Reaching now the 4th year of development and gaining popularity, I want to believe that KT can now be considered among the top freeware/open source render engines and can be used for both academic and commercial purposes. The target of Kerkythea is to simplify the task of quality rendering by providing the necessary tools to automate scene setup, such as staging using the GL real-time viewer, material editor, general/render settings, editors, etc., under a common interface. Preface: Kerkythea is a standalone render engine, using physically accurate materials and lights, aiming for the best quality rendering in the most efficient timeframe. © Kerkythea 2008 Echo GETTING STARTED Written by: The KT Team YafaRay, free and open-source ray tracing software that uses an XML scene description language.PHOTO REALISTIC RENDERS OF YOUR 3D MODELS.OpenGL real-time viewer (basic staging capabilities).Photon mapping (Jensen) (mesh maps, photon maps, final gathering, irradiance caching, caustics).Metropolis light transport (Kelemen, Kalos et al.).Bidirectional path tracing (Veach & Guibas).Planar projection ( Pinhole, thin lens).Anti-aliasing (Texture filtering, edge antialiasing).Bevel mapping (an innovative KT feature).Any weighted or multiplicative combination of the above.Procedurals (Perlin noise, marble, wood, windy, checker, wireframe, normal ramp, Fresnel ramp).Sky lighting (Physical sky, SkySphere bitmap (normal or HDRI)).Point light with spherical soft shadows.Layered material (additive combination of the above with use of alpha maps).All supported by FreeImage library ( JPEG, BMP, PNG, TGA and HDR included).SIA ( Silo) format (partially supported).There are 6 official exporters for Kerkythea. In June 2018 the main developer announced the third version of Kerkythea called 'Kerkythea 2018 Boost'. A new version called 'Boost' has been released in 2013. 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. As of January 2016, it is also available for Mac OS X. Initially it was only compatible with Microsoft Windows, but an updated release in October 2005 made it Linux compatible. Kerkythea started development in 2004 and released its first version in April 2005.

Currently, 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. Kerkythea is a standalone rendering system that supports raytracing and Metropolis light transport, uses physically accurate materials and lighting, and is distributed as freeware.

Kerkythea Materials Pack