render preferences

[Anonymous]

Hi

I'm exploring the different renderers, but I don't understand what the difference is considering the final images that are rendered.

Please look at screenshot. Do all those renderers give exactly the same images that are rendered? Or is there a difference in quality?

[Anonymous]

Is it correct only Arnold Renderer needs a separate license and the 3 others are all included with your maya license?

[mspeer · Accepted solution]

Hi!

Arnold is the default renderer in Maya and I recommend to start with this (maybe you never need one of the others).

For rendering in Maya you don't need a separate license, only for Batch Rendering, so this is nothing you should be worried about when starting with Maya.