8 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 7 6 ▁death s ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Goth a ▁( town ) ▁Category : G erman ▁assass ins ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Sax e - C ob urg ▁and ▁Goth a ▁Category : Gest ap o ▁personnel <0x0A> </s> ▁Software ▁rendering ▁is ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁generating ▁an ▁image ▁from ▁a ▁model ▁by ▁means ▁of ▁computer ▁software . ▁In ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁computer ▁graphics ▁rendering , ▁software ▁rendering ▁refers ▁to ▁a ▁rendering ▁process ▁that ▁is ▁not ▁dependent ▁upon ▁graphics ▁hardware ▁AS IC s , ▁such ▁as ▁a ▁graphics ▁card . ▁The ▁rendering ▁takes ▁place ▁entirely ▁in ▁the ▁CPU . ▁Render ing ▁everything ▁with ▁the ▁( general - pur pose ) ▁CPU ▁has ▁the ▁main ▁advantage ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁restricted ▁to ▁the ▁( limited ) ▁capabilities ▁of ▁graphics ▁hardware , ▁but ▁the ▁dis adv antage ▁that ▁more ▁sem icon duct ors ▁are ▁needed ▁to ▁obtain ▁the ▁same ▁speed . ▁ ▁Render ing ▁is ▁used ▁in ▁architecture , ▁sim ul ators , ▁video ▁games , ▁mov ies ▁and ▁television ▁visual ▁effects ▁and ▁design ▁visual ization . ▁Render ing ▁is ▁the ▁last ▁step ▁in ▁an ▁animation ▁process , ▁and ▁gives ▁the ▁final ▁appearance ▁to ▁the ▁models ▁and ▁animation ▁with ▁visual ▁effects ▁such ▁as ▁sh ading , ▁texture - mapping , ▁sh adows , ▁ref lections ▁and ▁motion ▁bl urs . ▁Render ing ▁can ▁be ▁split ▁into ▁two ▁main ▁categories : ▁real - time ▁rendering ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁online ▁rendering ), ▁and ▁pre - render ing