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From: Kyle
Date: 10 Mar 2008 14:58:59
Message: <qv3bt3dm4mp0givgeddv7n7sdr35mlsj2f@4ax.com>
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:05:43 EST, "gregjohn" <pte### [at] yahoocom> wrote:

>Stupid question I could google later: is blender a ray tracer?

Blender's internal render engine does have ray-tracing capabilities, however, I don't
think I'd categorize Blender as a ray tracer.  Ray tracing is just one part of its
toolset.

A little O.T. from your question...  YafRay, an external raytracer, can be
incorporated with Blender as well.  I personally prefer to use Blender's internal
render engine while working on a scene,
then Blender -> PoseRay -> POV-Ray for final renders.


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