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{{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 = 3.3.0
| latest_release_date = {{release date and age|2017|08|22}}
| status                 = Active
| programming language   = [[C++]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
| operating system       = [[Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]]
| genre = [[Raytracer]], [[plug-in (computing)|plug-in]]
| license = [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]]
| website = {{URL|yafaray.org}}
}}

'''YafaRay''' (formerly '''Yafray''') is a [[Free and open-source software|free and open-source]] [[Ray tracing (graphics)|ray tracing]] program that uses an [[XML]] [[scene description language]]. There is a YafaRay addon for the 2.78 version of [[Blender (software)|Blender]]  3D modelling and animation software. It is licensed under the [[GNU Lesser General Public License]] (LGPL).

==History==

YafaRay's predecessor, '''YafRay''' ('''Y'''et '''A'''nother '''F'''ree '''Ray'''tracer), was written by Alejandro Conty Estévez, and was first released in July 2002. The last version of YafRay was YafRay 0.0.9, released in 2006. Due to limitations of the original design, the YafRay [[raytracer]] was completely rewritten by Mathias Wein. The first stable version of the new raytracer, YafaRay 0.1.0, was released in October 2008.

==Features==

===Rendering===
;Global illumination
:YafaRay uses [[global illumination]] to produce realistically lit renderings of 3D scenes, using [[Monte Carlo method|Montecarlo]]-derived approximations.

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