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===== About Aqsis =====

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

Focusing on stability and production usage, features include constructive solid geometry, depth-of-field, extensible shading engine (DSOs), instancing, level-of-detail, motion blur, NURBS, procedural plugins, programmable shading, subdivision surfaces, subpixel displacements and more.

The Aqsis tools provide a comprehensive list of features that are considered necessary for production use, the following list details some of the important high level capabilities.

  * Programmable Shading
  * High Level Primitive Support
  * Sub-Pixel Displacement
  * Motion Blur (MB)
  * Depth of Field (DoF)
  * Shadow Mapped Ambient Occlusion
  * Arbitrary Output Variables (AOV)
  * Subdivision Surfaces (SDS)
  * High quality texture mapping
  * Level of Detal (LOD)
  * High Dynamic Range (HDR) Output
  * Extensible through plugins (DSO/Procedurals)

For more detail about supported features, see the [[doc:features|features]] page of the manual.

==== Roadmap ====
  * [[dev:roadmap|Roadmap]] - Where is Aqsis going, what needs to be done.

===== User Documentation =====

  * **[[doc:index|Aqsis 1.x Manual]]** - Home of the latest documentation for the development version of Aqsis. ([[doc:todo|ToDo]])
  * **[[http://wiki.aqsis.org/doc/index?do=export_dokutexit&dokutexit_type=pdf|Aqsis 1.4 Manual (Beta)]]** - Home of the stable documentation for the previous release (PDF snapshot).
  * **[[tip:index|Tips & Tricks]]** - Useful information when using Aqsis.
  * **[[faq:index|FAQ]]** - Frequently asked questions.
  * **[[doc:contributing|Contributing]]** - How to contribute to the Aqsis documentation.

===== RenderMan and Shaders =====

  * **[[guide:index|Tutorials]]** - Aqsis tutorials and related documentation.
  * **[[recipe:index|Recipes]]** - Mini-howtos.


===== Developer Documentation =====

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

===== Google Summer of Code =====

  * **[[dev:soc_2010|Summer of Code (2010)]]** - Details of our involvement with Google Summer of Code 2010.
  * **[[dev:soc_2009|Summer of Code (2009)]]** - Details of our involvement with Google Summer of Code 2009.
  * **[[dev:soc_2007|Summer of Code (2007)]]** - Details of our involvement with Google Summer of Code 2007.

===== Projects =====

  * **[[dev:website|New Website]]** - Proposed website overhaul.
  * **[[dev:giselle|Giselle]]** - Procedural animation system.

==== Development Projects ====

A list of development projects that encompass focussed areas of development follows. These projects follow a set of common [[dev:projects|guidelines]] and are usually headed and managed by one of the primary developers.

  * **[[dev:beaker|Beaker]]** - Aqsis performance project, headed by [[bio:pgregory|Paul Gregory]].
  * **[[dev:animal|Animal]]** - Aqsis innovation project, headed by [[bio:c42f|Chris Foster]].

===== Support =====

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

  * **[[http://www.aqsis.org/xoops/modules/newbb/|The Aqsis Forum]]** - Registration required.
  * **IRC** - Join #aqsis channel on irc.freenode.net (Logs are available at [[http://irclogs.aqsis.org]]).


==== Reporting Bugs ====

Please see the [[support:bug_reporting|bug reporting guidelines]] before reporting bugs. All bugs should ultimately be reported via [[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=25264&atid=383970|SourceForge's Bug Tracking System]].
===== About Us =====

  * **[[bio:contributors|Contributors Matrix]]**

 Developer and user biographies.

  * **[[bio:pgregory|Paul Gregory]]** - Project manager & lead developer.
  * **[[bio:renderguy|Leon Tony Atkinson]]** - Greasemonkey.
  * **[[bio:shortwave|Bobby Parker]]** - Professional Weirdo.
  * **[[bio:joron|Michel Joron]]** - Developer.
  * **[[bio:tcolgate|Tristan Colgate]]** - Non-graphics infrastructure developement, and loud mouth.
  * **[[bio:tobi|Tobias Sauerwein]]** - Teaboy.
  * **[[bio:c42f|Chris Foster]]** - Code jockey.
  * **[[bio:anteru|Matthaeus G. Chajdas]]** - Developer
  * **[[bio:stegu|Stefan Gustavson]]** - Noise freak
  * **[[bio:malco|Malcolm Humphreys]]** - Error handler
  * **[[bio:dan_w|Daniel Walters]]** - GSoC Student (2009)
  * **[[bio:rcampos|Rafael Campos]]** - GSoC Student (2009)
  * **[[bio:trevor|Trevor Lovett]]** - GSoC Student (2009)

===== Feedback =====

  * **[[feedback:user_info|User Information]]** - Area for users to share their thoughts with the team.
  * **[[feedback:survey1_results|Survey 1 Results]]** - The results of the first Aqsis user survey.

===== About =====

**Aqsis Wiki** is a project by the [[http://www.aqsis.org|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 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|Wikipedia]]. 

Before editing/submitting any content, be sure to...

  * Read the documentation [[:guideline|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 [[dokuwiki:syntax|syntax]].
  * Test your skills in the [[dokuwiki:playground|playground]] first.
  * Treat this wiki with the respect it deserves and help make it //the// definitive Aqsis resource.
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