Anonymous at Sat, 19 Feb 2022 22:40:28 UTC No. 883590

>>883566
They're all render engines, "renderer" is just a simplified noun to mean the same thing. The biggest difference is between Offline Renderers (Arnold, Redshift, Vray, etc) and Real Time Renderers (Unreal, Unity, Marmoset, etc).

>https://marmoset.co/posts/basic-theory-of-physically-based-rendering/
>https://substance3d.adobe.com/tutorials/courses/the-pbr-guide-part-1
>https://docs.arnoldrenderer.com/display/A5AF3DSUG/Understanding+Physically+Based+Rendering+in+Arnold
These all cover the same things slightly differently, but you get the idea of what they're for and how they work on a surface level. Arnold documentation site has more details about how things work on the back end but you'll have to find that yourself, it's been a while since I looked through it. There's information on how to create your own parameters, shaders, etc. Beyond that you'll have to go down the rabbit hole yourself.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frLwRLS_ZR0
Also a good video explaining how things are rendered.

Anonymous at Sun, 20 Feb 2022 00:51:38 UTC No. 883607

>>883566
A render engine is a piece of software that renders images for you. A renderer is someone/something that renders.
A human can sit down infront of a piece of paper and render an image and thus becoming a renderer.

When texts on computer graphics references a 'renderer' it's talking about your 'render engine'.
Much the same way how when someone say 'open your program' while you sit infront of your desk they prob mean mean your 'computer program'
and not like your gym routine, your space exploration endeavor or your current attempt to stop drinking too much etc.

Anonymous at Sun, 20 Feb 2022 07:18:31 UTC No. 883638

>>883590
>>883607

thanks!

Anonymous at Sun, 20 Feb 2022 08:07:36 UTC No. 883650

>>883607
>or your current attempt to stop drinking too much etc.
You can do it, anon! Think of the health gains that will help you make even nicer looking 3D!