Redshift is a powerful GPU-based rendering engine capable of creating the highest quality products. Offering a range of features, this software is compatible with the most popular computer graphics software and is suitable for use by studios or creative artists. Redshift offers CPU-based rendering quality and capabilities at GPU speeds and, unlike other similar rendering engines, allows users to change methods to balance the performance and quality of the final product.

Redshift supports sophisticated shading networks and advanced texting capabilities and is compatible with all types of cameras used in scenes. You can use different lighting in this software to make your scenes look more realistic. This rendering engine is fully synchronized with programs such as Houdini, 3ds Max, Maya and Cinema4D and faithfully reproduces the details rendered by these programs.


System requirements :

Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows: 64-bit Windows 7 / 8 / 10
Linux: 64-bit distribution with glibc 2.12 or higher
MacOS: Sierra (10.12) or High Sierra (10.13). Mohave (10.14) is not currently supported because there are no CUDA drivers for that OS!
3D Applications Supported
Autodesk Maya (Windows, Linux and macOS): 64-bit edition. 2014 or later
Autodesk 3dsMax: 64-bit edition. 2013 or later
Maxon Cinema4D (Windows and macOS): 64-bit edition. R16 or later
SideFX Houdini (Windows, Linux and macOS): 64-bit edition. 15.5 or later
The Foundry Katana (Windows, Linux): 64-bit edition. 2.5v4 or later
Minimum
8GB of system memory
Processor with SSE2 support (Pentium4 or better)
NVidia GPU with CUDA compute capability 3.0 or higher and 4GB VRAM
Single GPU
Recommended
16GB of system memory or more
Core i7 or Xeon equivalent, 3.0GHz or higher
NVidia GPU with CUDA compute capability 6.0 or higher and 8GB of VRAM or more
Multiple GPUs