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Optimizing a Scene for Rendering

The rendering process usually involves a trade-off between rendering speed and image quality. This section provides some useful tips to consider when building your scene, which can help you reduce your render times. Some suggestions can improve speed dramatically without sacrificing image quality, while others may involve a small but acceptable reduction of quality.

• Modeling

• Cameras

• Shaders

• Textures

• Lights

• Shadows

• Photon Effects

• BSP2 Raytracing Acceleration

• Render Passes and Compositing

• Distributed Rendering

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