airflamesred opened this issue on Jun 28, 2009 · 12 posts
airflamesred posted Sun, 28 June 2009 at 5:43 AM
Can anyone recomend a stand alone renderer (it doesn't need to model). Currently using bryce, tried kerkythea and demo c4d.
many thanks
CaptainJack1 posted Sun, 28 June 2009 at 8:35 PM
I like Carrara's renderer really well, I use it quite a bit. POV-Ray is really good, I think, but it can be hard to get the hang of, since it's all script based.
I think Maxwell Render looks really good, but it's pretty pricey. I haven't used it before, but I've got it on my wish list for someday down the road.
ShawnDriscoll posted Mon, 29 June 2009 at 4:31 AM
What kind of object or scene are you rendering?
airflamesred posted Mon, 29 June 2009 at 8:45 AM
thanks to you both- Shawn - internal and external
BlackHarmo posted Mon, 29 June 2009 at 3:38 PM
Easy, fast, and now freeware : Gile(s)
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what is gile[s]? gile[s] is a global illumination / radiosity lightmapper, capable of rendering high resolution lightmaps fast and efficiently.gile[s] features an easy to use editor, that allows you to place models and lights without fuss.
gile[s] handles models of arbitrary complexity keeping smoothing groups intact, and rendering perfect results every time.
With gile[s] you can even paint directly to the lightmap, and mix and match vertex lighting and lightmaps as you please.
In short: gile[s] lights up your worlds.
http://www.frecle.net/index.php?show=§ion=giles&sub=features
ShawnDriscoll posted Mon, 29 June 2009 at 4:36 PM
I noticed they've updated their free 3D tree program to 3.0. I'll have to try that out.
FrankT posted Thu, 02 July 2009 at 5:51 PM
Luxrender,
Yafaray,
VRay will soon (probably) have a standalone version.
3Delight has a free first license and the MOSAIC plugin for Blender
airflamesred posted Fri, 03 July 2009 at 3:41 PM
Lux looks really good but I am not familiar with the import file.
FrankT posted Fri, 03 July 2009 at 4:00 PM
you should be able to get all the info from the website. It's a pretty good render engine if your PC is fast enough. Mine isn't so I gave up on it for the moment. There's an exporter for Blender so you could use that if you wanted to
airflamesred posted Fri, 03 July 2009 at 4:14 PM
I'm trying to stick with metasequoia which exports in a good number of formats though none of which seems to be compatable.
ShawnDriscoll posted Fri, 03 July 2009 at 7:58 PM
The Blender/Yafaray route seems good for rendering.
FrankT posted Sat, 04 July 2009 at 12:18 PM
yup, Blender + Yafaray is the way to go (until they release the standalone VRay and the export script gets finished - VRay is loads faster than Yafaray)