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What is Keyshot?

colinmac2colinmac2 Posts: 407
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What is Keyshot?  Is it new?  How does it differ from Iray?  Better or worse?

Never heard of it before, now I see some really cool artists are using it.  Just wondering.

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  • artd3Dartd3D Posts: 165

    Excellent rendering program, similar to Iray. Expensive. It's been around for a long time.

     

  • Kevin SandersonKevin Sanderson Posts: 1,643

    Keyshot is up to version 6. So it's been around. It's been used mostly for product shots, like rotating jewelry, or product like cameras, widgets, robots, etc. It has many canned motions that save time. It does not have keyframing.
    It's a raytracer, not an unbiased renderer as Iray. It's CPU based, but can add some special effects with a GPU. It has many predefined materials. I've never used it. Use you Google power to find out more.

  • retiretomauiretiretomaui Posts: 383

    For super simple renders, there is a cut down version. I have it, as it came with my CAD program. If you're just wanting to render simple shapes, it's ideal and quite fast, though the lighting choices are exceptionally limited.  Whenever I want to generate a render when selling 3D printed model parts through shapeways, it's what I use. If you want to do more, than you'll need the uberexpensive full version.

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,145

    Really expensive..that's what it is. LOL

    Laurie

  • ZilvergrafixZilvergrafix Posts: 1,385

    Keyshot, good for convert Sketchup models to obj and being usable in DazStudio.

    is perfect is you use their own shaders included, using Keyshot SSS on Daz figures...ah...avoid it.

     

  • colinmac2colinmac2 Posts: 407

    Thanks for the answers.  Just curious.

  • Dream CutterDream Cutter Posts: 1,222

    Keyshot is rendering software made by Luxerion so it uses LuxRender .  Lux. render engine is available for many applications including DS http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/daz_studio

  • j cadej cade Posts: 2,310
    Dream Cutter said:

    Keyshot is rendering software made by Luxerion so it uses LuxRender .  Lux. render engine is available for many applications including DS http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/daz_studio

    Wat?? No.... That is not correct... at all

  • Dream CutterDream Cutter Posts: 1,222
    edited July 2017

    I could be wriong but what am I missing, ref the docs https://keyshot.com/scripting/doc/6.0/lux.html

    I use Luxurion Hypersot 4 Pro & Keyshot 5 and Simlab 3d 7 which is powered by lux named render engine. To me the outcome similar in use and effect IMO.

    Guess which is which?

     

    ANSL Simlab Lux, Keyshot, Hypershot, Keyshot

    SimLab_95.jpg
    800 x 600 - 224K
    CLOUDIA_PULLEY_BLOCK_perspectives.325.jpg
    1024 x 768 - 167K
    dreamcutter_mldc_rh_mktng.384.jpg
    1404 x 1183 - 283K
    gold_crown.298.jpg
    1024 x 768 - 178K
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  • Kevin SandersonKevin Sanderson Posts: 1,643

    According to their admin of their Forum, luxrender has nothing to do with Keyshot  https://www.keyshot.com/forum/index.php?topic=4544.0

  • Dream CutterDream Cutter Posts: 1,222

    This I did not realize, thanks tor the clairificatin.  

    Kevin Sanderson said:

    According to their admin of their Forum, luxrender has nothing to do with Keyshot  https://www.keyshot.com/forum/index.php?topic=4544.0

     

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