On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Daniel Scott
Matthews<
dsmatthews@...> wrote:
> Doh! I didn't see that coming, they emailed me the newsletter today.
> They claim that there always will be a free version with watermarking
> and limited resolution but at this time there is no linux version of
> the v 2.0 renderer. I don't see the point of the hobbling they are
> imposing on the free version (which will not have network rendering
> built in) because one can always tile a bigger image with enough
> overlap to remove the watermark.
>
> Tim, it is an awesome render, you only need to see the results people
> get with it, but now that they have pull the rug out from everyone is
> it worth developing the plug-in further or is it better to search for
> the best alternative in the FOSS realm? No v 2.0 on Linux is the bit
> that has me concerned the most as the other issues with the free
> version can be programed around quiet easily.
>
Your call Tim, sorry to mess you around, I had no idea what was
happening with indigo.
:-(
However I did find a FOSS alternative and so far it looks very good,
http://www.luxrender.net/I can't recommend it yet as I need to have a very good look at it and
ensure is the real deal.
This bit looks very interesting! "We also provide a C/C++ API that
allows embedding LuxRender into third-party applications."
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