Release notes of D5 Render

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2.6.1 Hotfix

Release date 2024/1/1

New and optimizations

  • Supports undo and redo for camera path editing in Video Editor
  • Supports excluding models from procedural vine generation
  • Support AI-generated texture maps for AO channel
  • Optimized the transition smoothness of camera movements
  • Optimized the algorithm of AI atmosphere match
  • Optimized the count and naming of scenes in Render Queue
  • Optimized the support tool

Fixes

  • Fixed the failure of light keyframes
  • Fixed the failure of UV adjustments to Emissive materials
  • Fixed the issue of blurring HDRI in rendering results
  • Fixed the issue that viewpoint movement would interrupt the Depth of Field editing
  • Fixed the abnormal Intensity parameter of stage lights
  • Fixed the failure of Activate and Pin buttons of PiP window when the D5 window was restored down
  • Fixed the failure of shortcut keys for moving the camera after it focused on a model in the Walk mode
  • Fixed the issue of library search results not starting at the top of the page
  • Fixed the issue where the local library jumped to the ‘All’ category after assets were replaced
  • Fixed the issue of importing video files without recording their file paths
  • Fixed the failure of image output format option after multi-selecting in the scene list
  • Fixed the issue where imported .fbx/.d5a files were not displayed in some cases

Version 2.6

Release date 2023/12/14

Detailed introduction of new features

What’s new in D5 Render 2.6

New and Improvements

AI

  • AI Atmosphere Match
  • AI-generated Material Texture Maps
  • AI Material Recognition

Rendering

  • Multimedia Material Transparency
  • Local Exposure
  • Flowing Water Material
  • UV Randomizer
  • Multiple Reflections on Transparent Materials in Preview
  • Rect Light Attenuation Intensity
  • Custom Sun in Geo&Sky
  • Snowflake Size
  • Optimized Water Material

Feature

  • Optimized Video Editor
  • Optimized Scene List and Camera Integration
  • Human Point-of-View Walk Mode
  • Optimized Section Tool
  • File Compression
  • Drag&drop Material Maps
  • .abc Animation Control
  • Importing .fbx with Materials
  • Thumbnails of .d5a Files
  • Unit Display of Light Sources(cd/lm)
  • Optimized Render Queue
  • Optimized Adaptive Interface

Asset Library

  • New Procedurally-generated Vines
  • New HDRI Library
  • New Futuristic Particles
  • New Characters
  • New Plane Fog Models
  • New Low-poly Trees
  • New Xerophytes
  • Optimized Search Feature
  • Optimized Library Asset Classification, Order and Filter
  • Optimized Library browsing and loading experience

Workflow

  • D5 LiveSync for 3ds Max beta
  • 3ds Max Camera Animation Sync
  • Cinema 4D Camera Animation Sync
  • Exporting .d5a files with Group Structure info from SketchUp

Fixes

  • Texture stretched after rotating UVs
  • Abnormal fluid particle effect through glass
  • Sectioned model showing through glass
  • Changed transparent material effect after enabling Caustics
  • Unchanged base color when material is applied after adjusting the base color
  • Lights that show the shape cannot be sectioned
  • SSS Material prompts of number limit when it is not reached
  • Parameters would not recover when exiting Video Editor mode
  • Glass materials reflect the base color of water in rendering results
  • Abnormal plant color in car paint material reflection in rendered results
  • Inconsistent Z depth channel effects in rendering image and video results
  • Gridlines in SR rendering image
  • Abnormal wood material rendering results in some scenes
  • Grass does not show up in rendered videos in some scenes
  • Some crash caused by .abc file importing
  • Darker material colors for .skp files that are directly imported in some cases
  • Brush record show/hide status error caused by replacing model with livesync plugin
  • Misplaced model replacement or failure to select materials, that are due to boundary calculation errors in real-time synchronization
  • Misplaced brush plants due to replacing models after syncing coordinates
  • Abnormal display of video material files from the network path
  • Position parameters in the right sidebar remain unchanged when the object is moved through the center of the axes
  • Abnormal texture of Custom Leaf Particle aftering reopening the scene
  • Occasional mouse click failures

2.5.2 Hotfix

Release date 2023/9/19

Fixes

  • Some crash issues
  • Issue of partial model loss after multi-selection model replacement
  • Issue of slow speed when saving files to network location
  • Issue of abnormal material color when importing .skp file into D5
  • Issue of abnormal texture UV after replacing the model with SU LiveSync
  • Issue of abnormal top view of the scene with SU LiveSync
  • Issue of stitching lines in the rendering image after enabling SR
  • Issue of geographical sky cloud effect does not match parameters when switching scenes
  • Issue of section fill color failing
  • Issue of characters on path tool turning black
  • Issue of slow loading of material library thumbnail
  • Occasional issue of library category list not displaying

2.5.1 Hotfix

Release date 2023/8/11

Fixes

  • Recent used being empty
  • Custom Lut being invalid
  • Brush scatter density inconsistent with 2.4
  • Issue of Abnormal values when adjusting the size of grouped lights
  • Issue of Loading basic model abnormally under brush status
  • Issue of Projector unable to upload image format files
  • Issue of Filter model results containing characters and vehicles
  • Issue of Plants and paths not displaying after deleting section
  • Issue of No image output after D5 SR opening
  • Issue of Abnormal picture size when batch adding segments to the render queue
  • Issue of Brush plants not displaying in the render results under smooth mode
  • Issue of Terrain grass texture remaining in D5 after deleting the model in SketchUp
  • Issue of Material selection not highlighted after real-time synchronization of models in SketchUp
  • Issue of Brush plants on real-time synchronized models in SketchUp unable to pick materials

Version 2.5

Release date 2023/8/02

Detailed introduction of new features

What’s new in D5 Render 2.5 - News - D5 RENDER FORUM

New and improvements

Rendering

  • Real-time Caustics

  • D5 SR Image Rendering Acceleration (beta)

  • Light source shape display

  • Optimized GI for vegetation

  • Improved SSS materials

  • Improved edge effects of grass material

  • Improved clarity of images with resolutions over 2K

Features and optimizations

  • Support saving presets in Studio

  • Optimized video mode editing features

  • Section Tool

  • Advanced Camera Tool (beta)

  • Support displaying material names in brush records

  • Support high-resolution screen

  • Full-screen mode

  • Network proxy

  • Adjusted rendering preset resolution

  • Optimized operations in right sidebar

  • Optimized three-axis control

  • Optimized installation experience

  • Optimized statistics display

  • Optimized D5 account management security

Assets

  • New Interior Parallax assets

  • New xerophyte plants

  • New plant combos

  • New Asian characters

  • New Macrophanerophytes

  • New HDRIs

  • Added HD filter option

  • Added car paint material parameters for vehicle assets

  • Optimized effect of some plants

  • Optimized movements of dynamic characters

  • Optimized search feature

  • Adjusted classification of materials

Workflow

  • D5 LiveSync for SketchUp

  • Support restoring parameters of 3ds Max lights

Fixes

  • Incorrect reflection effect of glass reflected in water

  • Increased the number of stage lights limit to avoid fog effect problems

  • Some models failed to load after being exported and re-imported

  • Some brush plants cannot be erased using the eraser tool

  • The black and white colors of the images in the sky mask channel are reversed

  • The black color of video sequence frames in the sky mask channel turns gray

  • Multi-selection failure in Render Queue

  • Tyndall effect through glass

  • Incorrect colors in the sky mask channel

  • Corrected some interface texts

Version 2.4.2

Release date 2023/04/07

New and improvements

  • Support direct import of SketchUp 2023 files

  • Optimize the logic of canceling project merging

  • Clean up some assets that aren’t compatible with the current version

Fixes

  • Some crash issues

  • Material selection unable to be canceled

  • Occasional error for materials imported from SketchUp to D5

  • Losing particles in render queue image output

  • Noises in rendered images due to abnormal normal maps

  • Serious aliasing in material ID channel from sequence

  • Video material not playing from the first frame

  • Wrong namings for vehicle paths

Version 2.4

Release date 2023/2/22

Detailed introduction of new features

What’s new in D5 Render 2.4

New and improvements

Rendering

  • New D5 GI

  • Improved material emissive effect

  • Subsurface scattering material

  • Z-depth channel

  • Vegetation Cull Distance

  • Blend amount setting for grass material textures

  • New preview modes to control image quality

Features

  • More frame rate options for video rendering

  • Improved two-point perspective view

  • Camera focal length

  • Support switching between horizontal/vertical FOV

  • Drop models on the ground

  • Support creating curve/linear paths for the path tool

  • Support setting fixed spacing distance for vegetation path

  • Support custom combination of vegetation, characters, and other models

  • Support opening the file location of maps imported by D5 Converters

  • Support reading the north offset parameter from .skp files

  • Support closing D5 Render automatically after render queue is finished

  • Support opening .abc files directly from the welcome page

  • Support opening the Preference from the welcome page

  • Support clearing auto-saved backups and imported models

  • Improved scatter tool with better effects and compatibility with hedge assets

  • Improved random offset effect for vegetation path

  • Improved model replacing feature for the path tool

  • Improved search and filter functions of the object list

  • Improved camera movement in video rendering

  • Improved coordinate axis spatial position

  • Improved display effect of the rotation control

  • Action tips in the viewport

  • Open D5 help center directly from the top right corner of D5 Render

  • A shortcut icon is created for .d5a files

Productivity

  • Support AV1 encoding

  • Support QSV encoding

  • Open the welcome page faster

Assets

  • New hedge assets

  • New commonly used arborous plants

  • New static and dynamic Asian characters

  • Subsurface scattering materials and models

  • New dynamic transportation assets

  • Backdrop planes

  • New dynamic water particles

  • Support adjusting the color temperature of interior parallax

  • Improved movement effect of some dynamic characters

  • Improved quality of some vegetation models

Fixes

  • Grass does not fully appear in the rendering result

  • Crop error when rendering images of small sizes

  • Incorrect effect of car lights in the reflection

  • GI behaves abnormally when an object is far away from the origin point

  • The eraser wrongly erases assets on all surfaces

  • The eraser can not erase plants on vertical surfaces

  • Plant materials are not highlighted when being selected

  • Incorrect adsorption relationship of rotation axis at 90° and its multiples

  • Wrong attenuation radius unit of rectangular and strip lights

  • Light group hierarchy sync error of D5 Converters

  • Thumbnails have black edges when adding materials to the local library

  • The model position changes when dragging axis to duplicate

Version 2.3.4

Release date 2022/10/19

New

  • D5 Render Educational accounts supported

Fixes

  • Error saving .abc files to the local library
  • Effect settings occasionally disappear after rendering videos in render queue

Version 2.3.2

Release date 2022/8/31

New

  • A notice that Material ID is not supported in the Outline mode

Fixes

  • Some HDRI was blurry when rendering in the render queue
  • Some materials went missing after starting sync with D5
  • The slow-down caused by a large scale of grass materials
  • The failure to reset the size of models after Smart Placement
  • The possibility of some qualified hardware failing in the hardware test
  • The jump of HDR sunlight in the keyframe animation

Version 2.3

Release date 2022/8/12

Detailed introduction of new features

What’s new in D5 Render 2.3

New and improvements

Rendering

  • Round Corner
  • Limit color bleeding option
  • Thickness simulation for single sided transparent materials
  • Outline mode
  • AO (ambient occlusion) mode
  • Level of Detail (LOD) switch
  • Adjustable sun disk radius in Geo and Sky
  • Color space transfer function for editing maps
  • Optimized Cloud effect: thickness, density, and height
  • Optimized Fog effect: height, falloff, and start distance
  • Optimized Grass material: new templates, height, density, and trim
  • Manual focus for DOF effect
  • Enhanced denoising algorithm
  • Optimized Material ID channel for linked materials

Features

  • Switch between world and local coordinate systems
  • Sync pivot from modeling software
  • Support continuous selection with material picker
  • Support selecting materials behind other objects with material picker
  • Animation control for dynamic models
  • Smart placement of models
  • Optimized orientation of plants on path tools
  • Optimized vehicle path: left/right-hand drive, random color, light
  • Support path tools for animal models
  • Support adjusting parameters for multi-selected objects
  • Support changing the stacking order of decals
  • Support importing material maps in .tif /.tiff /.tga
  • Support multi-selecting and batch importing PBR textures
  • Support opening the file path of maps
  • Support flip horizontal for HDRI
  • Show estimated time remaining when rendering
  • Support automatic change of brush radius adaptive to the screen scale
  • New options to the menu: New Project, Open, Recent
  • Optimized model replacing feature
  • Optimized support of Alembic (.abc) models
  • Optimized selection logic for grouped objects
  • Optimized input slider
  • Adjust the logic for lock operation
  • Adjust the logic for multi-select operation
  • Optimized interface of the benchmark test

Productivity

  • Support Intel Arc graphics cards and Xe Super Sampling (XeSS)
  • Optimized scene statistics tool
  • Added notifications for lack of space on the disk

Assets

  • New high-quality static vegetation assets
  • Crops assets
  • Vine assets
  • Succulent assets
  • Interior Parallax assets
  • New dynamic Asian characters
  • Landscape assets for exterior scenes
  • Stage light, downlight, and spotlight assets
  • New landscape ground and wall materials
  • New fountain and waterfall particles
  • Optimized frequently-used vegetation assets

Fixes

  • Incorrect water reflection under fog and volume light
  • Incorrect cloud effect in video rendering caused by keyframes
  • Failure to load maps due to long file paths
  • Unexpected collision between objects and models on paths
  • Limited angle of random direction for models on path
  • Limited filter list that is restricted inside D5 window
  • Absence of thumbnails for some models in path property

Version 2.2.1

Release date 2022/5/31

Detailed introduction of new features

What’s new in D5 Render 2.2.1

New and improvements

Rendering

  • Improved quality of photo rendering

Feature

  • Add a Color Intensity parameter to further brighten materials’ Base Color
  • Optimized movement slowing effect of the Spacebar

Assets

  • Add new Building materials for architecture
  • Add new Water materials
  • Add basic shape models including plane, arc, cone and more
  • Add new Arabian character models
  • Optimized facial expression and body movement of character models

Fixes

  • Same models may get lost after merging projects
  • Layers may be missing or duplicated after merging projects
  • Unable to undo entering values of the model size
  • Fail to customize or update thumbnails in local library
  • Incorrect effect of Displacement materials
  • Panoramas occasionally rendered with ghosting problem
  • Some crash issues

Version 2.2

Release date 2022/4/18

Detailed introduction of new features

What’s new in D5 Render 2.2

New and improvements

Widget

  • Merge Project beta
  • Projector
  • New Rotate parameter for Stage Light

Rendering

  • Weather System: Rain and Snow
  • New effects: Tint, Vignette, Chromatic Aberration
  • Improved accuracy of emissive materials’ attenuation
  • Improved GI effect on vegetation assets
  • Stronger color contrast of Material ID channel
  • Optimized default tone mapping settings

Feature

  • Layer Management
  • Custom Shortcuts
  • Brush Records
  • Direct import of skp2022 models
  • Support HDRI in .exr format
  • Support Follow Focus for DOF effect
  • Keep the original coordinates of imported models
  • Optimized sort order of Object List
  • Keep the parameters of the last rendering
  • Statistics tool stays on once activated
  • Optimized camera movement acceleration
  • Add a “Cancel” button when updating assets in a scene

Productivity

  • Lower memory usage for large scale scenes
  • Optimized real-time reflection efficiency of multiple light sources
  • Enhanced performance of Object List

Assets

  • Display selected assets when assets tools are activated
  • Add a special mark for new assets
  • Add scaling and other adjustable parameters for Particles
  • Add “Dynamic” and “Left-hand drive” controls for vehicles
  • Add Decals assets
  • Add Snow models in Landscapes category
  • Add Terrazzo, Wall tiles, Roof tiles and more Water materials
  • Add static vehicle models
  • Optimized character models’ motion animation
  • Optimized vehicle models’ efficiency

Workflow

  • Optimized file association logic for D5 Converters

Fixes

  • Colors on materials looking different from those in the palette
  • Incorrect effect of frosted glass in reflection
  • Dynamic animation of curtains starts on a random frame instead of the first one
  • Missing sun bloom effect in rendered video
  • Incorrect display of downloading progress in the Assets Library

Version 2.1

Release date 2022/1/12

Detailed introduction of new features

What’s new in D5 Render 2.1

New and improvements

  • Widget

    • Advanced Image Rendering
    • Advanced Video Rendering
    • VR beta
    • Stage Light
    • Color Grading

  • Rendering

    • D5 GI takes a step further with global illumination accuracy
    • Orthographic view image rendering
    • Adjustable sunlight intensity in Geo & Sky

  • Feature

    • Auto-Save
    • Language Setting: English and Chinese
    • Direct import of SketchUp 2021 files
    • Adding d5a models grouped with lights to local library
    • Beginner’s Guide
    • New shortcuts for switching render quality, display mode and navigation mode
    • LUT effect preview available on hover
    • Optional channel map rendering
    • Rendered files naming improved
    • Model/Material Selecting Tool improved
    • Animation camera curve improved
    • Display of system information

  • Productivity

    • Enhanced Smoothness
    • Improved archive stability
    • Improved NAS I/O
    • Alert on insufficient capacity

  • Assets

    • Added Customizable Assets

      • Supported changing clothes for static Character models
      • Supported choosing lights on/off, driver, and car paint color for Vehicles
      • Supported scaling and other adjustable parameters for Particles

    • Added 2D Character assets

    • Supported filtering dynamic models

    • Supported Favorite for Particles

    • Supported Favorite and Recent for Brush, Eraser and Path

    • HD tags on high-poly assets

    • Optimized “Aligned to Terrain” to draw on any surface

    • Optimized Asset Library interaction

      • Recent list supports up to 60 records
      • Support category expanding/collapsing
      • Optimized page number position

Fixes

  • Unable to select certain models after scaling or flipping
  • Some invalid shortcuts
  • Errors of some archived lighting
  • The update issue when assets are attached to main models
  • Unexpected orientation change of brushed vegetation when reopening the file
  • Grass material out of model
  • Loss of opacity map when a .d5a file is saved to local
  • A random bug that Asset Library needs redownloading after updating D5

Version 2.0

Release date 2021/9/28

Detailed introduction of new features

What’s new in D5 Render 2.0

New and Improvements

  • Feature

    • Redesigned UI

    • A new Path Tool for Vegetation

    • Path Tool: moving characters and vehicles

    • Copy and paste maps among materials

    • Duplicate video clips

    • Video material up to 200 MB

    • Number of scenes up to 1000

    • Custom LUT/IES/HDR sorted by name

    • Optimized the camera movement when rendering videos, making it smooth and steady

    • Directly read Geo&Sky system parameters from SketchUp

    • A new tool to get scene resource data

    • Added download workflow plugins for Welcome page

    • Added download demo scenes for Welcome page

  • Rendering

    • 3D Grass material

    • New element for the weather system: Clouds

    • New element for the weather system: Winds

    • Added a Temperature parameter for emissive materials

    • Supported up to 16K export for photos and panoramas

    • Added Channels for panoramas

    • Improved the accuracy of Fog effect

    • Enhanced the occlusion of vegetation

  • Productivity

    • Supported FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution) technology

    • Optimized the method to open saved files

    • Material maps are compressed for lower consumption of video memory

    • Static Mesh can be used to improve performance

    • Optimized the artificial light sources. Scenes with numerous lights shall no longer lag

    • Supported network drive storage (NAS)

  • Assets

    • Supported Search and Favorite feature

    • Optimized categorization and added secondary category

    • New setting Preferences is added to migrate online and custom resources

    • Added animal models such as fish, birds, butterflies, cats and dogs

    • Added interior furniture and accessories

    • Added particle assets such as fountains, waterfall, smoke, fireflies, etc

    • Added Nature category including Low Poly Trees, dead trees and stumps, rocks and fallen leaves

    • Added outdoor models for architectural scenes

    • Optimized the movement and actions of character models

Fixes

  • Fixed the bug that DOF effect appeared different in preview and render

  • Fixed the issue that Volume light displays incorrectly under Two-point perspective

  • Fixed the bug that glass makes the sun go low-resolution

  • Fixed the bug that geo&sky appears abnormally yellow

  • Fixed the shadow-disappearing issue for big scenes

  • Fixed the video flickering problem caused by small structures

  • Further fixed the problem that some archives failed to load

  • Fixed the bug that multi-selected models can not be filtered correctly

  • Fixed the bug that the light source did not change color with the color picker

  • Fixed the channels exporting failure when the mouse is in brush style

  • Fixed the shortcut key conflict that kept playing video

  • Fixed the crash issue due to unsuccessfully downloaded assets

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how do i activate this technology on a gtx 1080?

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Hello, it is implemented inside D5 Render program, with no need to activate it manually. You could see that the video quality is better both in preview and final renders.

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The scaling for fluids particles are not implemented yet, I’ve tried and the scaling option is still grey (not applicable) , this is only implemented in the Beta section of the particle assets which include non of the fluid assets which is a shame as i was hoping for the option to scale particles as its available in all other assets. hope it will be added soon.

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still now i didn’t get update

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Hi, 2.3 will come out tomorrow, thank you for waiting~

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where is the section tool? I can’t seem to find it :confused:

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Hi mate, you need to open it in the Preference.
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