Migrating Rendered Files from Pre-2010 Versions of RenderworksMigrating Rendered Files from Pre-2010 Versions of RenderworksThe Renderworks program uses the CINEMA 4D® rendering engine, which provides many benefits, such as increased rendering speed, high-quality rendering, additional export options, and a simplified interface.
When opening files created using a pre-2010 version of Renderworks, when CINEMA 4D was not used, please keep the following points in mind.
● The rendered appearance and quality of converted files is kept as similar as possible. However, some shaders cannot be matched exactly and render differently.
● The following shaders are not matched: Corrugated, Spanish, and Roman roof tiles.
● The following Artistic Renderworks options are no longer available: Contour, Mosaic, Stipple, Color Wash, and Ink Print styles.
● Other Artistic Renderworks styles do not render identically in previous version files; however, the number of Artistic Renderworks options has increased.
● Area lights now emit light in both surface directions, not just in the surface normal direction. Therefore, some masking geometry may be required behind the area light to obtain a similar rendered effect to previous versions.
● Lighting and image brightness from previous versions can now be adjusted with the Emitter Brightness parameter in the lighting options (View > Set Lighting Options).
● If you created custom plug-in objects in previous versions, the shader record numbers have changed.
