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title: "What's New in V-Ray 5 Release"
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Official release Date - 16 June, 2020 Release Notes:  V-Ray 5   LIGHT MIXING Explore lighting possibilities interactively in real-time. Use LightMix in the new V-Ray Frame Buffer to freely experiment with lighting changes after you render, save out permutations, and push back improvements you’d like to have in your scene. See the  VRayLightMix  page LAYERED COMPOSITING The new Layer compositor lets you fine-tune and finish your images directly in the new V-Ray Frame Buffer — without the need for a separate post-processing app. See the  Layers  and  Lens Effects  pages