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Kerkythea
Kerkythea is a standalone rendering system that supports raytracing and Metropolis light transport, uses physically accurate materials and lighting, and is distributed as freeware. Currently,[as of?] the program can be integrated with any software that can export files in obj and 3ds formats, including 3ds Max, Blender, LightWave 3D, SketchUp, Silo and Wings3D.
Kerkythea started development in 2004 and released its first version in April 2005. Initially it was only compatible with Microsoft Windows, but an updated release in October 2005 made it Linux compatible. As of January 2016, it is also available for Mac OS X. In May 2009, it was announced that the development team, Solid Iris Technologies, had started development of a commercial successor known as Thea Render. Solid Iris Technologies was subsequently acquired by Altair Engineering in September 2016. The Kerkythea engine also served as the foundation for the Twilight Render plugin for SketchUp. A new version called 'Boost' has been released in 2013.
In June 2018 the main developer announced the third version of Kerkythea called "Kerkythea 2018 Boost".
There are 6 official exporters for Kerkythea.
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Supported image formats
Supported materials
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Kerkythea
Kerkythea is a standalone rendering system that supports raytracing and Metropolis light transport, uses physically accurate materials and lighting, and is distributed as freeware. Currently,[as of?] the program can be integrated with any software that can export files in obj and 3ds formats, including 3ds Max, Blender, LightWave 3D, SketchUp, Silo and Wings3D.
Kerkythea started development in 2004 and released its first version in April 2005. Initially it was only compatible with Microsoft Windows, but an updated release in October 2005 made it Linux compatible. As of January 2016, it is also available for Mac OS X. In May 2009, it was announced that the development team, Solid Iris Technologies, had started development of a commercial successor known as Thea Render. Solid Iris Technologies was subsequently acquired by Altair Engineering in September 2016. The Kerkythea engine also served as the foundation for the Twilight Render plugin for SketchUp. A new version called 'Boost' has been released in 2013.
In June 2018 the main developer announced the third version of Kerkythea called "Kerkythea 2018 Boost".
There are 6 official exporters for Kerkythea.
Supported 3D file formats
Supported image formats
Supported materials
Supported shapes
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