Maxon's Redshift 2025 brings significant updates, particularly in caustics functionality and non-photorealistic rendering. While not a revolutionary update, it strengthens the renderer's position in the market.
Redshift 2025 is far from a revolutionary update that would bring users over from other renderers but that doesn’t mean it’s not a solid update. The increasing popularity of toon shading has been embraced by Redshift and caustics improvements will save artists an untold amount of time fine-tuning this type of effect. Redshift is stronger than it’s ever been but there’s still a long way to go.
In Redshift 2025, we see major improvements to its caustics functionality, including the ability to render these light patterns using brute force theory. We also see greater functionality when it comes to non-photorealistic rendering. Alongside these more major changes, Redshift has also made it possible to composite volumes using depth data.
The brute force option is particularly good when your scene is populated by a lot of large light sources, including dome and area lights. Brute force comes into its own here, providing great levels of quality and detail, especially in complex areas. I would always recommend rendering twice, one with each mode. That will help you determine which is best for your needs, an essential step before final renderings, especially when rendering large numbers of frames.
My favourite new feature of the toon shader is the ability to apply contours to the whole rendering rather than just to individual materials. It was previously time-consuming to set up, especially if you had lots of different materials or if you wanted to make a global change. With absolute ease, it is now possible to create contours and then apply them throughout the entire image. Not only is this a big timesaver but it also helps quickly try out new looks.
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