LuxRender is a rendering program built on physics-based algorithms to allow natural light flow reproduction. Because it doesn't include any features for 3D modeling, the scenes should be created with other programs and imported for rendering.
The application works with individual wavelengths for the rendering process, providing more realistic effects compared to other similar programs which operate with individual colors. This also allows it to render high dynamic range scenes (HDR). LuxRender renders different material categories, like metals or glass, generating realistic representations of them. Various properties like dispersive refraction or light displacement are also available to improve the natural look of the models.
Tone Mapping option offers four types of kernels: Max White, Contrast, Linear, and Reinhard/non-linear. Various lens effects like Bloom, Vignetting, or Glare offer a large range of effects, significantly enhancing the scene's output. LuxRender supports three types of cameras: perspective, orthographic, and environment. The perspective one offers the classic, default panoramic view. The Orthographic camera allows easy rendering for top- or front views. The Environment camera is useful for rendering full 360-degree scenes.
The program supports cross-platform network rendering, allowing multiple computers to render together the same image or animation.
v1.6 [Mar 24, 2016]
Optimized Sobol sampler
Adaptive radiance clamping
Improved convergence test for BIASPATH
Ability to see the active tiles
Fix for heterogeneous volumes
Dynamic editing of the film pipeline
Add scaling to the radiance groups
Improved spectrum to RGB conversions for textures using spectra (blackbody, fresnel, lamp, ...)
Fast pixel filtering for PATHCPU and OpenCL modes
Fix filtering radius in BIASPATH
Fix a bug when deleting an object emitting light
Fix OpenCL compilation of RT modes
Fix for the glossy materials
New luxcoreconsole and luxcoreui interfaces
Build system fixes and improvements
New bilerp texture.
