Best free render?
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What do y'all think is the best FREE rendering software to use? I don't mind a bit of a learning curve but I want truly free not just a demo version. Currently looking at blender, lux render and brighter 3d. Which of the above gives the best looking result in y'all's experiences? Or does something else get the best results?
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Ok, I just downloaded Kerkythea and I like it so far (gonna need some practice). Had issues with brighter 3d, blender confused me just as much this time as it did the first time I tried it like a year ago, and lux luxrender disappointed me...and I tried so many things tonight I don't remember why. Also tried free maxwell and didn't like the 800px max res.
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Kerkythea is wonderful and I guess my tutorial ( KT fast start 4 architects ) may help you.
BTW twilight render (not free but reasonable price ) is also nice and you may render, fully functioning with it, just watermark.
another choice also is maxwell render.
Both KT and Maxwell are nice, but a bit complicated, while Twilight is easy to learn IMO. -
The best free engine is Kerkythea because it is truly open source and has no limitations. I would recommend playing with Maxwell if you don't need to render high resolution images. Having your engine stay withing SketchUp is very useful and is a time saver.
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@valerostudio said:
The best free engine is Kerkythea because it is truly open source and has no limitations. I would recommend playing with Maxwell if you don't need to render high resolution images. Having your engine stay withing SketchUp is very useful and is a time saver.
Have to correct the "open source" part. kerkythea is free, but no open source. But there are some open source renderers (or actually GPL), if really needed; Cycles (Blender), Lux render and Mitsuba are maybe best know. Kerkythea been proven to work, so it still maybe a fine option.
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What about indigo?
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@unknownuser said:
Or does something else get the best results?
Results are very close between all renderers!
Another one for your collection of real free one
NOXby Gokhanoner
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Blender Cycles...
And soon it will be standalone so you will be able to render to Cycles from SketchUp if someone writes a plugin
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I'd go for Kerky as well. Free, there's tutorials available (some even explicitly aimed at SU users), and they have ready-made materials to dissect as well.
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I also prefer Kerkythea
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For me Kerkethea is Best..... because it so easy and provide better results.
But
I need some experts support for the exterior rendering while i do stone jali and stone art wall, as i belongs to jodhpur where every next home made with stone art .. but kerkethea didn't provide me the depth of that art
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The more funny to use!
Real Time SimLab Composer Lite (free : max 1920 * 1080)
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