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The key features of this version are BRDF and
anisotropic materials support, light dispersion,
OpenEXR format support, more camera projection
modes, ambient occlusion, and the restoration of
multi-CPU rendering. The most important new things
are the BRDF stuff, all the shading work, and the
corresponding Blender material compatibility.
Speed optimizations and bugfixes were also made.
Big global illumination improvements and speedups
were made. A new rendering strategy uses buckets
for better cache performance and less memory
consumption. The photon map now uses much less
memory. Yafray now works as a Blender plugin with
instant render feedback. There were also many
bugfixes.
Important GI improvements and bugfixes. A new blender shader which gives support to the brand new blender->yafray support. New spherelight, region render, and other minor features. scons has been added as the new build system.
Almost all the functionality is now split into
plugins. New global photon light and an improved
GI scheme (faster) were added. Blender mapping
extensions were made to fit the famous modeler.
Real depth of field, vertex colors, and some new
shading blocks were added. The plugin interface
was also extended for a better future integration
with blender and other modelers.
This release includes all the features of the previous CVS snapshots, and also features more shading blocks (making blurry reflection possible), a volumetric spot light, bug fixes, and an experimental plugin interface. The Mac OS X version now works fine.
