Editing Autodesk 3ds Max (section)

== Rendering ==
; [[Scanline rendering]]
: The default rendering method in 3ds Max is scanline rendering. Several advanced features have been added to the scanliner over the years, such as global illumination, radiosity, and [[Ray tracing (graphics)|ray tracing]].
; ART Renderer
: Autodesk Raytracer Renderer (ART) is a CPU-only, [[physically based rendering|physically based renderer]] for architectural, product, and industrial design renderings and animations. It is integrated into 3ds Max as of version 2017.
; Redshift
: A third-party GPU-accelerated, biased renderer with plugins for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini, Katana and Maya.
; [[Mental Ray]]
: Mental ray is a third-party renderer using [[bucket rendering]], a technique that allows distributing the rendering task for a single image between several computers. Since 3ds Max 2018, mental ray is no longer shipped with 3ds Max and needs to be obtained directly from NVIDIA.
; [[RenderMan Interface Specification|RenderMan]]
: A third party connection tool to RenderMan pipelines is also available for those that need to integrate Max into Renderman render farms. Used by [[Pixar]] for rendering several of their CGI animated films.
; [[V-Ray]]
: A third-party render engine plug-in for 3ds Max.
; [[Brazil R/S]]
: A third-party photorealistic rendering system. It is capable of fast ray tracing and global illumination.
; [[Arion (software)|Arion]]
: A third party hybrid GPU+CPU interactive, unbiased ray tracer, based on [[CUDA|Nvidia CUDA]].
; Indigo Renderer
: A third-party photorealistic renderer with plugins for 3ds Max.
; [[Maxwell Render]]
: A third-party photorealistic rendering system providing materials and [[unbiased rendering]].
; [[Octane Render]]
: A third party unbiased GPU ray tracer with plugins for 3ds Max, based on [[CUDA|Nvidia CUDA]].
; [[Luxrender]]
: An open-source ray tracer supporting 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Softimage, and Blender. Focuses on photorealism by simulating real light physics as much as possible.
; [[Arnold (software)|Arnold]]
: Arnold is an unbiased, physically based, unidirectional path-tracing renderer.
;[[Chaos Corona|Corona Renderer]]
: An third party high-performance (un)biased photorealistic renderer.
; [[Fstorm Renderer]]