Keeping in mind you can still use POV, and many would say it doesn't really need a replacement if it still works...
Art of Illusion is a good replacement in various ways, with continuous development. These days as a community it's mainly centered around the SourceForge forums for the project.
In years past, I created paid professional illustration work with AoI, and IIRC some of my art's still in the software's splash screens (good nostalgia feel!). Even back around 2006-2007 I created a 21 megapixel image with it, for use on an event poster for a city-managed event where I live, which was pretty darn credible for FOSS.
It's very capable software if it fits your needs and you are aware of the various ways to do things. The manual is exceptional and an exemplary example of FOSS help docs IMO.
Just the other day I used it for some home design visualizations as well, and the current version seems to work great. Especially if you use the Scripts & Plugins manager and try out the many plugins available for things like N-gon mesh modeling (PolyMesh Editor), various UI changes, etc.
You may also want to consider Bforartists which is like a Blender fork aimed at artists, including its own keymap, UI changes, a different set of defaults, and various other changes.
Art of Illusion is a good replacement in various ways, with continuous development. These days as a community it's mainly centered around the SourceForge forums for the project.
In years past, I created paid professional illustration work with AoI, and IIRC some of my art's still in the software's splash screens (good nostalgia feel!). Even back around 2006-2007 I created a 21 megapixel image with it, for use on an event poster for a city-managed event where I live, which was pretty darn credible for FOSS.
It's very capable software if it fits your needs and you are aware of the various ways to do things. The manual is exceptional and an exemplary example of FOSS help docs IMO.
Just the other day I used it for some home design visualizations as well, and the current version seems to work great. Especially if you use the Scripts & Plugins manager and try out the many plugins available for things like N-gon mesh modeling (PolyMesh Editor), various UI changes, etc.
You may also want to consider Bforartists which is like a Blender fork aimed at artists, including its own keymap, UI changes, a different set of defaults, and various other changes.