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Table Of Contents

The palette is separated into several sections ranging from basic to advanced

settings. The General sections contain settings that affect how your model

gets rendered, how materials and shadows are handled, and how anti-aliasing

is performed. (Anti-aliasing smooths the stairstep effect at the edge of curved

lines or edges.) The Raytracing section controls how shading occurs. The

Indirect Illumination section controls lighting properties, how your scene is

illuminated, and if global illumination and final gathering are processed. There

are also diagnostic controls that can be useful in helping you understand why

an image isn’t getting rendered as expected.

Render Presets

A drop-down list provides a collection of predefined render settings called

render presets. Render presets store groups of settings that allow the renderer

to produce varying quality images. The standard presets range from Draft

quality, for quick test images, up to Presentation quality, which provides

photorealistic images. You can also open the Render Presets Manager where

you can create custom presets.