Twyst wrote in message <37459e1c.0@news.povray.org>...
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>I'm possibly thinking of restoring twysted.net - but I'm also thinking of
>expanding its scope, to include all the other non-commercial renderers,
such
>as radiance, BMRT, PolyRay, etc, etc.
>
>In order for me to do this, however, I do need to know what kind of support
>I'll be getting. Will it be worth my effort to start handling BMRT?
>


Well, I think BMRT has a lot of potential, and a rather steep learning curve
is the main inhibiting factor I see. Any help as to writing and configuring
shaders etc. is never too much.
I know of no such central repository of information on non-commercial
renderers, so you certainly have a "market niche" here. But the workload
might become horrendous and quality might suffer... Unless you manage to
enlist support from users of all those programs. Basically, I think 3-4 of
the biggest renderers should be more than enough, with perhaps links and
some info to the smaller ones. But if you have too much time... :)
I'd be glad to help, but my main expertise <ahem> is with POV. I know little
about BMRT and next to nothing about the others.

Margus

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