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{{Infobox_S software
| name = YafaRay
| logo =  
| screenshot =  
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| developer = YafaRay developers
| latest_release_version = 0.1.1
| latest_release_date = {{release date and age|2009|06|23}}
| programming language   = [[C++]]
| operating_system = [[Cross-platform]]
| genre = [[Ray tracing (graphics)|Raytracer]]
| license = [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]]
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===Architecture===
;Modular framework
:YafaRay features a modular structure, with a [[kernel (computer science)|kernel]] with which the rest of the render elements connect: scene loader, lights and shaders. This together with an [[Application Programming Interface|API]], allows development of rendering plug-ins, for using YafaRay from any program or 3D suite. Supported suites include [[Blender (software)|Blender]], [[Wings 3D]] and Aztec.
  

;Cross-platform
:YafaRay has been fully developed using [[C++]]. This makes for good portability and there are precompiled [[binaries]] for the most common platforms: [[GNU]]/[[Linux]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] 9x/XP/2000, [[Mac OS X]] and [[Irix]]. YafaRay can be used as a stand-alone render engine, using its own scene description format. This way it can be used from the [[command line]] directly, by a script, etc. There are also provisions for [[parallel computing|parallel]] or [[Distributed computing|distributed]] rendering.

==See also==
{{fossportalPortal|Free software}}

* [[POV-Ray]], another popular, free ray tracer.
* [[LuxRender]], an unbiased rendering system
* [[Kerkythea]], a freeware rendering program that supports raytracing

==External links==
* [http://www.yafaray.org Official website]
* [http://yafaray.manojky.net/index_Rate.php Material Library]
* [http://yafaray.manojky.net Material Search]
* [http://tutorials.manojky.net/yafaray/YafarayMaterialUse.pdf Tutorial on How to use Yafaray Material]

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[[Category:Free 3D graphics software]]
[[Category:Global illumination software]]
[[Category:Rendering systems]]
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