Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold
This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble it i
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If you're talking about in general, the short answer is that it depends on what you're doing. Raytracing and scanline are completely different rendering techniques. If you're interested, read through these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_tracing_%28graphics%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanline_rendering
You can also see a simple description here: https://www.scriptspot.com/bobo/rendfaq/RFAQ0075.HTM
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