SWAP

fryrender SWAP is a highly innovative product based on RandomControl physicallybased render technology. Sharing a base concept similar to fryrender’s layer-blending: “render once and get as many images as you need”, SWAP enables you to change materials in your scene while keeping the photorealistic quality of your original image, in real-time.

SWAP is aimed at those visualizers who need to discuss, review or simply produce a high number of variations of a given scene or object, and don’t have have the time to render all the images.

A typical case of use can be found in product or architectural visualization, where once the geometry is modelled, the artist creates the materials that will determine the final appearance of the elements in the scene. It is often very beneficial to be able to discuss variations on those materials with the client, or even show how different materials can affect the mood of the image as part of a decision-making process. To do so, traditionally you would need to render all the possible variations, one by one. This process is not only tedious and inconvenient, but may even be unfeasible due to hardware, budget or deadline constraints.

With fryrender SWAP you only have to process your scene once to get endless material changes for your objects. Moreover, the results are displayed in real-time while you tweak the materials, leading to a creativity explosion in your workflow, and better/ more results given the same time/effort.

So... How does fryrender SWAP work? Put in short, SWAP first builds a data package from your input scene, which, once processed, contains all the information necessary to allow you to change materials in real-time. This process is really easy to carry out. In fact, all you have to do is tell SWAP what objects you wish to edit. The application will take care of the rest.

SWAP is an add-on for fryrender, and is sold as a separate product. As such, you will need a fryrender MASTER license in order to use SWAP.