User Guide Map

Notes:

This guide makes reference mainly to YafaRay used from Blender.
This Guide can be downloaded in PDF format from here: YafaRay 0.1.1 User's Guide - PDF
The scenes used in this guide can be downloaded from here (50 MB). Remember to unpack textures.
If you are looking for a 'Quick Start' document, please take a look at this forum thread.

What is YafaRay? Short introduction to the YafaRay engine, history and a complete list of features.
Render Output.
Objects, Lights and Camera settings. Parameters to setup light sources and cameras.
Texture Input. Texture input, mapping coordinates, blending modes, stencil and procedurals.
Materials. YafaRay materials explained.
Material Modulation. Modulation of materials properties with textures.
Lighting Methods. Lighting methods explained and use cases.
Render Settings. General rendering parameters and Anti-aliasing settings.
- General settings.
  
  Ray Depth.
  
  Shadow Depth and Transparent shadows.
  
  Output Gamma.
  
  Input Gamma.
  
  Clamp RGB.
  
  Clay Render.
  
  Threads.
  
  Result to Blender.
  
  Autosave.
  
  Alpha on autosave/animations.
  
  Draw render parameters.
  
  Output to XML.
- Anti-aliasing.
  
  Introduction.
  
  First anti-aliasing pass.
  
  Adaptive sampling.
  
  Filter type.
  
  Filter Size.
  
  Anti-aliasing strategy.
Background Settings. Background types and parameters.
Volumetrics. Volumetric effects in YafaRay.

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