Aqsis is a cross-platform photorealistic 3D rendering solution, adhering to the RenderMan interface standard defined by Pixar Animation Studios.

The Aqsis project itself consists of a number of components, each useful in their own right, but contributing to the larger aims of the project as a whole. At this time, there are two such components: the aqsis rendering tools and the RIBMosaic exporter for Blender. Each component has its own area detailed below.

This Wiki is the central location for all documentation and reference material related to all Aqsis components. For further information about the product itself, see the main web site http://www.aqsis.org.

Aqsis Wiki is a project by the Aqsis Team to help better maintain information relating to the Aqsis 3D rendering solution, by allowing people to not only view but login (using their Aqsis user account) and edit/submit content in a similar vein to community projects like Wikipedia.

Before editing/submitting any content, be sure to…

• Read the documentation guidelines.
• Take a closer look at the current pages within this wiki to get a better understanding of our use of language and layout/style.
• Read-up on DokuWiki's syntax.
• Test your skills in the playground first.
• Treat this wiki with the respect it deserves and help make it the definitive Aqsis resource.

• Aqsis 1.x Manual - Home of the latest documentation for the development version of Aqsis. (ToDo)
• Tips & Tricks - Useful information when using Aqsis.
• FAQ - Frequently asked questions.
• Contributing - How to contribute to the Aqsis documentation.
• Tutorials - Aqsis tutorials and related documentation.
• Recipes - Mini-howtos.

• Aqsis Development Guide - Details of Aqsis internals, testing, white papers and design drafts.
• Release Cycle - A description of the official Aqsis release process.
• Project Metrics - Area where developers can see various project stats.
• Development Status - Current work status and plans.
• Roadmap - Details of current release schedules and features.
• Events Calendar - A central place to see all important Aqsis related calendar events.
• Support Library Documentation - Details of the support libraries provided as part of Aqsis, and how to use them.
• ToDo Lists - Area where developers can set themselves targets and keep track of things.
• Developer Meetings - Weekly IRC developer meeting (archive).

• RIBMosaic Manual - Home of the latest documentation for the experimental version of RIBMosaic.
• Tutorials - Tutorials on how to use RIBMosaic with Aqsis

• RIBMosaic Development Guide - Details of RIBMosaic internals.
• RIBMosaic Design Discussion - A discussion on the design of RIBMosaic
• ToDo Lists - Area where RIBMosaic developers can set themselves targets and keep track of things.

• Summer of Code (2011) - Details of our involvement with Google Summer of Code 2011.
• Summer of Code (2009) - Details of our involvement with Google Summer of Code 2009.
• Summer of Code (2007) - Details of our involvement with Google Summer of Code 2007.

• New Website - Proposed website overhaul.

• Releases - Previous and current release information.

There are two ways to get help from Aqsis users and developers:

• The Aqsis Forum - Registration required.
• IRC - Join #aqsis channel on irc.freenode.net (Logs are available at http://chat.aqsis.org).

Please see the bug reporting guidelines before reporting bugs. All bugs should ultimately be reported via SourceForge's Bug Tracking System.

• Contributors Matrix

Developer and user biographies.

• Paul Gregory - Project manager & lead developer.
• Leon Tony Atkinson - Greasemonkey.
• Bobby Parker - Professional Weirdo.
• Michel Joron - Developer.
• Tristan Colgate - Non-graphics infrastructure developement, and loud mouth.
• Tobias Sauerwein - Teaboy.
• Chris Foster - Code jockey.
• Matthaeus G. Chajdas - Developer
• Stefan Gustavson - Noise freak
• Malcolm Humphreys - Error handler
• Daniel Walters - GSoC Student (2009)
• Rafael Campos - GSoC Student (2009)
• Trevor Lovett - GSoC Student (2009)
• Jeff Doyle - user (weekend code monkey)

• User Information - Area for users to share their thoughts with the team.
• Survey 1 Results - The results of the first Aqsis user survey.