Feb 14 2008
The Venerable POV-Ray
In the past I’ve mentioned a lot of free software - be it freeware or open source. Most of it has been the latest thing - just out and hoping for the best, occasionally I give an update on something older and more established. Mostly this qualifies as news and goes into the magazine.
This time I have to talk about something really old. Something that has been around since the halcyon days of the Commodore Amiga.
I’m talking about POV-Ray something that since those has days evolved into a really state of the art Ray-Tracing rendering application. Its not a fancy looking 3D modelling application - but apply it to a model or carefully describe a scene with its internal programming language and some really spectacular results can be achieved.
So if you are a 3D artist take a look. It is free (as in Open Source) and could be a useful addition to your toolbox.
But here is the important project bit.
POV-Ray could do with more manpower to work on its future versions. They need writers, programmers, organisers and artists to work on not just the code but just about every aspect of bringing out an updated piece of software.
So use it or get involved - this is a great project to use or get involved in.
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