POV-Ray

This site is about Unofficial Mac versions of POV-Ray 3.7.0.x and 3.8.x

POV-Ray is a free ray tracing program to render 3D images. It uses a text-based scene description language (SDL).
High-quality examples of images rendered with POV-Ray can be seen at the POV-Ray hall of fame.

These versions use the standard POV-Ray 3.7.0 rendering program, compiled to run on Apple computers.

With the Unofficial versions for Mac you also get:

• An interface to set all rendering options and preferences;
• An editor with coloured syntax to edit the files;
• Template forms to assist you in writing the correct syntax, showing all possible options;
• A message window showing messages, warnings and errors of the file being parsed or rendered;
• A preview window to watch rendering progress of the image;
• Support for the Insert Menu Add-Ons (standard POV-Ray for Windows collection or 3rd party collections like Friedrich A. Lohmüller's collection;
• Ready for Retina displays;
• Some screenshots:  color_map editor  graphical editor (lathe, ...)  material editor  light template  options dialog  scene editor  object editor  preview window 

System requirements:

• Mac Intel-Based;
• System 10.6 or later;
• A screen resolution of at least 800 * 600;
• A fair amount of memory :-) ;