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@dr_bernie - Sorry if I was wrong about the time that was speculated on the inclusion of Embree into Carrara. Bottom line though on any new features, or featurettes, we, as users really have no clue as to how difficult or easy it is add things to Carrara. I do know from my own real life experience that working with someone else’s code, especially code that has been through several different owners, and is a compilation of two programs is no simple task.

My comments in this area reflect my own increased sensitivity to people without a clue who think programmers and IT staff can easily do things that actually are quite difficult. So if I was a bit over the top, I apologize.

Thanks DustRider for this clarification, much appreciated.

For the record I would like to quote what I said in post #4 of this thread:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2872177

Quote - Replacing Carrara's scaled-down and outdated Monte-Carlo routines with Intel's state-of-the-art implementation should not take more than 6 months for a developer who knows what he/she is doing, especially since Embree's source code seems to be really small.

I would like to add that Intel is most likely very willing to provide all the free consulting that a developer needs to implement Embree in a 3D app, thus actually absorbing some of the development costs.

This is really an opprtunity for Carrara not to miss.