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Slave caching of external files

Over the last few weeks I've been working on changing how masters send files to the slaves. It was based on this feature request. The goal has been to reduce memory and bandwidth consumption, and hopefully lead to potentially faster start-up time for slaves.

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New year, new build!

Check out the latest weekly build for improved GUI, more stability, improved SPPM support and the fix for a longstanding scattering bug.

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LuxRender post-0.8 development status

After LuxRender 0.8 was released, this web site has been a bit quiet. So quiet in fact that some of you even thought we had stopped developing LuxRender.

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Welcome to the new development blog

The idea behind this page is to publish information or previews of any new LuxRender developments.

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Welcome

LuxRender is a physically based and unbiased rendering engine. Based on state of the art algorithms, LuxRender simulates the flow of light according to physical equations, thus producing realistic images of photographic quality.

To get started with LuxRender, choose a package:


Blender 2.49b	Blender 2.5x	3DS Max

SketchUp	C4D	DAZ Studio

XSI	Poser

Standalone	Source Code

LuxRender is free software - both for personal and commercial use - and is licensed under the GPL.

Community News More...

LuxRender v1.0RC1 released

At long last we have released a new RC for the next version of LuxRender, and it is really going to be labelled 1.0.

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New competition 'A slow day'

Showcase your talent in our new competition. Get all the details in the forum.

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Material competition winners announced

The entries are available in the gallery, and you can see the voting results in the forum.

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New Materials competition

Our new competition brings the focus on our materials system. Go get the most out of LuxRender and submit your work to our materials database.

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