LuxCoreRender Alternatives

LuxCoreRender is described as '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' and is an app in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 25 alternatives to LuxCoreRender for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Autodesk 3ds Max and Sketchup apps. The best LuxCoreRender alternative is MoonRay, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like LuxCoreRender are Adobe Dimension, Cycles Renderer, POV-Ray and Malt.

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LuxCoreRender alternatives page was last updated Mar 27, 2023
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  1. MoonRay icon

    MoonRay

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    MoonRay is DreamWorks Animation’s in-house 3D renderer, used to render all DreamWorks movies since How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Render Profile Viewer

    MoonRay Features

    1.  Rendering
    2.  3D Renderer

    MoonRay VS LuxCoreRender

     

    • MoonRay is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to LuxCoreRender.

    • MoonRay is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to LuxCoreRender.

    • MoonRay is Free and Open SourceLuxCoreRender is also Free and Open Source
  2. Adobe Dimension icon

    Adobe Dimension

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    Versatile 3D design tool combining asset compositing and photorealistic rendering with real-time previews. Access Adobe Stock seamlessly and enhance with Photoshop for practical workflows.

    64 Adobe Dimension alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe Creative Cloud
    Adobe Dimension screenshot 1

    Adobe Dimension Features

    1.  Grid layout
    2.  HD-Rendering
    3.  3D design

    Adobe Dimension VS LuxCoreRender

     

    • Adobe Dimension is the most popular Mac alternative to LuxCoreRender.

    • Adobe Dimension is the most popular commercial alternative to LuxCoreRender.

    • Adobe Dimension is Paid and ProprietaryLuxCoreRender is Free and Open Source

  4. Cycles Renderer

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    Cycles is Blender’s ray-trace based production render engine and in development since 2011. It was originally developed by Brecht van Lommel, and is maintained by an active team of developers today. Since its release as Apache 2.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Cycles Renderer screenshot 1

    Cycles Renderer Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Rendering
    3.  3D Renderer

    Cycles Renderer VS LuxCoreRender

     
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    Adobe Dimension

    Versatile 3D design tool combining asset compositing and photorealistic rendering with real-time previews. Access Adobe Stock seamlessly and enhance with Photoshop for practical workflows.

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    POV-Ray

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    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.

    43 POV-Ray alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Tiffany Cheerio

    Top POV-Ray Features

    1.  Physically-Based Rendering
    2.  Volumetric Media (Absorb/Emit/Scatter)
    3.  Untesselated geometry
    4.  Chromatic dispersion
    5.  Global Illumination (Radiosity)
    6.  Depth of Field
    7.  Dielectric materials
    8.  Pause Render process
    9.  Uv mapping
    10.  Render baking (Mesh Camera)
    11.  Final Gathering

    POV-Ray VS LuxCoreRender

     
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    Malt

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    Malt is a fully customizable real-time rendering framework for animation and illustration. Designed as a community effort to expand the possibility space of 3d rendering, it provides graphics programmers and technical artist an enjoyable “shadertoy-like” workflow inside Blender...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Sample files

    Malt Features

    1.  Rendering
    2.  3D Renderer

    Malt VS LuxCoreRender

     
  8. Kerkythea icon

    Kerkythea

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Sketchup
    • Blender
    Kerkythea screenshot 1

    Kerkythea Features

    1.  Ray Tracing
    2.  Rendering

    Kerkythea VS LuxCoreRender

     
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    appleseed

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    appleseed screenshot 1

    appleseed Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Rendering
    3.  Ray Tracing

    appleseed VS LuxCoreRender

     
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    Radeon ProRender

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    AMD Radeon™ ProRender is a powerful physically-based path traced rendering engine that enables creative professionals to produce stunningly photorealistic images.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Radeon ProRender screenshot 1

    Radeon ProRender Features

    1.  Physically-Based Rendering
    2.  3D Renderer
    3.  Rendering
    4.  GPU Acceleration

    Radeon ProRender VS LuxCoreRender

     
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    Sunflow Rendering System

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    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...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Sunflow Rendering System Features

    1.  Rendering
    2.  Ray Tracing

    Sunflow Rendering System VS LuxCoreRender

     
  13. Keyshot icon

    Keyshot

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    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.

    51 Keyshot alternatives

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    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Depth of Field

    Keyshot Features

    1.  HDR Support
    2.  Rendering

    Keyshot VS LuxCoreRender

     
  14. Mitsuba icon

    Mitsuba

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Mitsuba screenshot 1

    Mitsuba Features

    1.  Rendering

    Mitsuba VS LuxCoreRender

     
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    YafaRay

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Blender
    YafaRay screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The GitHub repository was archived in July 2020.

    YafaRay Features

    1.  Ray Tracing
    2.  Rendering

    YafaRay VS LuxCoreRender

     
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