Fox Renderfarm Tells You: What is 3D Rendering

As the leading cloud rendering services provider and render farm in the CG industry, Fox Renderfarm dropped our video "What is 3D Rendering,” which is a piece of basic knowledge but maybe many people still can't tell, as it contains some other professional terms. Now follow us as we unravel the mystery.

In terms of implementation, 3D rendering is generally divided into offline rendering and real-time rendering. According to the discipline of computer graphics, both rendering methods visualize the computed data. 

Real-time rendering outputs the result directly to the display device and is usually used for programs that require real-time interaction. It is mostly used in industries such as gaming, medical, automotive, education, property.

Offline rendering, on the other hand, takes much longer and will output more refined images that eventually become the films played on our computers. It is mostly used in TV/film, animation, archviz, and other industries.

Render farms, such as Fox Renderfarm, use offline rendering technology to provide powerful cloud rendering services for 3D software, reducing the rendering time that would originally take 50 hours to 1-2 hours or even less.

Judging from the effect of the final image, 3D rendering can be both realistic and non-realistic rendering.

Realistic rendering seeks realism in lighting and texture. Realistic rendered images can look like photos of architectural interiors, as well as product design images such as a piece of furniture, or renderings of a room.

Non-realistic rendering, on the other hand, seeks various stylized effects, such as traditional 2D cartoon-styled images.

In general, 3D rendering is the process of generating a 2D image from a 3D scene.

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