Attached Link: http://www.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~jpanta/Graphics/Kerkythea/

If you want a non-command line renderer, you might check out Kerkythea. It's pretty fast and has pretty extensive options. Even though it has a GUI though, you're still have to know about index of refraction, self luminance, translucence, transmitted color index, etc. etc. to get the most out of it so it's really no different than POVRay in that respect. It does a good job of importing .obj or .3ds scenes though and I like the GI lighting. I have a long way to go in understanding how to set up all those materials options--I can't even make glass look right yet. Still, it's fast enough to experiment with. On my creaking system, POVRay is just too slow for my level of patience. Of course, none of my examples should be considered representative of the capabilities of anything, even P4 obviously :-)

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