Thea - Twilight - Kerkythea
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Just curious: What is the difference/relationship between these 3 renderers?
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Kerkythea is the grandfather, Podium version 1 was created using the Kerky engine, Twilight was created using Kerky engine, Thea is the all bells and whistles upgraded version of Kerkythea.
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@solo said:
Kerkythea is the grandfather, Podium version 1 was created using the Kerky engine, Twilight was created using Kerky engine, Thea is the all bells and whistles upgraded version of Kerkythea.
Thanks Solo - at times it seems the relationship seemed a little confusing. It is obvious there is a connection but I did not know what it was. Are there things that Thea includes that are not in the others (honestly, I assume there are)?
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@ntxdave said:
Are there things that Thea includes that are not in the others (honestly, I assume there are)?
There are a lot of differences and while Thea has the most robust engines, from wich the most famous is Presto as it supports GPU+CPU accelerated renders. I'd say it's a more sophisticated renderer compared to the others, but there might be advantages in the others like simplicity of use for wich I think both Twilight and Podium are famous for. I've never used them...
I've used Kerkythea and now I use Thea and they have nothing to do with one another, the difference in price (KT is free), really is justified!
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@solo said:
...upgraded version of Kerkythea.
Naahhh... Wouldn't say so...
Although the Solid Iris team learned a lot from the Kerkythea project, the code was completely rewritten...
So although they're somehow related, they're different in many aspects...
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KT is not so user friendly and full of features as Thea is (haven't tried it), still it has a lot of power and control, and it's possible to pick up and get results pretty quickly. KT has a LOT more to offer than most "free" software.
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