[Starks]

What exactly is rendering and how do you do it?

[Galemp]

Rendering is the process of positioning 3D models in a modeling or rendering program, setting up lights, special effects, and material properties, then having the computer calculate a bunch of stuff to generate an image that is pleasing to the eye.

It requires a pretty powerful computer, lots of time and expertise, and some very expensive software, to get it just right.

[Bobboau]

though you can probly get the high priced software off of Kaza or some such, if you want to go to hell for stealing that is

[karajorma]

Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
It requires a pretty powerful computer, lots of time and expertise, and some very expensive software, to get it just right.

Or skill, talent and a free program like Truespace 3

[Corsair]

Or the beta version of 3DE and Photoshop!

[FreeTerran]

What is 3DE for a programm ?

[wEvil]

go to www.aliaswavefront.com or www.softimage.com, register and download both trial versions of Maya and Softimage|XSI

they're fully unlimited copies, apart from a watermark on the render output and they save to a special file format.  You cannot export from them but to all intents and purposes they're pretty much full versions.

Both programs with all the documents are about 2-cd's worth of download though.

[an0n]

You got an example of the watermark?

*has an evil idea involving doubling the image and using PS layering effects*

[wEvil]

its in the bottom corner usually but i think you're also limited to rendering out to a max. resolution of PAL D1 (720x576)

[an0n]

So you render it in sections and piece it together later in PSP.

[wEvil]

yep, but you'd best be very accurate about how you do it

its an extremely fiddly way of going about it...and to be honest PAL is usually adequate