Rendering is the cornerstone of 3D creativity and the most performance-driven task in the production pipeline. From animation and visual effects to automotive and architectural design, the fastest way to streamline creative workflow is accelerate rendering to interactive speeds without sacrificing image quality. (NASDAQ:NVDA) NVIDIA Corporation has taken a major step forward in this regard by demonstrating its next-generation, near-real-time, high-quality rendering product with performance improvements capable of re-lighting 60 frames of a complex scene in 60 seconds. Along with a new release of NVIDIA® Gelato® GPU-accelerated software renderer and the announcement of the NVIDIA Quadro® Plex Visual Computing System (VCS) Model S4 1U graphics server, this advanced technology demonstration shows NVIDIA's continued technical leadership in the field of high-quality rendering.

A fast, interactive workflow for rapidly making changes to 3D visual effects and animation has been a holy grail of rendering. Adding high-quality frames, like those used in film and other applications where visual quality is paramount, have been slow to be integrated into an interactive workflow because they just take too long to render.

But no more.

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