can anyone explain to me what is render/ thanks
A render is the picture you make. When you render a scene, you are making it into a picture.
<edit> (it’s both a noun and a verb)
Check out this article at CGNetworks, “The History of Rendering”
http://www.cgnetworks.com/story_custom.php?story_id=1647&page=
Rendering is the process of converting 3d data to a possible 2d visual representation.
Are you sure about this? I use The GIMP often, and when using filters or plug-ins it often sais “rendering…”, while being busy creating the chosen effect. I think ‘rendering’ means that a computer is busy creating something visually , wether that’s a picture of a 3D model or a 2D effect in photo-edit software, or something else. The ‘render’ is the result of that process. Correct me if I’m wrong.
Rendering can mean slightly different things in different contexts. As a general idea, it means converting some sort of abstract data that’s in the computer, to a concrete image or video (generally) made up of pixels.
Sometimes in things like video editing, rendering will mean going through and compositing the software’s filters and effects to a final video. In 2d like GIMP, it may mean creating the final pixel image that is generated through some sort of filter in the software.
In 3D, it’s what intrr said. Basically taking a snapshot through the virtual camera in your virtual scene, to create a final ‘picture’. In the render process, the computer works out what objects the virtual camera can see, how the virtual light falls across those objects, what the materials of the objects should look like, and so on.
In traditional art (mostly drawing), a rendering is a finalized piece. The difference between a sketch and a rendering is the level of detail and attention. Typically the process goes as follows:
You start off with a blank slate… you begin sketching, or planning, your drawing. When you have an idea of what you finally want it to look like, you have a completed sketch. Using that sketch, you then begin creating your final drawing… the rendering. This process typically takes a long time, because you’re adding the detail that wasn’t totally important in the sketch.
Translating the metaphor to digital art, the time you take setting up the scene in 3D or configuring your effect/filter in GIMP/Photoshop is your planning stage… consider this your sketch. When you hit the bright button to make everything work, the computer adds the detail that wasn’t important in your planning stage. This is rendering. The difference between digital art and traditional art is that the rendering process in digital art generally takes a lot less time.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Render \Ren"der, v. i.
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To give an account; to make explanation or confession.
[Obs.] -
(Naut.) To pass; to run; – said of the passage of a rope
through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well,
that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way.
–Totten.
Render \Ren"der, n.
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A surrender. [Obs.] --Shak.
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A return; a payment of rent.
In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demains. --Blackstone. -
An account given; a statement. [Obs.] --Shak.
Render \Rend"er\ (-?r), n. [From Rend.]
One who rends.
Render \Ren"der\ (r?n"d?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rendered
(-d?rd);p. pr. & vb. n. Rendering.] [F. rendre, LL. rendre,
fr. L. reddere; pref. red-, re-, re- + dare to give. See
Datetime, and cf. Reddition, Rent.]
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To return; to pay back; to restore.
Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may. --Spenser. -
To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
I will render vengeance to mine enemies. --Deut. xxxii. 41. -
To give up; to yield; to surrender.
I 'll make her render up her page to me. --Shak. -
Hence, to furnish; to contribute.
Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue. --I. Watts. -
To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an
account; to render judgment. -
To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more
safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure. -
To translate from one language into another; as, to render
Latin into English. -
To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an
actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage
of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a
felicitous manner.He did render him the most unnatural That lived amongst men. --Shak. -
To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty
animal substances; as, to render tallow. -
To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of
lath.
WordNet ® 2.0 [wn]
render
n : a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to
masonry walls
v 1: cause to become; “The shot rendered her immobile”
2: provide or furnish with; “We provided the room with an
electrical heater” [syn: supply, provide, furnish]
3: give an interpretation or rendition of; “The pianist
rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully” [syn: interpret]
4: give or supply; “The cow brings in 5 liters of milk”; “This
year’s crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn”; “The estate
renders some revenue for the family” [syn: yield, return,
give, generate]
5: pass down; “render a verdict”; “deliver a judgment” [syn: deliver,
return]
6: make over as a return; “They had to render the estate” [syn:
submit]
7: give back; “render money” [syn: return]
8: to surrender someone or something to another; “the guard
delivered the criminal to the police”; “render up the
prisoners”; “render the town to the enemy”; “fork over the
money” [syn: hand over, fork over, fork out, fork
up, turn in, get in, deliver]
9: show in, or as in, a picture; “This scene depicts country
life”; “the face of the child is rendered with much
tenderness in this painting” [syn: picture, depict, show]
10: coat with plastic or cement; “render the brick walls in the
den”
11: bestow; “give hommage”; “render thanks” [syn: give]
12: restate (words) from one language into another language; “I
have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the
U.S.”; “Can you interpret the speech of the visiting
dignitaries?”; “She rendered the French poem into
English”; “He translates for the U.N.” [syn: translate,
interpret]
13: melt (fat, lard, etc.) in order to separate out impurities;
“try the yak butter”; “render fat in a casserole” [syn: try]
Forgive me for my bluntness, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a long post that was entirely unhelpful. A little background, a little context… crap quoted out of dictionaries doesn’t do anyone any kind of good… and it’s annoying.