Difference between revisions 1017473832 and 1018032946 on enwiki

< previous diff
next diff >
YafaRay
{{Infobox software
| name = YafaRay
| logo =
| screenshot = Engine movingparts.jpg
| caption = A YafaRay rendering of [[piston engine]] parts modelled in [[Blender (software)|Blender]]
| developer = YafaRay developers
| latest_release_version = 3.4.1
| latest_release_date = {{release date and age|2020|04|08}}
(contracted; show full)

;Cross-platform
:YafaRay was written in [[C++]] for good [[Portability (computer science)|portability]], and there are [[Compiler|precompiled]] [[binaries]] for the most common platforms: 
[[GNU]]/[[Linux]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and [[Mac OS X]]. YafaRay can be used as a stand-alone [[Rendering (computer graphics)|render engine]], using its own [[Scene description language|scene description format]]. In this way, it can be used directly from the [[command line]], it can be called by a [[Script programming language|script]], etc. There are also provisions for [[parallel computing|parallel]] and/or [[Distributed computing|distributed]] rendering.

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

* [[POV-Ray]], another free raytracer that is quite popular and has a longer history
* [[LuxRender]], a free ''unbiased'' rendering system
*[[Kerkythea]], a freeware rendering program that supports raytracing
*[[V-Ray|V-ray]], a commercial rendering engine

==External links==
{{Commons category|YafaRay}}
* {{Official website|http://www.yafaray.org/}}
* [https://github.com/YafaRay Source code]
* [http://yafaray.manojky.net/legacy/index_Rate.php Material Library]
* [http://yafaray.manojky.net Material Search]

{{3D software}}
{{Software in the Public Interest}}

[[Category:3D rendering software for Linux]]
[[Category:Free 3D graphics software]]
[[Category:Free software programmed in C++]]
[[Category:Global illumination software]]
[[Category:Rendering systems]]