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Pov-Ray Freeware


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Pov-Ray rendering is free for both PC & Mac and comes with complete help , tutorials and numerous examples. It takes a while to adjust to the #includes C format but the learning curve opens up the process to great experimentation. It is a remarkable program for those interested in discovering fine points of computer generated Ray Traced imagery.

Of special interest is the ability to generate complex fractal surfaces & backgrounds and to control the resolutions for final presentation. Pov-ray makes texture generation for Renderworks incredibly easy. Integration via VW SDK may be possible and relatively quick to implement.

There is no downside to experimenting with this code base.

Pov-ray for Mac

Pov-ray for PC

Also check out MegaPov

Pov-Ray is a ray tracer, computer graphics software that can create amazing photo-realistic computer-generated images and animations. It uses an easy scene description language. This text file containing information of objects, lighting, texture, camera, ..., can be written in any ASCII editor, but ...with MacMegaPov it is easier and faster and it includes some of the most recent patches.

MegaPov PC

MacMegaPov

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