Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 5
Rendering Your
Scene
Rendering Your
Understanding What Rendering Is
What exactly is rendering? Well, rendering compiles all the
information in your scene. It takes all your shaders, lighting,
models, effects, and everything you have created and makes
your final image or animation. When you watch
Finding Nemo
or
The Incredibles
, you are watching a final render. It's got all
the bells and whistles. It takes hours and hours for “farms” of
machines to render out these final scenes.
We'll talk about the basics of rendering in this chapter and
the next. Unfortunately, rendering is a huge topic that could
have a series of topics written on it, but we're focusing on
modeling in this topic. After reading this chapter, explore the
Scanline and Mental Ray renderers. There are a good number
of interesting effects you can achieve.
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