POV-Ray Alternatives

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

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    Artlantis Studio is the ideal tool for anyone who wants very high resolution rendering not only for images, but for QuickTime VR Panoramas, Objects and animations as well.

    49 Artlantis Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    3Delight is a fast, high quality, RenderMan®-compliant renderer designed to produce photo-realistic images in demanding production environments. The renderer was introduced to the public in the year 2000 after being used for more than a year as the sole renderer in a sister...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Arnold icon
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    Arnold is an advanced Monte Carlo ray tracing renderer built for the demands of feature-length animation and visual effects. Originally co-developed with Sony Pictures Imageworks and now their main renderer, Arnold is used at over 300 studios worldwide including ILM, Framestore...

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    lucille is a fast photo-realistic global illumination renderer.

    lucille acts as a plug-in for Autodesk 3ds max. There are plan to develop plug-ins for other modeling software in the future.

    lucille Specifications:

    • Core Architecture
    • Ray tracing
    • GI algorithm *.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. FurryBall icon
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    FurryBall is the first unique real-time GPU renderer in production quality implemented directly into Maya. No more time-consuming exports, waiting and tuning in new applications!!

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Autodesk Maya
     
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    RenderZone allows you to create photorealistic renderings based on the LightWorks® rendering engine. It offers three levels of rendering: simple, z-buffer, and raytrace. A user can start developing the image of a 3D model at the simple level and gradually turn on features...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Realtime rendering, giving you instant feedback on every step of your work. Interactive texturing, lighting, shadows and radiosity. Even Nodes! The key tool to efficient LightWave workflow.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • LightWave
     
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    REAL TIME RENDER VIEWPORT PLUGIN FOR 3DS MAX. Be productive instantly. Click-VR Visualizer is completely integrated in Autodesk 3ds Max. You do not need to waste time exporting data or learning new 3D software. Everything has been designed to let you be productive and get profes.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Autodesk 3ds Max
     
  9. Flamingo icon
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    Raytracing and Radiosity Rendering for Rhino.

    Flamingo brings the raytrace and radiosity rendering inside Rhino. This plug-in includes:

    Rendering: Photometrically accurate images with reflections, refraction, diffusion, translucency, transparency, color bleeding, hard and soft.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Rhinoceros
     
  10. Kray icon
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    Kray is the fastest global illumination renderer for LightWave.

    Kray is a state of the art Global Illumination renderer that allows very fast and accurate rendering of scenes where indirect light plays important role. It includes most advanced modern algorithms and optimizations.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • LightWave
     
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    VirtualRender is yet another LightWave renderer. The difference from other solutions is that it does not use physical memory for framebuffer allowing to render the biggest imaginable scenes without using virtual memory, which slow down rendering a lot, or which immediately...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • LightWave
     
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