bicket , to disable DOF set aperture 0.01

..which you can do with a single right-click on the spinner. So it's a one-click fix!

I don't think so.
Here is an example : sphere diameter = 1 cm / aperture = 0.01 => you could clearly see that DOF effect is active.
I have to render gold rings (#1cm ...

mikinik wrote:bicket, to disable DOF set aperture 0.01

..which you can do with a single right-click on the spinner. So it's a one-click fix!

Kepler support! Anyone using Kepler? I'm interested to know if anyone is able to give any Cuda vs. Kepler speed comparisons. I'm Cuda only.

Karba wrote:Don't forget, 3dsmax shows whole time of render time + voxelization. But standalone shows you only render time.

It would be useful to show the voxelization time in standalone too, otherwise this kind of "Max is slower!" comparison is always going to come back.

It doesn't bother me. If I'm curious I just copy and paste the Russian exchanges into Google's translation tools. I don't think anyone needs to feel pressured into using English. That's just my opinion.

gabrielefx wrote:You can work on this issue only if you have a system with 4 GTX580.

I have such a system. Would you like me to try it?

The good news is that this issue (materials in Max etc.) is being looked at. Check out this thread:

http://www.refractivesoftware.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=17606&start=0

Karba says he's working on bringing the online material system into Max, which is great news.

I'd struggle to recommend ...

Personally I don't have a problem with Max not having a carbon-copy version of the Octane standalone material editor. All renderers in Max are supported by the Max compact (or slate) material editor, consisting of renderer-specific materials and textures. Vray doesn't have its own material editor ...