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Rendering with mental ray®

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  • Dec 2005

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Authors:
  1. Thomas Driemeyer

    1. mental images GmbH, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany

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  • Beginners will learn about the rendering techniques supported by mental ray
  • Advanced users will learn how to achieve special effects with mental ray, while maintaining maximum performance
  • The comprehensive coverage explains everything from scene construction, light and shadow, motion blur and contours to quality and performance tuning and troubleshooting

Part of the book series: mental ray® Handbooks (MENTALRAY, volume 1)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-4

  3. Overview

    Pages 5-30

  4. Scene Construction

    Pages 31-38

  5. Cameras

    Pages 39-48

  6. Surface Shading

    Pages 49-131

  7. Light and Shadow

    Pages 133-164

  8. Volume Rendering

    Pages 165-176

  9. Caustics and Global Illumination

    Pages 177-236

  10. Motion Blur

    Pages 237-244

  11. Hardware Rendering

    Pages 245-260

  12. Contours

    Pages 261-270

  13. Shaders and Phenomena

    Pages 271-289

  14. Postprocessing and Image Output

    Pages 291-301

  15. Geometric Objects **

    Pages 303-370

  16. Instancing and Grouping

    Pages 371-377

  17. Inheritance

    Pages 379-392

  18. Incremental Changes and Animations

    Pages 393-397

  19. Using and Creating Shader Libraries **

    Pages 399-403

  20. Parallelism

    Pages 405-415
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About this book

Written by the mental ray software project leader, this book 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 definiton of mental ray’s scene description language and the standard shader libraries are included as the basis for all examples. The third, completely revised edition covers the latest version of the new generation of mental ray, version 3.4.

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  • mental images GmbH, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany

    Thomas Driemeyer

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