Can I render with unity?

Hassan

Hello, I'd like to ask a question, can i consider unity as my render engine for both high and low poly models? instead of v-ray , arnold...etc ? 

Axi5

Hassan said:

Hello, I'd like to ask a question, can i consider unity as my render engine for both high and low poly models? instead of v-ray , arnold...etc ? 

To a decent quality absolutely, these guys did:
https://unity.com/madewith/adam

Though NO real time renderer will get you to the same visual quality of an offline production renderer like Arnold or V-Ray (yet, maybe another 5-10 years).

What would you be rendering?

Hassan

anything, for instance a trash can, ordinary props but I want to render it in unity instead. anyways thanks for your help  

Eric Chadwick

If you want to be hired as a game artist, render your stuff in a game engine.

Tiberius

I've been using this for the past couple of weeks:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/video/video-capture-75653

MarKiesewetter

Just prepare your scene, as you would for a game, then take a high resolution screenshot.
Unreal 4 has a built in screenshot taker, for unity I like this tool:
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/24122

kaspersp

You should be using teh Octane Renderer, honestly. Octane is the prefered renderer for many studios, and now it is available in Unity. 

https://unity3d.com/partners/otoy/octanerender

Axi5

kaspersp said:

You should be using teh Octane Renderer, honestly. Octane is the prefered renderer for many studios, and now it is available in Unity. 

https://unity3d.com/partners/otoy/octanerender

The user didn't specify real-time vs offline rendering and since they found Unity in their research I assume they were looking for a real time engine which Octane isn't. Octane also doesn't run on AMD and doesn't have as much market share as other offline renderer's such as V-Ray so I wouldn't be pushing Octane for this user personally.

RyanB

I'm working on user acquisition ads for mobile game.  We render everything in Unity then edit with additions in After Effects.  The benefit of this is it makes the ads look like real gameplay which is important on some ad channels.  Some gamers are really turned off by renders that look "fake".  It also reduces the cost of production which reduces the cost of user acquisition.

 

SnoozerBear

If you're working on a game project, rendering in unity is a good, cost effective option. Otherwise rendering a 3D animation in unity adds the whole process of exporting and setting up your animations and materials/ shavers into the project. I would simply say don't.
The time you would put to set up everything in unity would be far more than you might save on real time rendering.

dave56

Yes You can totally render high level models and graphics in Unity!!!
Sorry i'm late to the band wagon on this topic. But here is a in-engine render *Unity* I did this with my laptop and my laptop is 8 years old no fancy graphics card. 

Mehran Khan

dave56 said:

Yes You can totally render high level models and graphics in Unity!!!
Sorry i'm late to the band wagon on this topic. But here is a in-engine render *Unity* I did this with my laptop and my laptop is 8 years old no fancy graphics card. 

Can you shed more light on the workflow behind that pic?
I think you might be using a studio-style setup with enlighten realtime gi + bounce cards using emissive?