Rendertorial
Recently, I attended my first
Pacific Coast Renderers
ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶĂŶŶƵĂůŵĞĞƟŶŐŝŶ
California and was struck – not
ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ʹ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝƋƵĞŶĞƐƐ
of the rendering industry. As folks in
the room went around introducing
themselves, many of the attendees
ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚƚŚĞŝƌĐŽŵƉĂŶLJĂĸůŝĂƟŽŶǁŝƚŚ
ǁŚĂƚŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƚŚĞLJĂƌĞŝŶƚŚĞĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ͘
dŚĞƌĞǁĞƌĞƋƵŝƚĞĂĨĞǁƚŚŝƌĚĂŶĚĨŽƵƌƚŚ
ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐŝŶƚŚĞƐĞĨĂŵŝůLJďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ͕
ďŽƚŚƌĞŶĚĞƌĞƌƐĂŶĚƐƵƉƉůŝĞƌƐ͘
Even though rendering is a small
ǁŽƌůĚƚŚĂƚŝƐŐĞƫŶŐŵŽƌĞĐŽŶƐŽůŝĚĂƚĞĚ
Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂůƐŽ ƐĞĞŵŝŶŐůLJ ƋƵŝƚĞ
ŽƉĞŶƚŽŶĞǁďůŽŽĚĂŶĚĨƌĞƐŚŝĚĞĂƐĂƚƚŚŝƐ
ƟŵĞ͘/ŶĨĂĐƚ͕ƐŽŵĞŽĨƚŚĞƐĞůĨͲĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚ
“gray hairs” in the room made a point
ƚŽ ƐĂLJ ƚŚĞLJ ǁĞƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐƚĞƉƉŝŶŐ
ďĂĐŬĨƌŽŵŵĞĞƟŶŐƐůŝŬĞƚŚŝƐƐŽƚŚĞŶĞdžƚ
ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶĐŽƵůĚƚĂŬĞƚŚĞŝƌƉůĂĐĞĂŶĚŐĞƚ
more involved. The consensus seems to
ďĞƚŚĞǁŽƌůĚŝƐĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐĨĂƐƚĞƌƚŚĂŶĞǀĞƌ
and rendering needs the enthusiasm and
energy of young people who see and
ƐŽůǀĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚůLJ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚŽƐĞ
ǁŚŽĐĂŵĞďĞĨŽƌĞƚŚĞŵ͘
Perhaps that is why there are so
ŵĂŶLJ ŵƵůƟŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶĂů ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ŝŶ
ƌĞŶĚĞƌŝŶŐʹƚŚĞĐŽůůĞĐƟǀĞǁŝůůŝŶŐŶĞƐƐƚŽ
ĂĚĂƉƚƚŽƐƚĂLJŝŶďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͘
While people are what make this
industry special, people are also one
ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ĚĂLJͲƚŽͲĚĂLJ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƐ
for renderers. Finding good people and
keeping, training and managing them,
ĂƌĞƵŶŝǀĞƌƐĂůĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƐŶŽŵĂƩĞƌŚŽǁ
ďŝŐŽƌƐŵĂůůƚŚĞĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ͘/ĨLJŽƵŬŶŽǁ
ŽĨ Ă ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůLJ ŐŽŽĚ
ĂƚƌĞĐƌƵŝƟŶŐ͕ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐŽƌŵĞŶƚŽƌŝŶŐ͕/͛Ě
ůŝŬĞƚŽŚĞĂƌĂďŽƵƚǁŚĂƚƚŚĞLJĂƌĞĚŽŝŶŐ͘
/ŶĨĂĐƚ͕/͛ŵĂůǁĂLJƐŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚŝŶƉĞŽƉůĞ
stories or other good topics the readers
of Render would appreciate. Drop me an
email at editors@rendermagazine.com or
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