The topics in this section describe the renderers that are provided with 3ds Max, and the controls associated with them.
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The Render Setup dialog Renderer panel contains the main controls for the active renderer. Depending on which renderer is active, additional panels can become available.
The Render Message window displays errors and other messages from some renderers (though not the Default Scanline renderer).
The Default Scanline Renderer is a versatile renderer that renders the scene as a series of scanlines that are generated from top to bottom.
The iray ® renderer by mental images ® creates physically accurate renderings by tracing light paths. It requires little setup compared to other renderers.
The mental ray ® renderer from mental images ® is a general-purpose renderer that can generate physically correct simulations of lighting effects, including ray-traced reflections and refractions, caustics, and global illumination.
The Quicksilver hardware renderer uses graphics hardware to generate renderings.
The VUE File Renderer creates VUE (.vue) files. VUE files use an editable ASCII format.
