Print at Sep 24, 2026, 3:01:36 AM

Posted by Xlance at Sep 18, 2026, 12:43:18 PM
Re: Photo-video rendering plug-in
Sneek Peek 5

Added support to all 6 GI modes in yafaray

4. Bidirectional Path Tracing (BPT)
An advanced unbiased mode that traces ray paths simultaneously from both the camera and the light sources, connecting them in the middle.This method is exceptionally powerful for complex indoor setups or scenes where light enters through tiny gaps, slots, or windows.

5. Ambient Occlusion (AO)
An approximation method that calculates how exposed each point in a scene is to ambient light from a full hemisphere. It darkens corners, crevices, and contact points. Though technically a trick rather than true physical light bouncing, it adds swift, pseudo-GI depth to preview renders.

6. Final Gather / Irradiance Cache (Integration Layer)
Depending on your version or host application interface (like Blender or Sweet Home 3D), Final Gather (FG) or Irradiance Caching acts as a sample-filtering mode used on top of Photon Mapping. It uses a pre-pass to map out where high-contrast changes occur and selectively distributes complex ray calculations, drastically smoothing out photon maps and speeding up final rendering output.

88 Render Variations
(5 Sunflow modes + 6 Yafaray modes) * 2 sky light modes * 4 Ambient intensity levels

Press SHIFT + variations button to open a selection List

when List is open:
ctrl + a > selects all 88 variations
ctrl + s > selects all sunflow variations
ctrl + y > selects all yafaray variations
ctrl + n > selects none
Ctrl + o > checks only variations with sky lighting on
Ctrl + f > checks only variations with sky lighting off
Ctrl + 0 > checks only variations with 0% ambient intensity
Ctrl + 1 > checks only variations with 1% ambient intensity
Ctrl + 5 > checks only variations with 50% ambient intensity
Ctrl + h > checks only variations with 100% ambient intensity

[img]https://i.postimg.cc/MfS7qK0w/Lister.png[/img]
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