3D Computer Graphics Software - Renderers

Renderers

• 3Delight is a proprietary RenderMan-compliant renderer.
• Adobe Photoshop can import models from programs such as zbrush and 3ds max, it allows you to add complex textures
• Aqsis is a free and open source rendering suite compliant with the RenderMan standard.
• Brazil is a rendering engine for 3ds Max, Rhino and VIZ
• FinalRender is a photorealistic renderer for Maya and 3Ds Max developed by Cebas, a German company.
• FPrime for Lightwave adds a very fast preview and can in many cases be used for final rendering.
• FurryBall - GPU based renderer for Maya
• Gelato is a hardware-accelerated, non-real-time renderer created by graphics card manufacturer NVIDIA.
• Indigo Renderer is an unbiased photorealistic renderer that uses XML for scene description. Exporters available for Blender, Maya (Mti), form•Z, Cinema4D, Rhino, 3ds Max.
• Kerkythea is a freeware rendering system that supports raytracing. Currently, it can be integrated with 3ds Max, Blender, SketchUp, and Silo (generally any software that can export files in obj and 3ds formats). Kerkythea is a standalone renderer, using physically accurate materials and lighting.
• KeyShot is 100% CPU-based, realtime ray tracing and global illumination program for 3D rendering and animation that runs on both Microsoft Windows and Macintosh computers.
• LuxRender is an unbiased open source rendering engine featuring Metropolis light transport
• Maxwell Render is a multi-platform renderer which forgoes raytracing, global illumination and radiosity in favor of photon rendering with a virtual electromagnetic spectrum, resulting in very authentic looking renders. It was the first unbiased render to market.
• mental ray is another popular renderer, and comes default with most of the high-end packages. (Now owned by NVIDIA)
• Octane Render is an unbiased GPU-accelerated renderer based on Nvidia CUDA.
• Pixar's PhotoRealistic RenderMan is a renderer, used in many studios. Animation packages such as 3DS Max and Maya can pipeline to RenderMan to do all the rendering.
• Pixie is an open source photorealistic renderer.
• POV-Ray (or The Persistence of Vision Raytracer) is a freeware (with source) ray tracer written for multiple platforms.
• Sunflow is an open source, photo-realistic renderer written in Java.
• Turtle (Illuminate Labs) is an alternative renderer for Maya, it specializes in faster radiosity and automatic surface baking technology which further enhances its speedy renders.
• VRay is promoted for use in the architectural visualization field used in conjunction with 3ds max and 3ds viz. It is also commonly used with Maya and Rhino.
• YafRay is a raytracer/renderer distributed under the LGPL. This project is no longer being actively developed.
• YafaRay YafRay's successor, a raytracer/renderer distributed under the LGPL.