Advanced RenderMan

"Advanced RenderMan: Creating CGI for Motion Pictures" is precisely what you and other RenderMan users are dying for. Written by the world's foremost RenderMan experts, it offers thoroughly updated coverage of the standard while moving beyond the scope of the original "RenderMan Companion" to provide in-depth information on dozens of advanced topics. Both a reference and a tutorial, this book will quickly prove indispensable, whether you're a technical director, graphics programmer, modeler, animator, or hobbyist. Explore the Power of RenderMan. Use the entire range of geometric primitives supported by RenderMan. Understand how and when to use procedural primitives and level of detail. Master every nuance of the Shading Language. Write detailed procedural shaders using texture, displacement, pattern generation, and custom reflection models. Write shaders for special effects relating to volumes, custom lighting, and non-photorealistic media. Use antialiasing to ensure that your shaders are free of artifacts. Minimize the expense of rendering scenes by optimizing input. Other features from "Advanced RenderMan" are: offers expert advice and instruction applicable to any RenderMan-compliant renderer; filled with technical illustrations and many full-color representations of effects supported by the RenderMan standard; and includes a chapter reviewing key math and computer graphics concepts.

ISBN 1558606181   Pages 560 ISBN13 9781558606180 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology   Weight (grammes) 1001 Imprint Morgan Kaufmann Publishers In   Published in San Francisco Format Paperback   Series title The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics Publication date 15 Dec 1999   Height (mm) 235 Library of Congress 99088455   Width (mm) 187 DEWEY 006.696   Spine width (mm) 43 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

		Foreword
		Preface
Pt. I		Introduction		1
1		Photosurrealism		3
2		Review of Mathematics and Computer Graphics Concepts		17
Pt. II		Scene Description		55
3		Describing Models and Scenes in RenderMan		57
4		Geometric Primitives		93
5		Handling Complexity in Photorealistic Scenes		115
6		How PhotoRealistic RenderMan Works		135
Pt. III		Shading		157
7		Introduction to Shading Language		159
8		Texture Mapping and Displacement		183
9		Illumination Models and Lights		205
10		Pattern Generation		243
11		Shader Antialiasing		263
12		A Gallery of Procedural Shaders		281
Pt. IV		Tricks of the Trade		335
13		Storytelling through Lighting, a Computer Graphics Perspective		337
14		Lighting Controls for Computer Cinematography		383
15		Volumetric Shaders for Visual Effects		411
16		Nonphotorealistic Rendering with RenderMan		441
17		Ray Tracing in PRMan		481
		Afterword		507
		Glossary		511
		Bibliography		515
		Index		521
		About the Authors		543

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