A good article on "What is the best renderer? " 2004-02-16 - By Jonathan G. Koehn
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This was a good article for learning about a variety of rendering solutions.
It would seem that the knowledge of some rendering is perhaps not correct.
Though overall quite good, most are quite small. The PRman description on
the
smooth results, versus a normal polygon renderer, was inaccurate, a render
built correctly
does not compute all polygons for each sub pixel, unless settings required
it.
Also I'm not totally convinced on Mental Rays highly acclaimed GI I would
deferr to Jensen's renderer
for GI quality. Mental Ray in one render I saw had too much color bleeding
perhaps this was just abad choice
of settings, though I think it was suppost to duplicate Cornell scene, it
wasn't very good.
Me personally would like to see more on PRman, and Brazil, but I would like
to see some of the professor's renders
especially Jensen's
Overall a good read, but like everything take it with a grain of salt,
noting that this also is perhaps opininated by the writer.
Best,
-- -- Original Message -- --
From: "Dave Angelini" <dpangelini@(protected)>
To: <truespace@(protected)>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 1:06 AM
Subject: [TSML] A good article on "What is the best renderer?"
> I usually visit this site (Zaon Digital) for artistic inspiration, but
this
> time I found an interesting article on "Choosing the Best 3D Rendering
> Applications for your Needs". A neat table is included which rates the
> particular functions of each of the major professional rendering
> applications. The article can be found here:
>
> http://www.zaon.com/company/articles/3d_rendering.php
>
> There are some comments in there that criticize statements people make
when
> defending what they think is the best 3D application that are priceless.
> He really hits on some statements that we have all heard before on this
> forum with some neat insight on why people say them.
>
> TrueSpace also gets a mention....which is odd considering that the article
> is clearly aimed at the high-end professional packages. The writer
clearly
> considers tS as a mid-range application and is the only application
> mentioned other than the "Big 6" (3DS, LW, Alias, Softimage, Houdini and
> Cinema4D). Again, pretty good company to be keeping.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Angelini
>
>
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