User Guide: Altair Inspire Render 2021

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User Guide: Altair Inspire Render 2021

What's New
Discover new features and enhancements.
Get Started
New to Inspire Render? Learn the basics here.
Tutorials
Start using Inspire Render with our interactive tutorials.
Geometry
Use geometry tools to modify your objects for rendering.
Rendering
Adjust the materials, environment, and properties of objects in the scene to create a photorealistic image.
- The Rendering Process
  An overview of the typical rendering process.
- Interactive Rendering
  The Interactive rendering modes are display modes that render your scene in real time, so you can interactively apply materials, modify the environment, and change the camera position.
- Materials
  Create, modify, apply, save, and organize materials.
- Environment
  Modify the background, lighting, and shadows.
- Object Properties
  Modify an object's rendering properties such as visibility, shadows, caustics, mask index, and beveling.
- Instance Painter
  Create copies of objects with a parent-child relationship. When you modify the source objects, all of the instances are updated automatically in the construction history. This is a scene creation tool that is used mainly for rendering.
- Model Library
  Add functional objects, including furniture and interior sets, to your interactive rendering to make the scene appear photorealistic.
- Final Rendering
  Produce a high-quality image of your scene.
Animation
In Inspire Render you can animate an object or group and the camera. There are two methods of animation: key frame animation and path animation.
Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls
Learn keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls for common operations.

User Guide: Altair Inspire Render 2021

Home
Rendering
Adjust the materials, environment, and properties of objects in the scene to create a photorealistic image.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
Geometry
Rendering
Animation
Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls

Rendering

Adjust the materials, environment, and properties of objects in the scene to create a photorealistic image.

The Rendering Process
An overview of the typical rendering process.
Interactive Rendering
The Interactive rendering modes are display modes that render your scene in real time, so you can interactively apply materials, modify the environment, and change the camera position.
Materials
Create, modify, apply, save, and organize materials.
Environment
Modify the background, lighting, and shadows.
Object Properties
Modify an object's rendering properties such as visibility, shadows, caustics, mask index, and beveling.
Instance Painter
Create copies of objects with a parent-child relationship. When you modify the source objects, all of the instances are updated automatically in the construction history. This is a scene creation tool that is used mainly for rendering.
Model Library
Add functional objects, including furniture and interior sets, to your interactive rendering to make the scene appear photorealistic.
Final Rendering
Produce a high-quality image of your scene.

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