I have had good luck with Indigo, Kerkythea, Lux Render, Yafray, Blender, and Sunflow. All free, some open source.

Kerkythea imports MOI obj with no issues. I was then able to set up a scene and assign materials easily. With most of the others, you need to import into Blender and then export to the other renderers (of course you can export from most commercial applications to Indigo, Lux, Yafray, etc, but that defeats the purpose of a free renderer.)

Hi Phil...

can you give me some of your images that done in Kerkythea ?
I have a problem with scene setting.

Regards,

Anis

K E R K Y T H E A !!!

Try it and I am sure you will love it!
Many rendering options, you can have fast biased renders for preview or for tight deadlines, and you can have unbiased rendering for really great quality....


Other renderers mentioned like Indigo for example, are great, but Kerkythea has much to offer.... The last version is great....
I own Maxwell which I like very much but I use Kerkythea very often too!

There are many nice material libraries to use and the forum is a great help.... I have the same nickname there (JTB) so don't hesitate to ask me what you need

Hi JTB....

Thanks for give me the information.
Would you like to give me some image produces from Kerkythea ?

Here's one of my Galacteers Class 1 Model that I have posted that I rendered in Kerkythea. This was using an unbiased setting and I didn't bake it long enough to get rid of the noise.





Here is the same image after a noise removal filter. It cleans it up nice.

http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=1788.1
This is the link to the turntable I made in Moi3d and rendered in Kerkythea !
Kerkythea rocks !
Peter

Hi Rayman & All...

Where I can find kerkythea video tutorial ?
I have visited to the website, but the video tutorial is very limited.

Would you like to give me a kerkythea tutorial ?

Thanks !

http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_openwiki&Itemid=75&id=tutorials#kerkythea_2008
not enough here?
and scrolling page? "Getting Started"
http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=42&func=select&id=6

Hi Pilou....

Ya, not enough for me. not clear. Are you use kerkythea at work ? its use different method & work flow compare to indigo in SK. I need more clear tutorial.

it uses the 2 methods(unbiased (slow),and biased (speedy)) and seems one of the more advanced easy render to use (if possible) :)
But I have no time to learn all functionnalities and prefer simplicity of Podium or direct material render of Zbrush
Seems you must go to the Kerky forum for special question of use if tutorials shown are not sufficient

I know it's not normally free but there are so many useful extras that it will combine with the MoI workings----Carrara 6 Std or Pro.
Carrara5 has been available with 3dWorld---FREE! Truly a $1000 app! (For those like me who have paid top dollars for Carrara over the years---WE CRY!)

Brian

Well, I am an engineer so I think you wouldn't be interested for architectural renderings.... You will find many examples in KT gallery....Also take a look at the forum galleries....
OK, this is an example, just a wip....Btw, the design is not mine, it is an ugly building....

Woof! No arguments here...


>>it is an ugly building....

:)) I know, that's why I added this comment!

Hi Phil....

"Here is the same image after a noise removal filter. It cleans it up nice."

What is removal software that you have ?

Thanks !

< What is removal software that you have ?
Any modern 2D prog can make that ;) (erase noise...clean...etc)

Hi Pilou...

thanks, I use Paint.NET and found it.

anther 2D free cool one is artweaver (a mix toshop + Painter classic)
http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_version

I have found that the Noise reduction in Paint Shop Pro X works fantastic. I have also had great results with the GREYCStoration Plugin for the Gimp. http://cimg.sourceforge.net/greycstoration/