You can render one scene while another scene is in production, but working on a system
that is rendering is not advisable unless you??™re using a dual-processor machine with
plenty of memory. Once everything has been rendered properly, the final images will be
sorted and the CG project assembly will begin. Rendering is the subject of Chapter 11,
???3ds Max Rendering.???
6 ?– chapter 1: Basic Concepts
Compositing, editing, and adding sound are advanced postproduction activities, and a
detailed discussion of them is beyond the scope of this book. However, a multitude of
books are available on these topics for further study.
Compositing
CG is often rendered in different layers. These segments ultimately need to be put back
together. For example, in a scene where multiple characters interact, each character can
be rendered separately from the others and from the setting. Compositing is the process of
bringing together rendered elements to form the final scene, usually using compositing
software such as Autodesk??™s Combustion, Adobe??™s After Effects, or Apple??™s Shake.
Compositing can greatly affect the look of a CG project and professionals consider it to
be an integral part of CG creation.
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