similar to darktree

I just found out what darktree was, and I think it’s great. But, using other people’s shaders isn’t always nice, because you don’t get ecxactly waht you want. I downloaded the demo, and I see how powerful it is.

The problem I have is that $400 is a little steep for a 14 year old, but I love the infinite resolution of procedurals. Is there a program similar to darktree that I can use for free?

> Is there a program similar to darktree that I can use for free?

check out shaderman for renderman renderer like aqsis,3delight and pixie. I think you can then export your blender file to a rib file for rendering.

http://www.dream.com.ua/thetool.html