Proprietary real-time Global Illumination solution with adaptive sampling capabilities, which caches lighting information based on object location. It can instantly refresh effects when the lighting condition is changed.

Integrated the self-developed real-time path tracing for GI to calculate ray bounces and cache the results to world space.

Leveraging the power of GPU acceleration, you can swiftly export images and videos of superior quality almost instantaneously.

Recursive data structure acceleration based on hierarchy significantly reduces the frequency of I/O communication between CPU and GPU, optimizing the drawing and calling of instance models when rendering. Using Texture Streaming technology to effectively reduce RAM usage.

Image output supports multiple formats like .exr, .png, .tif, and more*, with preset resolutions and custom sizes up to a stunning 16K.

Exports .mp4/.avi videos and renders frame sequences with channel options. Achieves 120 FPS frame rates at resolutions up to 4K.

Built-in camera movement templates and customizable camera paths & keyframes for better and easier video creation.

Connect VR devices to explore and experience the scene immersively. Available for Steam VR-ready devices, such as HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, etc.

Multiple channels (including Material ID, Sky Mask, Reflection, AO, Transparent, Z-depth, and AI post channel) can be exported while rendering for an easy post-editing with image processing software.

With Intel XeSS (Xe Super Sampling) integrated, your rendering experience will come to the next level with AI-enhanced upscaling, enabling more performance with high image fidelity.

Support the latest Intel(R) Arc(TM) A5/A7 series graphics cards.

Support AV1, QSV encoding.

Based on neural network super-resolution image generation algorithm and combined with multipass rendering feature maps, D5's self-developed super-resolution algorithm significantly improves image rendering speed.

Incorporates Nvidia DLSS technology to enhance real-time rendering precision and smoothness while also optimizing video memory usage for greater efficiency.

D5 2.7 and subsequent versions greatly accelerate the render speed: up to 100%+ boost for animation render for a scene heavy in reflection and materials.

Designed for a simple and rapid visualization of structure phasing, avoiding the need of tedious keyframe settings.

Integrates hardware-accelerated raytracing detection to reduce loading time and memory usage while improving the large-scale ray detection efficiency for Scatter components.

Utilizes raytracing technology to analyze the mesh information, thus reducing overheads and significantly improving rendering performance (FPS) when processing complex meshes and scenes with a large number of geometries, resulting in a smoother real-time experience.

Integrates various algorithms and strategies such as U-Net, GAN, Perceptual Loss, etc. Automatically generates normal, roughness and height/AO channel maps according to the base color texture map of the material.

Integrates lightweight convolutional neural networks to identify the elements of reference images, and maps them onto the target scene using comparative learning algorithms to generate corresponding environment and effect parameters.

Based on AI Super Resolution, it enhances textures to 4K with one click, improving clarity and reducing noise while reserving texture details.

Integrates AI Inpainting to specify a border of pixels around texture boundaries and transforms the primary framework of the model to seamlessly merge the textures.

Generates 3d assets of realistic/cartoon/low-poly styles with texts in one minute.

Enhances details of rendered images (lighting, materials, characters, vehicles, vegetation, etc.). Supports enhancing specific areas or the whole image.

Supports one-click conversion to watercolor, cartoon, scale model, pen sketch, pencil sketch, and voxel styles, as well as photorealistic effects such as sunset, nighttime, and seasonal variations.

Automatically analyzes and inpaints the sky, water, vegetation, or characters in images rendered with AI Post Channel.

Supports adding Motion Blur with adjustable angle and intensity settings to characters and vehicles with one click.

A procedural scatter tool with multiple presets, to bring greater efficiency and creativity to landscape design.

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Supports dividing the scatter area by color, with each area accomodating different plant species.

Dozens of presets for vegetation scattering are available in D5 Asset Library. Drag and drop the one you like to create lush and appealing landscapes in seconds.

Use the Brush tool for targeted placement of plants, featuring customizable options for brush radius, plant size, and density to refine your landscaping precisely.

Employ the Path tool to seamlessly align vegetation along pathways or barriers, streamlining the process of creating orderly natural borders.

From D5 version 2.7, the grass material has been enhanced with advanced scattering and edge-trimming algorithms to precisely align with model edges. Existing grass materials have also been optimized with brighter colors and a denser appearance in aerial view.

Integrates brush tools for terrain sculpting and texture painting. A variety of preset heightmap resources and material templates are available. Supports generating D5 Scatter areas on terrain.

In addition to built-in HDRI (High Dynamic Range Image), custom HDRI resources can be imported to improve sampling performance and reproduce lighting effects accurately.

Added night sky (moon, stars, milky way) for realistic simulation of varying lighting conditions across the day.

Quickly set the sun's position with geographic info such as time, date, latitude and longitude, or with custom parameters including altitude and azimuth.

One-click generation of cloud/wind/rain/snow/fog, each with advanced parameters for precise control.

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Utilizing Ray Marching in the ray tracing process, sampling the ShadowMap to simulate the realistic Tyndall effect.

Precisely adjust contrast, saturation, shadow, highlight and other tone-mapping curves to make objects look more solid.​

Precisely control the tonal values with Color Grading in the Effect panel.*

Create a cinematic scene through parameters including Bloom, Lens Flare, Chromatic Aberration, and Vignette.

Use LUT (Look-Up-Table) files to calibrate the color or apply specific adjustments. Supports importing .cube files.

Automatically outline objects in a scene to make cartoon and other stylized rendering in seconds.

In AO mode, we can adjust the Ambient Occlusion intensity for both preview and output. It helps improve the realism of your rendering, bringing a sense of space and artistic contrast to the scene.

Supports OpenStreetMap (OSM) and Shapefile import to automatically analyze and generate roads, buildings, terrain, and other topography features.

Click to enable emissive materials to create light sources, lightboxes, screens, etc. with ease.

Effortlessly create clear/tinted/frosted glass and semi-transparent materials like gradient glass or frosted acrylic using the 'Affected by light' option and custom texture maps.

Create a water surface with waves and control its flow velocity. Simulate water bodies of different depths.

Use car paint templates to quickly create materials with high-reflective varnish coatings, whose two reflective layers can have different Roughness parameters.

With parallax mapping techniques, you can achieve natural bump effects such as fences and hedges using height and opacity maps.

Adjust the opacity intensity to create a translucent fabric, and control the fur texture with Falloff parameter.

Quickly build hollow effects without modeling. Use black and white maps to define hollow areas.

Import video clips as material surface and present TV screens in animation.

Simulates translucent sheets to create curtains, leaves, papers, etc.

Quickly generates large areas of grass. Supports adjusting the grass pattern and color using a texture map.

Creates realistic translucent materials, such as jade, wax and skin.

Simulates realistic light refraction and reflection in real time.

Automatically generates streaming animation on the material based on its basic color/basic color map to simulate flowing water like waterfalls, streams, and more.

Creates realistic water/ground materials to rotate and merge map edges, removing any visible repetition.

4 commonly used light sources, Point Light, Spotlight, Strip Light and Rectangular Light, are embedded in D5. Added Stage Light* and Projector* for specific needs.

Spotlight is built-in with IES (Illuminating Engineering Society) files and also supports customization.

Includes Brush, Path, and Scatter to approach landscape projects of different scales with ease.

Uses Bézier curves to easily map out paths for characters and vehicles. Integrates random effect controllers to simulate lifelike city traffic.

Save edited materials to your local library and use them anywhere you need across projects. Supports batch management for custom categories.

Provides HSV, RGB, HEX and more color modes with interconvertibility, and also supports picking up colors from the screen.

Effortlessly manage all the resources in your scene with the tree-structured resource list. Also supports layer management.

Set shortcuts according to your preferences and usual workflow.

Teamwork made easy. Supports merging up to 10 projects at the same time.

Integrates Section Plane and Section Cube to view the internal structure of the models with layer control and adjustable fill colors/patterns.

D5 Studio is a cloud workspace easily accessible from any location, on any device. Store your unique effect, brush, and other types of presets in D5 Studio to make resource management a lot easier for both individuals and teams.

Much similar to the real-world camera, you can set focus on the object to be clearly displayed, and change the depth of field with the parameter "Blur".

Controls the horizontal rotation of cameras to produce impactful visuals.

Orthographic views from 6 directions are presented in a 2D way with a shortcut to switch between them.

Includes lit, wireframe, and clay modes for viewport display. Supports displaying animated models in dynamic/still mode.

Auto analyzes the brightness to adjust the exposure. Perfectly simulates the human eye's capability to adapt to different lighting conditions, and helps create an appropriate exposure within seconds.

Controls the clipping plane to hide objects. Anything closer to the camera than the clipping plane will not appear.

Integrates Perspective and Two-point Perspective views.

Supports adding independent cameras with custom aspect ratios and picture-in-picture preview windows. Allows you to edit the scene while previewing the updated effects.

Navigate a scene in first-person view with a human eye-level perspective, experience collision simulation when meeting obstacles, and even climb up and down stairs or slopes.

Curated materials for realistic visualization. Parameters and mappings are editable without limit. You can export the edited materials or save them to your local library.

Include thousands of animated models of vegetation, characters, animals and vehicles. Support configurable settings for some of the assets, such as light on/off controller for vehicles.

Specifically optimized furniture pieces and decorations from our collaborators.

Include fire, fountain, smoke, and many other particles. Support ray-tracing and realistic collision effects.

Include over 4,500 landscape element models such as trees, bushes, grasses, rocks, and more.

Applicable for surfaces of models to enrich details. Road signs, damaged walls, water stains, graffiti and other options are included.

Presets for organic or cultivated meadows help you easily create delicate landscape design.

Create well-decorated interiors for your archviz scenes using just one plane. Whether commercial or residential, D5 interior parallax models enable easy setup of interior spaces, complete with curated layout and lighting.

Urban or natural environment circular maps to enrich the distant skyline, which also contribute to the glass reflection. Simplify the process of faking the background and adding scene details with Backdrop Planes.

Pre-set asset combos such as groups of plants or characters for speeding up large-scale layouts. You can also customize your own go-to combos and save to the local library for reuse across projects.

Manage and search for your own models and materials in the Local Library with ease. No need to rummage through your PC files any more.

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Over 40 heightmap resources available. Drag and drop one onto the ground, and it will instantly generate realistic terrain accordingly. An array of material templates for various terrain surfaces is also included.

Supports importing .skp, .3dm, .d5a files, as well as .fbx and .abc files.

D5 Render supports sync for SketchUp, 3ds Max, Rhino, Revit, Archicad, Blender, C4D, and Vectorworks.

Supports LiveSync for SketchUp, 3ds Max, Rhino, Archicad, and Vectorworks. Any adjustments to models or materials in the modeling software are synced into D5 in real time.

Supports one-click sync of lights created in SketchUp, 3ds Max, Rhino, Revit, Archicad, Blender, C4D, and Vectorworks and matching them to corresponding D5 point lights, spotlights, and rect lights.

Supports reading attached materials when importing .skp and .3dm models. Material editing in modeling software can be updated in real time with LiveSync.

Sync camera animations with keyframe settings from 3ds Max/Cinema 4D into D5 Render.

Reserve the group/layer structure for models when exporting them from 3ds Max, SketchUp, Rhino and Revit into D5. Facilitates phasing animation creation and model management.