Appleseed
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- License: MIT
- Homepage: appleseedhq.net
- Current release: appleseed 1.5.0-beta from September 2016
Type
- Standalone application for64-bit Linux, 32-bit/64-bit Mac OS X and 32-bit/64-bit Windows
- Exporters for Blender, Maya, and Houdini
- Full integration with Maya in progress as well as for 3dsMax
Info
appleseed is a modern, physically-based renderer developed by the VFX and rendering nutjobs of Jupiter Jazz and ultimately targeted at production rendering. It is released as open source under the MIT license. More info in the About page.
The development is continous and they implement new features. It has a complete set of python bindings. A very promising renderer.
Release 1.5.0-beta
The responsiveness of inteactive renderer has been improved. The team introduced the creation of parametric surfaces like sphere, plane and torus. Environment transforms are supported. OSL now allows UDIM texture definitions and subsurface shader has been improved.
Release 1.4.0-beta
Support for arbitrary nested dielectrics with user selectable priorities. Some new BSDF's have been added: Sheen, glossy, metal and glass. OSL has some new closures.
Release 1.2.0-beta
A lot has changded in the last two years. They now have implemented OpenShadingLanguage (OSL) what offers a complete shading node system. Basic hair support is available. The Disney Material is implemented with layering.
Release 1.1.0 alpha-17
Motionblur improved, Preetham and Hosek
Last update: 01.2021