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PRODUCTS www.postmagazine.com 33 POST NOV/DEC 2024 CHAOS RELEASES V-RAY 7 FOR 3DS MAX KARLSRUHE, GERMANY — Chaos (chaos.com) recently released V-Ray 7 for 3ds Max, bringing Gaussian Splat support and new ways to create interactive virtual tours to the rendering solution. V-Ray 7 includes more than 20 new features and improvements, including up to 15 percent faster performance on modern CPUs. 3D Gaussian Splats have been gaining popularity as a rapid way to create realistic 3D environments from photos or videos. V-Ray 7 now offers native support for Gaussian Splats with ray-traced rendering, so users can easily include their scenes within rich, detailed environments with accurate reflections and shadows. Immersive, interactive virtual tours can now be quickly uploaded from V-Ray 7 and assembled in Chaos Collaboration, allowing designers to create panoramic experiences with automatic hotspot generation. The V-Ray Frame Buffer (VFB) has been expanded to help users do more in one place. New custom-shaped render regions enable artists to render just one or many parts of their frame with custom-drawn shapes. A vignette layer camera effect is now included, which can also be customized by shape. The VFB also gains new color-correction presets that help users quickly explore different looks as they refine their design. The new Chaos Scatter Brush can easily populate instances within a scene with more precision than before. Users can switch between different densi- ty styles using the new Chaos Scatter distribution maps library. And Chaos Scatter is now handled procedurally by V-Ray 7 Standalone, enabling massive scattering results to export in minimal time when network rendering or submit- ting to Chaos Cloud. V-Ray 7 for 3ds Max is available for versions 2020 through 2025. All V-Ray subscription plans include all supported host applications, which for V-Ray 7 include 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, Houdini, Revit, Rhino, SketchUp and Blender. KROTOS TAPS A.I. TO CREATE SOUNDTRACK AMBIENCES EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND — Krotos (www.krotosaudio.com), the company that specializes in innovative sound design technology, has released Krotos Studio 2.0.3, which now fea- tures a powerful "AI ambience generator." Sound designers can craft dynamic and customizable soundscapes by simply using text to describe a scene. The tool has access to a vast library of professionally-recorded sounds, helping to quickly generate high-quality ambiences tailored to their project's specific needs. The AI ambience generator allows both Krotos Studio and Krotos Studio Pro users to create immersive, dynamic soundscapes by simply typing a description. Examples such as "dark, wet sewer" or "busy city with taxis" generate quick results, and unlike fixed audio files, presets can be fine- tuned. Users can then export the soundscapes directly to any digital audio workstation or nonlinear editor, including Adobe Premiere and Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve. The Krotos team says the AI ambience generator is prov- ing to be one of their most popular features, as it creates a seamless workflow where users can create high-quality, customizable soundscapes in seconds using just a descrip- tion. Instead of spending time searching through vast sound effects libraries, they can focus on their creative vision and move faster through their projects. Krotos Studio is available for as little as $9.99 per month and includes hundreds of presets across major sound effects categories. At $23.49 per month, Kronos Studio Pro allows users to add their own sound effects, as well as create custom presets. A free trial is also available.