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appleseed

appleseed is a modern, open source, physically-based rendering engine designed to produce photorealistic images, animations and visual effects. Created by François Beaune

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appleseed is a modern, open source, physically-based rendering engine designed to produce photorealistic images, animations and visual effects. It provides individuals and small studios with an efficient, reliable suite of tools built on robust foundations and open technologies.

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Open Source & Free Animation & VFX

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computer-graphics global-illumination physically-based production-rendering ray-tracer ray-tracing raytracer raytracing spectral-rendering

appleseed was added by nbendala in Aug 2011 and the latest update was made in Jun 2019. The list of alternatives was updated Oct 2020. It's possible to update the information on appleseed or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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