Stock And Render

Whats the different between stocks and renders?

In this signature, is that consider a render? or a stock?

 

Stock: An image such as a wallpaper
Render: An extraction from a wallpaper

A stock is just a render with its background

 

So thats a render?

 

Couldn't tell unless we had the PSD.. Basically if its a render, its cut out from its background. A stock is like a wallpaper.

 

Stock:


Render:


As you can see, a render's got a transparent background. A stock doesn't.

 

This dude saids that the second picture is a masking not a render.

 

No, a render has a transparent background, and is taken from a stock. Masking is a different technique altogether, and can be used on renders.