Allura Renderer

every pixel is special <3

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System Requirements

GPU

  • Vulkan 1.2 with ray tracing pipeline
  • NVIDIA, AMD, or Intel
  • 4 GB VRAM minimum

Software

  • Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
  • Blender 4.0+, Cinema 4D 2026
  • Latest GPU drivers

Blender Installation

1

Install the addon

Open Blender, go to Edit > Preferences > Add-ons > Install... and select the downloaded zip file.

2

Enable the addon

Enable Render: Allura Renderer in the add-on list.

3

Select renderer

In Properties > Render Properties, set Engine to Allura.

4

Render

Press F12 for final render, or switch to rendered viewport mode for interactive preview.

Cinema 4D Installation

1

Extract the archive

Unzip allura-c4d-0.3.0-windows.zip. Contains c4d_plugin.xdl64, allura_api.dll, and res/.

2

Copy to Cinema 4D plugins

Place the allura/ folder in %APPDATA%\Maxon\Cinema 4D 2026\plugins\

3

Select renderer

Open Render Settings (Ctrl+B) and choose Allura from the renderer list.

4

Render

Assign Allura materials and press Ctrl+R. The picture viewer updates in real time as samples accumulate.