Arion Alternatives

Arion is described as 'The hybrid-accelerated and physically-based light simulator developed by RandomControl. It inherits all our expertise in light simulation and makes it run on steroids, thanks to our very unique approach to massive CPU+GPU+LAN computation' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Arion for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Sketchup and Autodesk 3ds Max apps. The best Arion alternative is LuxCoreRender, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Arion are Adobe Dimension, POV-Ray, appleseed and Keyshot.

Arion alternatives are mainly 3D Modelers but may also be 3D Animators or Image Editors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Arion.

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LuxCoreRender
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Free • Open Source
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Linux
50 LuxCoreRender alternatives
LuxCoreRender is a physically based and unbiased rendering engine. Based on state of the art algorithms, LuxCoreRender simulates the flow of light according to physical equations, thus producing realistic images of photographic quality.
- - LuxCoreRender is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Arion.
- - LuxCoreRender is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Arion.
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Adobe Dimension
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3D Modeler
Graphic Design Tool
Mac
Windows
Adobe Creative Cloud
65 Adobe Dimension alternatives
Adobe Dimension (formerly Project Felix and then Adobe Dimension CC) is the 3D design tool made for graphic designers. With extensive integration with Adobe Stock, you can easily composite 2D and 3D assets to build product shots, scene visualizations, and abstract art.
- - Adobe Dimension is the most popular commercial alternative to Arion.
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Grid layout
HD-Rendering
POV-Ray
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
43 POV-Ray alternatives
The Persistence of Vision Raytracer is a high-quality, totally free tool for creating stunning three-dimensional graphics. It is available in official versions for Windows, Mac OS/Mac OS X and i86 Linux. The source code is available for those wanting to do their own ports.
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1. Physically-Based RenderingPrecise rendering method for POV-Ray to represent of how light interacts with material properties.
Volumetric Media (Absorb/Emit/Scatter)
Untesselated geometry
Chromatic dispersion
Global Illumination (Radiosity)
Depth of Field
Dielectric materials
Pause Render process
Uv mapping
Render baking (Mesh Camera)
Final Gathering
appleseed
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
52 appleseed alternatives
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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1. Portableappleseed can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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Ray Tracing
Keyshot
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Paid • Proprietary
3D Animator
Mac
Windows
50 Keyshot alternatives
KeyShot is an interactive raytracing and global illumination program developed by Luxion for both PC and Mac that breaks down the complexity of creating photographic images from 3D models.
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HDR Support
Rendering
Kerkythea
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Mac
Windows
Linux
Sketchup
Blender
46 Kerkythea alternatives
Powerful, feature-rich and fast standalone raytracing renderer.

Exporters from Blender and Google SketchUp are also available. Allows network rendering of images and animation

Supported Features*
- Bump Mapping
- Normal Mapping
- Clip Mapping
- Bevel Mapping (an.
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Ray Tracing
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Sunflow Rendering System
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
50 Sunflow Rendering System alternatives
Sunflow is an open source rendering system for photo-realistic image synthesis. It is written in Java and built around a flexible ray tracing core and an extensible object-oriented design. It was created as a framework for experimenting with global illumination algorithms and...
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YafaRay
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
Blender
53 YafaRay alternatives
YafaRay is a free open-source montecarlo raytracing engine released under the LGPL 2.1 license. Raytracing is a rendering technique for generating realistic images by tracing the path of light through a 3D scene.
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Ray Tracing
Rendering
Pixie Renderer
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Free • Open Source
Mac
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Linux
49 Pixie Renderer alternatives
Pixie is an open source RenderMan renderer for generating photorealistic images. You can compile Pixie on Windows (using Visual Studio 2005), Linux and on OSX (using XCode or unix style configure script).
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Ray Tracing
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Mitsuba
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Free • Open Source
Mac
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Linux
52 Mitsuba alternatives
Mitsuba is a research-oriented rendering system for forward and inverse light transport simulation. It consists of a core library and a set of plugins that implement functionality ranging from materials and light sources to complete rendering algorithms.
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Rendering
NOX Renderer
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Free • Open Source
Windows
51 NOX Renderer alternatives
NOX Renderer is a rendering software based on unbiased methods.

The renderer is available as a standalone Windows executable with a plug-in to link it to 3ds Max.

A linking script is also available for Blender users.

As with other similar applications, such as Maxwell Render a.
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V-Ray
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
Linux
Rhinoceros
Autodesk 3ds Max
Autodesk Revit
Sketchup
52 V-Ray alternatives
V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max is a complete rendering solution, which combines the power of the well-known V-Ray award-winning production rendering engine with the flexibility and exceptional speed of the interactive rendering system V-Ray RT and the even more impressive new V-Ray RT...
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