Your 3D model of Iron Man may have all the plates and grooves and layers of his armor but it still just looks like gray clay. You start with a mound of clay (usually you start with a basic shape, like a sphere) which you then sculpt, trim, pull, twist, and manipulate in all sorts of ways inside the 3D modeling program to come up with, say, Iron Man. You see, 3D modeling is like working with clay. Now a lot goes into that one word, awesome. And why would you want that? Because in most cases, rendering using your GPU or (GPUs) is much faster.īut before we go any further, let’s first refresh our minds on what 3D rendering is, so that all these can make more sense.ģD rendering is the last step in the process of creating 3D graphics, where we take completed (but bland and raw) 3D models and make them look awesome. GPU 3D rendering simply means that the rendering process is performed by your computer’s graphics card as opposed to the CPU. This deserves a bit more explanation and some definition of terms. Under versatility falls the software’s ability to make use of your graphics processing unit (GPU for short, also commonly called graphics card) when doing your renders. For many 3D artists, the main factors are speed, look, and versatility. The whole point of that car metaphor was simply to show that there are many things to consider when deciding which 3D rendering software is best for you. An SUV gets you to your destination as well as a pickup but a pickup lets you bring oversize loads. A muscle car gets you to your destination as well as a subcompact but a subcompact is easier to park and guzzles less gas. All cars get you from point A to point B (or at least they should), but how the vehicle does so varies greatly, and what’s “best” is determined by what you’re looking for. In short, different strokes for different folks. There simply isn’t a one-software-fits-all solution, since there are a lot of different factors to consider, and they differ from one 3D artist to the next. The idea of “best” depends on your needs, your project, your process.
Of course, the ultimate judge of what’s best will be you. Or isn’t there? That’s what we hope to help you find out. It may have got you thinking, “there can’t possibly be one objectively ‘best’ rendering engine out there, is there?” Okay, a confession: that title may have struck you as a little bit of a clickbait.
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