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YafRay

YafRay

YafRay is a powerful raytracer. 

It enables users to create fantastic images and animations of a photorealistic quality.

It is an advanced raytracing rendering system with many modern features including full radiosity and High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI) for scene lighting. It reads a simple XML-based scene definition file, and can be used as a renderer for Blender.

 YafRay 0.0.9

Price
Free to download

Size
0.3MB
License

GNU LGPL

Developer
Mathias Wein, Alejandro Conty Estevez, Alfredo de Greef, Phillip Martin

Website
www.yafray.org

System Requirements
libopenexr2c2a
libIlmImf

Support Sites:
Wiki, FAQ, Forums

Selected Reviews:

Features include:

  • Render
    • Full Global Illumination - uses global illumination to produce realistically lit renderings of 3D scenes, using Monte carlo-derived approximations
    • Skydome Illumination - based mainly on light coming from an emitting sky, taking into account the soft shadows calculations also involved
    • HDRI Illumination
    • Caustics - uses photon mapping that allows for caustic (light distortion produced by reflection or transmission such as through a burning-glass)
    • Real Depth of Field
    • Glossy/Blurry reflections
  • Modular framework
  • Integration in 3D suites via plugin
  • Distributed and multi-thread rendering
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