A Python reimplementation of the C++ raytracer from "Raytracing in a weekend".
This project was made using the Pygame library.
This is an example scene rendered with Pytracer.
To generate a scene of random spheres, you can simply call Pytracer this way:
python pytracer.py output width height samples depth speed
- output is the path to the output image. The image will only be rendered to the Pygame window and not saved if this is omitted.
- width is the width of the output image in pixels. It is 1280 if omitted.
- height is the height of the output image in pixels. It is 720 if omitted.
- samples is the number of samples per pixels used in antialiasing. It is 500 if omitted.
- depth is the maximum number of bounces a ray can do. It is 50 if omitted. You can't set this higher than 1000.
- For an explanation of speed, call
python pytracer.py help.
Calling python pytracer.py help will explain all of the arguments.