LuxRender
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A screenshot of Luxrender 0.7 Rendering a Desert Eagle
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| Developer(s) | Jean-Philippe Grimaldi, Jean-Francois Romang, David Bucciarelli, Ricardo Lipas Augusto, Asbjorn Heid and others. |
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| Initial release | June 24, 2008 |
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1.6 / May 16, 2016
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| Repository | src |
| Written in | C++, OpenCL |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | 3D computer graphics |
| License | GPLv3 |
| Website | www |
LuxRender is a free and open source software rendering system for physically correct image synthesis. The program runs on Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.
LuxRender features a 3D renderer; it relies on other programs (3D modeling programs) to create the scenes to render, including the models, materials, lights and cameras. This content can then be exported from the application it was created in for rendering using LuxRender. Fully functional exporters are available for Blender, DAZ Studio; partially functional ones for Cinema 4D, Maya, SketchUp and XSI. Luxrender is also fully supported as production renderer in 3DS Max. After opening the exported file, LuxRender renders the scene. Various tweaks to post processing settings can be set via graphical user interface and the scene control file. A significant feature of LuxRender is, that the user is able to change the balance of different lights while the image is still being processed.
LuxRender is based on PBRT, a physically based ray tracing program. Although very capable and well structured, PBRT focuses on academic use and is not easily usable by digital artists. As PBRT is licensed under the BSD License, it was possible to start a new program based on PBRT's source code. With the blessings of the original authors, a small group of programmers took this step in September 2007. The new program was named LuxRender and was to focus on artistic use. Since its initial stage, the program has attracted a small handful of various programmers around the world.
On 24 June 2008, the first official release was announced. This was the first release that is considered to be usable for the general public.
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