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Kerkythea
Developer(s)Ioannis Pantazopoulos
Stable release
Kerkythea 2018 Boost / June 19, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-06-19)
Operating systemLinux, OS X, Microsoft Windows
Type3D Graphics Software
LicenseFreeware
Websitekerkythea.net Edit this on Wikidata

Kerkythea is a standalone rendering system that supports raytracing and Metropolis light transport, uses physically accurate materials and lighting, and is distributed as freeware. Currently,[as of?] the program can be integrated with any software that can export files in obj and 3ds formats, including 3ds Max, Blender, LightWave 3D, SketchUp, Silo and Wings3D.

History

Kerkythea started development in 2004 and released its first version in April 2005. Initially it was only compatible with Microsoft Windows, but an updated release in October 2005 made it Linux compatible. As of January 2016, it is also available for Mac OS X. In May 2009 it was announced that the development team started a new commercial renderer, although Kerkythea will be updated and it will stay free and available. A new version called 'Boost' has been released in 2013.

In June 2018 the main developer announced the third version of Kerkythea called "Kerkythea 2018 Boost".[1]

Exporters

There are 6 official exporters for Kerkythea.

Blender
  • Blend2KT
  • Exporter to XML format
3D Studio Max
  • 3dsMax2KT 3dsMax Exporter
Maya
  • Maya2KT Maya Exporter
GMax
  • GMax2KT GMax Exporter
SketchUp
  • SU2KT SketchUp Exporter
  • SU2KT Light Components

Features

Supported 3D file formats

Supported image formats

Supported materials

Supported shapes

Supported lights

Supported textures

Supported features

Supported camera types

Supported rendering techniques

Application environment

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kerkythea Rendering System • View topic - Kerkythea v3.0 (Boost Edition)". www.kerkythea.net. Retrieved 2019-03-08.