Render Settings

To Do: create a table describing the render presets - biased or not, raytracing mode, AA, GI, etc.

The heart of the Kerkythea program is a rendering engine that can simulate a variety of cameras and biased or unbiased raytracing models.

Under the Start Render dialog (Camera and Settings), you can select a variety of render presets. Those presets are described below. For an explanation of the terms and acronyms used, see the glossary.

Uses basic ray tracing without global illumination.

Uses higher-quality ray tracing without global illumination. Also uses anti-aliasing with a threshold of 0.3.

Global Illumination - Calculates bounced light and colors

Global Illumination - Calculates bounced light and colors + focused light from glass or reflections

Unbiased method, tends to be optimal for exteriors or landscapes

Unbiased method, tends to be optimal for interiors with soft area lighting

Unbiased method, tends to be optimal for interiors with difficult indirect lighting and caustics

Replaces all materials (except glass and emitters) with a flat white material. Typically used for quick lighting tests before applying materials. This method, depending on the situation, can also be used for presentations. (additional variety of high quality Clay Render presets are available for download here)

Renders a black and white image for a selected object in the scene representing the spatial relationship of the selected object to its field. This is commonly used in conjunction with a photo editing program in order to ‘mask’ an object using the mask render in the ‘Alpha’ channel.