Rendering Overview
Rendering generates photoelectric images. You can render documents to
the graphics area or to a file. When rendering to file, you can schedule
document
batches.
If you make changes to the:
You generally render a model a number of times
while evaluating various effects. Rendering a complex model with a complex
scene can take considerable time. You can reduce rendering time (improve
performance) by applying certain effects
(higher anti-aliasing, for example) later in the process.
Work Flow
One approach:
Apply the appearance
and any decals (Decal Editor). Render to test the selections.
Select a scene
or environment.
Render to test the environment.
Select lighting effects using:
Render to test the lighting.
Incorporate any of the following. Each can increase
rendering times significantly, or might not produce the result you expect.
Test render at the lowest settings to gauge suitability, then increase
values to improve the image quality.
Do a final rendering, usually with a high setting
for anti-aliasing to create a high quality image.
Render Quality
In PhotoWorks
Studio, you can control render
quality using sliders. Note that the only difference between
the High setting and next lower
setting is Indirect Illumination.
When you apply a PhotoWorks Studio, previous render settings are overwritten,
including those set outside Studio (in the Options
or Scene Editor dialog boxes,
for example).