VirtualRender Alternatives

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

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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,...

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

    46 MoonRay alternatives
    Render Profile Viewer

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    MoonRay Features

    1.  Rendering
    2.  3D Renderer
    MoonRay icon

    MoonRay VS VirtualRender

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

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

    • MoonRay is Free and Open SourceVirtualRender is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Adobe Dimension icon
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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
    Adobe Dimension screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe Creative Cloud

    Adobe Dimension Features

    1.  Grid layout
    2.  HD-Rendering
    3.  3D design
    Adobe Dimension icon

    Adobe Dimension VS VirtualRender

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

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

    • Adobe Dimension is Paid and ProprietaryVirtualRender is also Paid and Proprietary
  3. LuxCoreRender icon
     29 likes

    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.

    50 LuxCoreRender alternatives
    LuxCoreRender screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    LuxCoreRender Features

    1.  Rendering
    2.  Ray Tracing
    LuxCoreRender icon

    LuxCoreRender VS VirtualRender

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  4. Malt icon
     2 likes

    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...

    46 Malt alternatives
    Sample files

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Malt Features

    1.  Rendering
    2.  3D Renderer
    Malt icon

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  5. POV-Ray icon
     30 likes

    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
    Tiffany Cheerio

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    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
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  6. appleseed icon
     10 likes

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

    52 appleseed alternatives
    appleseed screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    appleseed Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Rendering
    3.  Ray Tracing
    appleseed icon

    appleseed VS VirtualRender

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  7. Kerkythea icon
     14 likes

    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.
    45 Kerkythea alternatives
    Kerkythea screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Sketchup
    • Blender

    Kerkythea Features

    1.  Ray Tracing
    2.  Rendering
    Kerkythea icon

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  8. Sunflow Rendering System icon
     9 likes

    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...

    50 Sunflow Rendering System alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Sunflow Rendering System Features

    1.  Rendering
    2.  Ray Tracing
    Sunflow Rendering System icon

    Sunflow Rendering System VS VirtualRender

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  9. Keyshot icon
     16 likes

    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
    Depth of Field

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Keyshot Features

    1.  HDR Support
    2.  Rendering
    Keyshot icon

    Keyshot VS VirtualRender

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  10. Pixie Renderer icon
     6 likes

    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).

    49 Pixie Renderer alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Pixie Renderer Features

    1.  Ray Tracing
    2.  Rendering
    Pixie Renderer icon

    Pixie Renderer VS VirtualRender

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  11. Mitsuba icon
     14 likes

    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.

    52 Mitsuba alternatives
    Mitsuba screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Mitsuba Features

    1.  Rendering
    Mitsuba icon

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  12. YafaRay icon
     13 likes

    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.

    53 YafaRay alternatives
    YafaRay screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Blender

    YafaRay Features

    1.  Ray Tracing
    2.  Rendering
    Discontinued

    The GitHub repository was archived in July 2020.

    YafaRay icon

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