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The Big Render

You’ve finally arrived. With your scene all set up and completed, you’re ready to render.

First, you’ll learn how to set up lighting – without any lights, you won’t be able to see anything in your scene. You’ll learn about some basic lighting techniques, and we’ll make sure everything has a material.

Then, you’ll learn about the different render options available, such as Cycles versus Eevee, and how to render your scene.

By the end of this chapter, you’ll have achieved the following:

  • Learned what rendering is
  • Learned about lighting
  • Freshly rendered a complete, beautiful image

First, I’ll explain what rendering is.

What’s rendering?

Rendering is the last, final step of the 3D process. It’s where you finally “take a picture ...

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