Recommendations to others considering Kerkythea:
Thea Render is the current software produced by the creators of Kerkythea; look at the reasonably-priced packages they have if you are considering Kerkythea. Was outstanding for me at the time it was released, but there are so many options available today for rendering 3D work (including several in real-time), it is definitely worth getting stuck into a few trial versions rather than just reading reviews like mine! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What problems is Kerkythea solving and how is that benefiting you?
Again, with the last version being 2008 Echo, I don’t think anyone is solving any problems with KT. The connectivity with SketchUp is still good in my opinion, but other render programs such as Twilight also have free versions that, being far more up-to-date, operate much more closely with SketchUp, neatly as a pop-up window in the versions that I had used.
KT was great for lighting models however. A costly solution like V-Ray may be more versatile and generate renders more quickly, but the robustness and flexibility of the lighting tools on KT means it would be my chosen free renderer for interior card models (until I get the time really getting into Twinmotion). Simply being able to preview HDR images in the software might be enough of a reason to install it for some.
Although I never got to use this in a professional capacity, the facility to render an animation frame-by-frame, using network machines, sounded useful, as much then as it might be now. The main benefits I realised myself were the ability to show - albeit on a fairly rudimentary level - the efficacy of a lighting arrangement on an interior without too much outlay time-wise (and zero layout cash-wise). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
