Dawn Renderer

Dawn is a fast Global Illumination renderer written in C++. It employs Photon Mapping and Irradiance Caching to significantly accelerate rendering while maintaining high quality. Dawn is currently in the first development stage.

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New indoor scene without direct light. Only photons+IC.

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GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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athmanebahnous Posted 2013-05-04

hi, i have some problem with this project ,some errors apears when i try to compile it, like: Error 1 error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'png.h': No such file or directory

Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Windows

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users, Developers, Education, Information Technology, Science/Research

User Interface

Command-line

Programming Language

C, C++

Related Categories

C++ 3D Rendering Software, C 3D Rendering Software

Registered

2005-05-20

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