MoonRay is a production path-tracing renderer designed for creating images for animation, visual effects, and other demanding rendering workloads.
Originally developed at DreamWorks Animation, it is used in feature film production.
The renderer offers production-tested physically based materials, a USD Hydra render delegate, and support for local, multi-machine, and cloud-based rendering. It can operate on CPU and hybrid CPU/GPU hardware for both interactive and batch rendering.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Production path-tracing renderer.
- Physically based materials tested in feature film production.
- USD Hydra render delegate.
- Interactive and batch rendering.
- Local, multi-machine, and cloud rendering.
- CPU and hybrid GPU rendering support.
- Tools for regression testing.
- Performance monitoring capabilities.
Website: github.com/OpenMoonRay/openmoonray
Support:
Developer: OpenMoonRay project
License: Apache License 2.0
MoonRay is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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