazil r/s on serious, real-world projects have helped drive its development, resulting in an incredibly powerful, comprehensive and reliable rendering toolkit.

From core architecture to user-interface, Brazil r/s v2 has undergone sweeping changes from v1. Artists that upgrade notice the changes immediately. Once you experience the overall performance improvements and the freedom to combine features that would have been previously impractical, you will find it difficult to go back to any other renderer. If you think that working with Brazil r/s v1 is addictive, wait until you try Brazil r/s v2!

Some of the most highly anticipated new features that Brazil r/s v2 introduces include:

• New speed and performance improvements
• 64 bit support for nearly infinite data handling
• A reworked sampling core that supports combinations of features that previously killed rendertimes
• Full 3d-Motion Blur
• Expanded Implicit Surface Support including Rendertime Displacements
• Polygonal Rendertime Displacements (Pro-Beta version only)
• On-Demand Caching of Irradiance and Photon Illumination
• Support for 3ds Max's Texture Baking
• Numerous artist-Inspired extras and Script Support
• And much, much more...

Additional Brazil r/s V2 Offerings

With this latest release, Brazil r/s v2 is entering an exciting new phase.

On the software side, core technical changes and constant input from our new 2.1 Pro-Beta clients are enabling rapid development and more frequent releases of the most desired new features. At the same time, the new, community-supported, online Brazil r/s Materials Gallery and Brazil r/s Training Blog have recently joined the already popular online SplutterFish Image Gallery, support forums, and public support chat as the latest venues to bring Brazil r/s artists together.

You can find these and more, now, on the SplutterFish website. Check back often over the coming weeks for compelling Brazil r/s success stories, new product offerings (including Brazil r/s v2 for Rhino 3D), and all the latest Brazil r/s news.

Licensing and Pricing

SplutterFish offers Basic and Professional Editions of Brazil r/s to address the licensing needs of studios large and small, renderfarms, and everyone from hobbyists to serious rendering professionals. The Basic Edition starts at $795 and the Professional Edition, which includes free updates for a year and other benefits, at just $995. Please visit splutterfish.com for more details on the Brazil r/s licensing options, as well a list of Brazil r/s authorized resellers.

About SplutterFish

In 2000, SplutterFish rocked the CG world with the launch of its fully-integrated renderer, Brazil r/s, breaking barriers and bringing production-viable, high-end GI and raytracing to the desktop. Since then Brazil r/s has become the gold standard for production rendering in 3ds Max. Brazil r/s is well-known for its comprehensive, flexible and controllable toolset, unparalleled reliability, and of course, its uncompromising image quality.

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