The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics, 4th Edition

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Cycles Render

26.0 Computer Specifications for Cycles

26.1 How To Start Cycles

26.2 Create an Object Light Source

26.3 Cycles in Perspective

26.4 Special Effects

26.5 Texture in Cycles

26.6 Summary

Rendering and render settings previously discussed () have been confined to the Blender internal Render Engine (Blender Render). There are external render engines which may be used to render Blender files but Blender incorporates the Cycles Render system.

The Cycles Render Engine is described as being a raytracing based engine with support for Interactive rendering. Being Interactive means you see a rendered view of your work as It progresses In the 3D window. In later versions of Blender, with the 3D window In Rendered Viewport Shading mode, ...