Mental Ray - Overview

mental ray Standalone software delivers new features and enhancements designed to help studios produce higher-volume, higher-quality renderings for today's complex film, television, and design visualisation productions in less time. Now available as a single executable that works with Autodesk Maya software, Autodesk 3ds Max software, Autodesk 3ds Max Design software, and Autodesk Softimage software, mental ray Standalone provides extra flexibility in a mixed application pipeline.

With accelerated performance and improved memory handling; higher-quality final gathering and texture filtering; a new physically accurate interactive rendering mode; and optimised stereoscopic rendering, mental ray Standalone represents significant advancements in high-performance rendering.

Mental Ray - Downloads

mental ray Compatibility Matrix

(pdf - 43KB)
mental ray FAQ's (pdf - 45KB)
mental ray Features & Benefits (pdf - 87KB)
mental ray System Requirements (pdf - 121KB)