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velvetrose Paranoid (IV) Mad Librarian From: overlooking the bay Insane since: Apr 2001	posted 08-12-2005 14:08 I may just be behind the times, but reviewing the FAQ in my librarian capacity.. well, to make a long story short - i discovered Blue Moon Rendering Tools (BMRT) no longer exists.
jstuartj Bipolar (III) Inmate From: Mpls, MN Insane since: Dec 2000	posted 08-12-2005 16:59 If you want to get into a renderman complient renders, you might want to check out: Pixie: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~okan/Pixie/pixie.htm Aqsis: http://www.aqsis.com/ 3Delight, While not open source, If I rember correctly it it free for non and limited scope comercial use. http://www.3delight.com
GRUMBLE Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist From: Omicron Persei 8 Insane since: Oct 2000	posted 08-16-2005 01:27 not renderman like but very realistic: http://www.toxicengine.org/
warjournal Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: Insane since: Aug 2000	posted 08-18-2005 18:37 I remember looking for BMRT because everybody said it was da bomb, only to find that it was gone. I did finally manage to find it and I've archived it. I believe BMRT 2.6 beta. If there is interest, I'm sure I can serve it up for a bit. Pixie is my favorite. The way it does 2-pass ambient occlusion is wicked fast. Bit weird to get used to, but I like the speed and results. I even started a VB prog to do the grunt work, but never finished it. I want to like Aqsis, but I can't get the DHO to work. For some reason it's not finding my includes. I've been all over the environment variable, render options, and XML things, and I just couldn't get DHO to work. I can hack it together with cut-n-paste, but that was getting to be a bit much for each SL/H file.
jstuartj Bipolar (III) Inmate From: Mpls, MN Insane since: Dec 2000	posted 08-18-2005 18:50 Take care, BMRT disappeared because of a lawsuit filed by Pixar. If i rember correctly due to some patent issues, around the time Nvidia purchased Entropy. I wouldn't think it would cause any major reprocussions but worth considering. J. Stuart J. (Edited by jstuartj on 08-18-2005 18:53)
warjournal Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: Insane since: Aug 2000	posted 08-19-2005 16:13 Noted, JSJ. The lawsuit is why I haven't been serving it up this past year or so. I just did some checking and all I could find were older versions of BMRT for Linux - no Win binaries anywhere. I kind of torn on this. I so hate it when things like this disappear. It's like a piece of history is gone. I still have pains because Prometheus, a programming language that I so adored, disappeared and I didn't archive it. :sobs: I'll give it some more thought.

Topic awaiting preservation: The Demise of BMRT & entropy\$

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velvetrose
Paranoid (IV) Mad Librarian

From: overlooking the bay
Insane since: Apr 2001

posted 08-12-2005 14:08

I may just be behind the times, but reviewing the FAQ in my librarian capacity.. well, to make a long story short - i discovered Blue Moon Rendering Tools (BMRT) no longer exists.

jstuartj
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Mpls, MN
Insane since: Dec 2000

posted 08-12-2005 16:59

If you want to get into a renderman complient renders, you might want to check out:

Pixie:
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~okan/Pixie/pixie.htm

Aqsis:
http://www.aqsis.com/

3Delight, While not open source, If I rember correctly it it free for non and limited scope comercial use.
http://www.3delight.com

GRUMBLE
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From: Omicron Persei 8
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted 08-16-2005 01:27

not renderman like but very realistic:

http://www.toxicengine.org/

warjournal
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From:
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted 08-18-2005 18:37

I remember looking for BMRT because everybody said it was da bomb, only to find that it was gone. I did finally manage to find it and I've archived it. I believe BMRT 2.6 beta. If there is interest, I'm sure I can serve it up for a bit.

Pixie is my favorite. The way it does 2-pass ambient occlusion is wicked fast. Bit weird to get used to, but I like the speed and results. I even started a VB prog to do the grunt work, but never finished it.

I want to like Aqsis, but I can't get the DHO to work. For some reason it's not finding my includes. I've been all over the environment variable, render options, and XML things, and I just couldn't get DHO to work. I can hack it together with cut-n-paste, but that was getting to be a bit much for each SL/H file.

jstuartj
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Mpls, MN
Insane since: Dec 2000

posted 08-18-2005 18:50

Take care, BMRT disappeared because of a lawsuit filed by Pixar. If i rember correctly due to some patent issues, around the time Nvidia purchased Entropy. I wouldn't think it would cause any major reprocussions but worth considering.

J. Stuart J.

(Edited by jstuartj on 08-18-2005 18:53)

warjournal
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From:
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted 08-19-2005 16:13

Noted, JSJ. The lawsuit is why I haven't been serving it up this past year or so. I just did some checking and all I could find were older versions of BMRT for Linux - no Win binaries anywhere.

I kind of torn on this. I so hate it when things like this disappear. It's like a piece of history is gone. I still have pains because Prometheus, a programming language that I so adored, disappeared and I didn't archive it. :sobs:

I'll give it some more thought.