Chunky is a Minecraft rendering tool that uses Path Tracing to create realistic images of your Minecraft worlds.
I have been using Chunky for well over 6 years by this point. Over the years I have learnt so much and I feel it's time to put everything in writing. This guide is my 6 years of knowledge combined with developments and ideas from within the community since it's inception.
Just in case anyone wants to see my work, you can find all of it in this Google Drive folder.
Site build instructions (windows)
Install ImageMagick 6.9.6 Q16-HDRI-dll with system path and development headers and libraries for C and C++.
Check convert -version (non-admin).
Install rmagick using gem install rmagick --platform=ruby -- --with-opt-lib="c:/path_to_image_magick/lib" --with-opt-include="c:/path_to_image_magick/include"