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Autodesk Arnold (also known as simply Arnold) is a computer program for rendering three-dimensional, computer-generated scenes using unbiased, physically-based, Monte Carlo path tracing techniques. Created in Spain by Marcos Fajardo, it was later co-developed by his company Solid Angle SL (now owned by Autodesk ) and Sony Pictures Imageworks .
This page provides a list of 3D rendering software, the dedicated engines used for rendering computer-generated imagery. This is not the same as 3D modeling software , which involves the creation of 3D models, for which the software listed below can produce realistically rendered visualisations.
Application Latest release date and version Developer Platforms Main uses License; 3ds Max: 2024-10-16 v 2025.3 Autodesk: Windows: Modeling, animation (video games and films only), FX simulation, lighting, rendering
Open Shading Language (OSL) is a shading language developed by Sony Pictures Imageworks, a Canadian visual effects and computer animation studio headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia and Montreal, Quebec, with an additional office on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California, a unit of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Motion Picture Group, which through an intermediate ...
The Arnold renderer, first released in 1998, proved that path tracing was practical for rendering frames for films, and that there was a demand for unbiased and physically based rendering in the film industry; other commercial and open source path tracing renderers began appearing.
Blender is available for Windows 8.1 and above, and Mac OS X 10.13 and above. [243] [244] Blender 2.80 was the last release that had a version for 32-bit systems (x86). [245] Blender 2.76b was the last supported release for Windows XP, and version 2.63 was the last supported release for PowerPC.
Indigo Renderer Proprietary: Yes Yes Yes No Kerkythea: Freeware: Yes Yes Yes No LightWave 3D: Proprietary: Yes Yes No Amiga: LuxCoreRender: GPLv3 Yes Yes Yes No Manta Interactive Ray Tracer: MIT: No Yes Yes No Maxwell Render: Proprietary: Yes Yes Yes No McXtrace: GPL: Yes Yes Yes No Mental ray: Proprietary: Yes Yes Yes No MODO: Proprietary: Yes ...
LuxCoreRender is a free and open-source physically based rendering software. It began as LuxRender in 2008 before changing its name to LuxCoreRender in 2017 as part of a project reboot. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The LuxCoreRender software runs on Linux , Mac OS X , and Windows .