What a bout Kray?

General disscusion about Kray
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fadlabi
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What a bout Kray?

Post by fadlabi »

Hi, All
first I post this thread on Newtek forum.

I am searching to buy a render plugin for LW 9.6, more than one person said that Kray is suitable for my case.
But I have some questions before I decide:
1- is Kray support the all new LW node system in render and preview?
2- is Kray support animation render?

I need a render and preview plugins.

some details if it can help:
MacPower G5 2GHz, Dual Processor
2.5 GB Ram
OS X Tiger 10.4.11
LW v. 9.6 UB

Thanks
jure
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Re: What a bout Kray?

Post by jure »

1. Almost all LW nodes work without a problem. There are a few nodes though that will render black in Kray - this are nodes that require special LW prepass (Sigma2 for example).

2. Yes animation is fully supported in Kray.

3. Kray works faster on Windows than on Mac right now, although fixes are being made to make it faster for mac too...
- Jure
Haven1000
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Re: What a bout Kray?

Post by Haven1000 »

jure wrote:3. Kray works faster on Windows than on Mac right now, although fixes are being made to make it faster for mac
too...
The reason for Kray being faster on Windows is due to a multi-thread issue on Mac intel architecture. This bug does not exist when using dual processor PPC machines like your G5, so you should get comparative speeds in LW/Kray/Mac OSX compared to LW/Kray on windows.

Stuart
"Place your vote now for the Kraydar pixel filter"
fadlabi
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Re: What a bout Kray?

Post by fadlabi »

jure wrote:1. Almost all LW nodes work without a problem. There are a few nodes though that will render black in Kray - this are nodes that require special LW prepass (Sigma2 for example).

2. Yes animation is fully supported in Kray.

3. Kray works faster on Windows than on Mac right now, although fixes are being made to make it faster for mac too...
Thank you very much jure and Haven1000 for this explanations.
On the other hand is the copy of Kray work on both platforms (Win/Mac) like LW or evey platform need a copy
Haven1000
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Re: What a bout Kray?

Post by Haven1000 »

fadlabi wrote:On the other hand is the copy of Kray work on both platforms (Win/Mac) like LW or evey platform need a copy
Kray is sold as a universal licence, so you will receive software for both Windows (32 & 64bit LW) and Mac UB from a single licence.

I'm sure you'll agree, great value :wink:

Stuart
"Place your vote now for the Kraydar pixel filter"
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