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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.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Platforms

  • Windows
  • Linux
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  1.  Volumetric Media (Absorb/Emit/Scatter)
  2.  Untesselated geometry
  3.  Chromatic dispersion
  4.  Global Illumination (Radiosity)
  5.  Physically-Based Rendering
  6.  Depth of Field
  7.  Dielectric materials
  8.  Pause Render process
  9.  Uv mapping
  10.  Render baking (Mesh Camera)
  11.  Final Gathering
  12.  Multi color spaces / Color management
  13.  Vertex colors
  14.  Intuitive Scene Description Language
  15.  48-bit color Input / output
  16.  Translucency
  17.  Importance sampling
  18.  Multi-threaded architecture

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  • Licensing

    Open Source (AGPL-3.0) and Free product.
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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GitHub repository

  •  1,399 Stars
  •  285 Forks
  •  212 Open Issues
  •   Updated Dec 16, 2024 
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What is POV-Ray?

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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