OK, today I discovered KeyShot has awesome caustics...

[DriesV]

Hi all,

During my lunch break today I was fiddling with our KeyShot network rendering trial.
Somehow it occured to me to render a couple of rings that I got from GRABCAD. I put 'em in a scene and threw a nice sunny HDRI on 'em. Since I was using network rendering on 4 machines I decided to crank up the samples, GI quality and image resolution. And off the rendering job went.

When the rendering was completed I was nailed to the ground. "What the...? Am I seeing bright sparkling caustics thrown on my matt paint floor?... Yes I am!!!" 

I was totally unaware of the fact that KeyShot supports reflective/refractive caustics by default. I wonder what I'll discover next .

These images are post quick Photoshop enhancements.

greetings,
Dries

[DriesV]

These are the un-edited render outputs.

greetings,
Dries

[PhilippeV8]

I like how you reduced the blue shine on them, but I don't like the speckle you added ... makes the renders look "not cooked enough" ...

[DriesV]

Philippe, for your reference  :

Some shots after PS, but without speckles.

greetings,
Dries

[PhilippeV8]

Well .. to me those last ones are just perfect

[DriesV]

I couldn't contain myself  .
One final image of the rings on a dark floor.

greetings,
Dries

[DriesV]

Now the rings get to enjoy the company of a petite diamond dragon  ...

greetings,
Dries