Ebook: Rendering with mental ray®

mental ray is the leading rendering engine for generating photorealistic images, built into many 3D graphics applications. This book, written by the mental ray software project leader, gives a general introduction into rendering with mental ray, as well as step-by-step recipes for creating advanced effects, and tips and tricks for professional users. A comprehensive definition of mental ray’s scene description language and the standard shader libraries are included and used as the basis for all examples.

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mental ray is the leading rendering engine for generating photorealistic images, built into many 3D graphics applications. This book, written by the mental ray software project leader, gives a general introduction into rendering with mental ray, as well as step-by-step recipes for creating advanced effects, and tips and tricks for professional users. A comprehensive definition of mental ray’s scene description language and the standard shader libraries are included and used as the basis for all examples.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-1
Introduction....Pages 3-6
Overview....Pages 7-23
Scene Construction....Pages 25-32
Cameras....Pages 33-42
Surface Shading....Pages 43-115
Light and Shadow....Pages 117-141
Volume Rendering....Pages 143-153
Caustics and Global Illumination....Pages 155-203
Motion Blur....Pages 205-211
Contours....Pages 213-222
Shaders and Phenomena....Pages 223-241
Postprocessing and Image Output....Pages 243-252
Geometric Objects....Pages 253-297
Instancing and Grouping....Pages 299-305
Inheritance....Pages 307-319
Incremental Changes and Animations....Pages 321-325
Using and Creating Shader Libraries....Pages 327-331
Parallelism....Pages 333-343
The Options Block....Pages 345-355
Quality and Performance Tuning....Pages 357-378
Back Matter....Pages 385-515
Troubleshooting....Pages 379-383

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mental ray is the leading rendering engine for generating photorealistic images, built into many 3D graphics applications. This book, written by the mental ray software project leader, gives a general introduction into rendering with mental ray, as well as step-by-step recipes for creating advanced effects, and tips and tricks for professional users. A comprehensive definition of mental ray’s scene description language and the standard shader libraries are included and used as the basis for all examples.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-1
Introduction....Pages 3-6
Overview....Pages 7-23
Scene Construction....Pages 25-32
Cameras....Pages 33-42
Surface Shading....Pages 43-115
Light and Shadow....Pages 117-141
Volume Rendering....Pages 143-153
Caustics and Global Illumination....Pages 155-203
Motion Blur....Pages 205-211
Contours....Pages 213-222
Shaders and Phenomena....Pages 223-241
Postprocessing and Image Output....Pages 243-252
Geometric Objects....Pages 253-297
Instancing and Grouping....Pages 299-305
Inheritance....Pages 307-319
Incremental Changes and Animations....Pages 321-325
Using and Creating Shader Libraries....Pages 327-331
Parallelism....Pages 333-343
The Options Block....Pages 345-355
Quality and Performance Tuning....Pages 357-378
Back Matter....Pages 385-515
Troubleshooting....Pages 379-383
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