Should I choose Studio or Indie?
We are asked frequently about the differences between Maverick Studio and Maverick Indie:
Studio is the product with all the features.
Indie trades some of Studio’s higher-end productivity features for a more affordable price.
Another way to answer this question is:
If you are a jeweler, an industrial designer or an engineer, then Studio is for you.
If you are a CG artist or a generalist, then Indie is for you.
Product Comparison
| Connectivity | Maverick Studio | Maverick Indie |
|---|---|---|
| Standard geometry formats (e.g., OBJ, FBX, ...) | ||
| Native support for SBSAR | ||
| PBR maps importer | ||
| Substance Painter importer | ||
| Substance Designer importer | ||
| Zbrush importer | ||
| Sketchfab importer | ||
| Rhino 5/6/7 plug-in | ||
| 3DM import | ||
| CAD import (STEP/IGES) |
| Content Library | Maverick Studio | Maverick Indie |
|---|---|---|
| Shading library (2000+ materials) | ||
| Ambiences library (100+ ambiences) | ||
| Environments library (120+ maps) | ||
| Projectors library (170+) | ||
| Gradient lights library (110+ maps) | ||
| Stickers library (1000+ maps) | ||
| Jewelry library (160+ materials) |
| User Interface | Maverick Studio | Maverick Indie |
|---|---|---|
| Nodal Editor | ||
| LightMixer | ||
| Normalight tool | ||
| Ambience Composer (Blog) |
| Core | Maverick Studio | Maverick Indie |
|---|---|---|
| Unforgivingly physically-based light simulation | ||
| GPU-accelerated (Nvidia CUDA) | ||
| Interactive (WYSIWYG) path-tracing | ||
| Spectral light transport | ||
| True camera optics | ||
| Physical lights | ||
| Image-Based Lighting (i.e., IBL) | ||
| Physical sun & sky | ||
| Adaptive rendering mode | ||
| AI denoising (Nvidia) | ||
| World-class tonemapping system | ||
| Lens effects (e.g.,bloom & glare) | ||
| 30+ AOVs (i.e., render passes) | ||
| PBR-compliant material system | ||
| Physical simulation of metals & dielectrics | ||
| Physical Sub-Surface Scattering | ||
| Clear and thin-film (spectral) coatings | ||
| 10+ physical (BSDF) material nodes | ||
| 30+ procedural map nodes | ||
| Rectangular Region Render | ||
| Region Render (per-object/material) | ||
| UV mapping (per-object/material) | ||
| Micro-Patch Displacement (Blog) | ||
| Geometry subdivision | ||
| Curvature & Round Edges | ||
| Shadow Catcher (Blog) | ||
| Scatter (Blog) | ||
| Multiclone (Blog) | ||
| Shadow Catcher Region Of Interest (Blog) | ||
| Render sets (per-object/material) (Blog) | ||
| Gradient lights (Blog) | ||
| Complex IOR materials | ||
| Parametric lightbox (Blog) | ||
| Trace Sets (Blog) | ||
| Stickers (Blog) |
| Productivity | Maverick Studio | Maverick Indie |
|---|---|---|
| Detachable shadows/reflections | ||
| Multi-layered PSD (Photoshop) output | ||
| Video output (e.g., MP4) | ||
| Text-based (editable) scene/material file format | ||
| Turntable animation wizard | ||
| Python scripting (e.g., render batching) (Blog) | ||
| Quick Python commands | ||
| RenderWarrior (i.e., command-line application) |
Note that while this page covers most relevant features of Maverick, not every single feature is displayed here. However, features not listed explicitly can be assumed to be present in both products.