What is "photoworks"

PhotoWorks is a raytrace rendering program created by Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation, formerly supplied as a photorealistic rendering add-in for SolidWorks. The program is based on the Mental Ray rendering engine. It has a library of scenes and materials that can be used with user-created SolidWorks files to create still frame images within the SolidWorks GUI.

Since the 2011 release of SolidWorks, PhotoWorks has been replaced by the PhotoView 360 rendering utility. A 2010 review comparing PhotoWorks with three other rendering programs for SolidWorks (including PhotoView 360) gave the program high marks for render speed and built-in materials, but low marks for realism and user interface.

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Photoworks is a visual arts agency for photography, based in Brighton, England and founded in 1995. It commissions and publishes new photography and writing on photography; produces exhibitions, books, participation and learning projects and events including the Brighton Photo Biennial, the UK's largest photography festival. It organises the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards in collaboration with the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.

It has published photography books by Daniel Meadows, Stephen Gill, Rinko Kawauchi and Joachim Schmid, and published books written or edited by Val Williams.

Photoworks is located within the University of Brighton's Grand Parade Campus and is a registered charity, funded by Arts Council England and one of Arts Council England's National Portfolio Organisations.