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| ====== LuxRender ====== | ====== LuxRender ====== | ||
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| OpenCL increases the render speed substantially, but it does require sufficiently powered hardware, and for LuxRender to utilise OpenCL, you must [[opencl|enable OpenCL]] on your system. | OpenCL increases the render speed substantially, but it does require sufficiently powered hardware, and for LuxRender to utilise OpenCL, you must [[opencl|enable OpenCL]] on your system. | ||
| - | To compile without OpenCL support: | + | The default behaviour of the SlackBuild is to install LuxRender with OpenCL support. To disable it, start the SlackBuild with a leading ''OPENCL=no'' variable setting: |
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| - | or | + | or, if you use ''sport'': |
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| ==== Blender ==== | ==== Blender ==== | ||
| + | The default behaviour of the LuxRender SlackBuild is to auto-detect whether you have Blender installed, and where its ''script'' directory is located, and to install the LuxRender Blender plug-in. You can forego this automatic detection process by just providing the path manually: | ||
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| + | <code> | ||
| + | $ BLENDER=/path/to/blender/scripts ./luxrender.SlackBuild | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | Or, if you would rather the Blender plug-in not be installed, set it to ''no'': | ||
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| + | <code> | ||
| + | $ BLENDER=no ./luxrender.SlackBuild | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | If you set ''BLENDER=no'' then the plugins are stored, uninstalled, in ''/usr/share/luxrender-X.X''. | ||
| ===== Usage ===== | ===== Usage ===== | ||
| - | LuxRender has several entry points. It can be launched as a shell application: | + | LuxRender has several ways for you to interact with it. To try it out, use the ''LuxTime'' example stored in ''/usr/share/luxrender-X.X''. Copy the ''LuxTime'' directory to your home directory and then load the ''.lxs'' file to produce a render. |
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| + | LuxRender can be invoked as a shell application: | ||
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| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | It has a stand-alone GUI frontend, which you can launch from the **K Menu** or from a shell: | + | LuxRender has a stand-alone GUI frontend, which you can launch from the **K Menu** or from a shell: |
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| [{{ luxblend.jpg |Selecting the LuxRender engine in Blender.}}] | [{{ luxblend.jpg |Selecting the LuxRender engine in Blender.}}] | ||
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| <WRAP tip> | <WRAP tip> | ||
| **See Also** \\ | **See Also** \\ | ||
| - | blender \\ | + | Blender \\ |
| - | mitsuba \\ | + | Mitsuba \\ |
| - | povray | + | Povray \\ |
| + | Yafaray | ||
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
| - | [[{arrown.png|border:0;background:none;width:0;display:inline-block;float:right;}mitsuba|]][[{arrowp.png|border:0;background:none;width:0;float:right;}lmms|]] | + | [[{arrown.png|border:0;background:none;width:0;display:inline-block;float:right;}lv2rack|]][[{arrowp.png|border:0;background:none;width:0;float:right;}luppp|]] |