YafaRay

Example render of a camera made with YafRay.

YafaRay

A guide to the open source Ray Tracer.

YafaRay is an open source ray tracing program available under the LGPL license. It supersedes YafaRay (Yet Another Free Raytracer). It enables the creation of images and animations to a photo-realistic quality.

Yafaray was developed in C++ and can be ported to a number of operating systems including Linux, Windows, and Mac OS.

It has a number of rendering features including: global illumination, skydome illumination, caustics, depth of field and blurry reflections.

Contents

• User Manual
• Scenes with Explanations
• How do I add my own scene?
• Simple Preview

Further reading

• Yafaray at the FSF directory
• libYafaRay on GitHub