Added

• Save As for .RCS files.
• Scaled instances.
• Film width / height + camera presets.
• Lens distortion.
• Panoramic cameras.
• Orthogonal cameras.
• Exportation to .OBJ, .FRY and .RCS.
• Straight QTVR output for panoramic cameras.
• HDR and multi-channel output in .RPF and OpenEXR.

Improved

• Better OpenGL viewport display.
• Faster warmup (10% to 40% depending on the scene).

Changed

• fryrender reads/writes .RCS natively now. Old .FRY files can be imported into the standalone.
• The old .FRY format has been deprecated (new features will happen on .RCS format only).

Fixed

• Black normals or pivots in the OpenGL viewport.
• Window resize in the OpenGL viewport.

Plugins

• The plugins write in .RCS directly now.
• The plugins can trigger Arion or fryrender directly now.

Added

• Render Region.
• Camera Response tonemapping operators.
• Ability to toggle ON/OFF direct/indirect reflective/refractive caustics.
• Ability to toggle ON/OFF certain features globally, such as bump mapping or displacement mapping.
• New compact scene format (.RCS = RandomControl Scene).
• New standalone command-line renderer (frycmd.exe).
• New licensing system (much more customer-friendly).
• New network management system (NetWarrior).

Improved

• 30% faster rendering core (again!) / 50% faster than fryrender v1.0.
• Faster warmup (average improvement ranging from 15% to 50%).
• Instantaneous MPDM warmup.
• Significantly faster MPDM rendering.
• Better energy loss for rough materials.
• Better integration of Roughness=0% materials.
• Some low-level core optimizations.
• Opacity Mapping and MPDM can work together now.
• Number of LightMixer layers increased from 10 to 16.

UI Improvements

• The 3D viewport starts much faster now.
• Film-Shift preview in the 3D viewport.
• ENTER accepts editboxes (overriding the default behavior in Windows).
• Much better Layer Blending UI.
• UI shortcuts.
• Much smoother preview update for tonemapping and Layer Blending.
• Accept vs. Cancel in the Material Editor.
• Ability to open multiple documents per standalone session.
• RAM player in the Material Editor.
• fryeditor.exe accepts .sky files now.
• Double-clicking a slider resets its value.
• New command-line parameters (.PDF manual included in the setup).
• The latest paths used are recalled in the open/save dialogs.
• New CFG tab with some useful scene counters for analysis/debugging.

Fixed

• New Crash Report System (just in case).
• Fixed black spots in the normals channel.
• Fixed darkenings in bump/normal mapping in certain situations.
• Emitters are now visible in the compositing channels.
• The new setups will request administrator rights on Vista/Win7 automatically now (UAC).
• The uninstaller has been fixed.
• The Material Editor will recall changes in the location of the Library Browser.
• Stronger network licensing system.

Changed

• 3D viewport ported to OpenGL (no dependencies with Direct X anymore) for multi-platform compatibility.
• Default shutter speed changed from 125 to 250 for better exposure on default skylit scenes.

Plugins

• New plugin for 3dsMax 2010 (changelog).
• New plugin for Cinema 4D 11.5 (changelog).
• New plugin for SketchUp 6/7 (changelog).
• New plugin for Rhinoceros 3D (changelog).
• New plugin for Maya 2010 (changelog).
• New plugin for Modo (changelog).
• New binary format for all plugins (ready for new versions of fryrender and Arion).

Warnings

• .DSI files generated with previous versions will not load on v1.5.
• From now on the plugins are not included in the setup anymore. Download them from here.
• The software is installed under c:\Program Files\RandomControl instead of c:\randomcontrol by default now.