V-Ray for Blender

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V-Ray for Blender is implemented via an exporter that converts Blender scenes, models or animations into a .vrscene file that can be rendered in V-Ray 2.x Standalone.

Some of the key features for the new V-Ray for Blender include, for example,
VRayCarPaintMtl (creating car-paint shaders), a fast sub-surface scattering shader, or the new VRayHairMtl shader, intended for rendering hair and fur.

Blender and V-Ray for Blender are free open-source products, linzenzed under the GNU General Public License. To render with V-Ray in Blender, V-Ray Standalone is required, which costs from 350 euros.

Further information is available here. Anyone wishing to exchange ideas in the V-Ray for Blender forum can click here.