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LuxRender is a free rendering engine which specializes in stimulating the flow of light to produce realistic images of photographic quality.

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About LuxRender

LuxRender is a free rendering engine which specializes in stimulating the flow of light according to physical equations to produce realistic images of photographic quality. It is a physically based and unbiased rendering engine. Based on state of the art algorithms, LuxRender simulates the flow of light according to physical equations, thus producing realistic images of photographic quality.

LuxRender doesn't use tricks to imitate real world behaviour, all calculations are done according mathematical models based on the real word. Physically based unbiased rendering engines offers the advantage of very realistic images. Rendering with LuxRender means simulating light according to physical equations, this produces realistic photographic quality images. LuxRender comprises an interactive GUI, a command line tool, and Blender 3D exporter Plugins (LuxBlend)

Some of noticeable features of LuxRender include Multithreading for multi-core or SMP systems, Compact RIB-like file format, Blender 3D exporter Plugins (LuxBlend), Physically based Light sources, Perspective Camera, Materials & Textures, Film/Texture Imaging Pipeline, Real-time engine control, Path Tracing, Bidirectional Path Tracing, final gathering, Instant "Global Illumination".

GreenButton & LuxRender

GreenButton with LuxRender will allow LuxRender users to render their jobs at a faster rate and frees up their computer for other tasks.

Click here to contact us if you have any questions about using GreenButton with LuxRender.

LuxRender for Blender 2.49

  • Ensure you have Python 2.6 installed, which you can download here (select to install for 'All Users' during installation).
  • When you first run the installer, it may install some required dependencies, before it installs GreenButton. These are Microsoft's .Net 4.0 and Reactive Libraries.
  • Download and run the appropriate GreenButton installer for your version of Python/Blender (Windows, Mac OS X or Linux, 32-bit or 64-bit).
  • If you are running Windows, your choice of 32bit or 64bit installer will depend on your installation of Blender and Python as well as your operating system.
  • The plugin may prompt you to supply the path where you put the Blender executables (if you didn't use the Blender installer).
  • Open Blender. Within the Render menu of the User Preferences window you will find a new option: 'GreenButton - Your Personal [Super]Computer'. You can also reach this option in Scripts window (within the Scripts->Render menu).
  • When you start the plugin, you will be able to log into your GreenButton account and set up your render job!

Windows 7/Vista/XP

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Mac OS X

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Linux

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LuxRender

  • Step1

    Load the script in Blender by selecting it from the Render menu in the User Preferences window. Alternatively, you can load the script by choosing the Scripts->Render->GreenButton menu item in the Scripts window.

  • Step 2

    Log in with your GreenButton account. If you haven't got one already, sign up here.

  • Step 3

    From the main menu, click on the 'Create New Render Job' button.

  • Step 4

    Select 'LuxRender 0.7' from the render options (you can also choose from Blender 2.49b or Blender 2.54).

  • Step 5

    Configure your job settings and choose the output format, with numerous still image and video file formats available.

  • Step 6

    When rendering with Lux you will need to set up the Lux scene as well before submitting your job. More information on using LuxRender can be found at www.luxrender.net.

  • Step 7

    You can monitor the progress of your jobs by clicking on the 'My Jobs' button in the main menu. Double-click on a job to download a collection of frames or the merged output (image collection or video).

Blender 2.49 - Plugin Version 1.2

  • New interface for Mac and Linux plugins for viewing/downloading jobs
  • Upload progress bar added for Mac and Linux
  • Overhaul of job progress window in Windows
  • Updates/Bugfixes to lighting in LuxRender on server
  • Addition of OpenEXR as a still image format, both for Blender and LuxRender
  • Addition of Targa as a LuxRender still image format

Blender 2.49 - Version 1.11

  • Upload job file bug fixed for Linux and Mac
  • Image resolution max increased (20000 x 20000)
  • LuxRender resolution scaling bug fixed
  • More guidance in the interface for submitting with correct LuxRender settings
  • Automatic login function
  • Large file downloads performance improved
  • Fixed error ocurring at 100% complete
  • Fixed video compiling error at 99% complete
  • Fixed submission communications error for Mac and Linux

LuxRender FAQ's


LuxRender Pricing

For LuxRender jobs, while we haven’t yet enabled fully automated Job Prediction, we still dynamically allocate cores to your jobs to manage the performance. Basically, all jobs submitted to GreenButton are allocated only a small number of cores initially, then once your job is running; our system monitors the job, and then determines how many extra cores should be allocated. Generally we boost the initial number of cores by 400% but please note, the extra cores can take a further 15 to 20 minutes to come online, so small jobs (less than 100 frames or single frame renders) may complete before the additional cores are available.

If you decide that your job is not running fast enough, simply contact us and we can crank it up even more.


We charge US $0.30 per core hour for all Blender, Yafaray and LuxRender jobs.