The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics, 7th Edition

31 Cycles & Workbench Render

• 31.1 Cycles Render
• 31.2 How to Start Cycles
• 31.3 Create an Object Light Source
• 31.4 Cycles in Practise
• 31.5 Workbench Render

The Render Engines

There are three Render Engines built into Blender, Eevee, Cycles and Workbench.

Eevee is the default Engine which provides several Viewport display options one of which is a Real Time display showing what is produced in a final Render.

The Cycles Rendering system, built into Blender, is designed to produce photo realistic images and to provide an interactive workspace where you see a rendered view as a Scene is created.

Photo realism and high definition in images, including animation frames comes with a demand on computer power and render time.

The Eevee Render Engine ...