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title: "Interactive Rendering | IPR"
canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/VMAYA/111739020/Interactive%20Rendering%20%7C%20IPR"
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This page gives some basic information about IPR within Maya and how to incorporate the interactive renderer into your workflow.


## **Overview**

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IPR is Chaos' interactive rendering engine that can utilize both CPU and GPU hardware acceleration to see updates to the rendered image interactively as objects, lights, and materials are edited within the scene.

In the following pages of the V-Ray for Maya documentation you can find some helpful information about the V-Ray IPR:

- [V-Ray GPU Setup](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAYA/pages/111738911) - Information on configuring IPR for GPU rendering
- [Supported Features](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAYA/pages/111739052) - A list of features supported by IPR CPU and GPU.
- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAYA/pages/111739307) - Common questions about how IPR works.

For more details on the render settings available for IPR, please see the [IPR tab page](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAYA/pages/111739018).


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> ||Status Line|| **> Maya IPR button**
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> ||Viewport||** > V-Ray IPR**
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> ||Viewport|| **> Renderer menu > V-Ray IPR**
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## **Workflow**

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IPR can be selected within the [V-Ray VFB window](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAYA/pages/111739034). IPR mode is also supported within the Maya viewport.

To start using IPR, click the IPR button (IPR render the current frame) found in the Rendering icons section of the Maya Status Line UI element. To switch a viewport's renderer to IPR, open the Renderer menu from the viewport and select V-Ray IPR.

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## **Viewport Rendering with V-Ray**

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## **Playblast and Viewport IPR**

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## **Maya 2016+ Color Management and V-Ray IPR**

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