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Rendering with mental ray®

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Thomas Driemeyer

    1. mental images Gesellschaft für Computerfilm und Maschinenintelligenz mbH & Co. KG, Berlin, 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 (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-1
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  2. Introduction

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 3-6

  3. Overview

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 7-25

  4. Scene Construction

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 27-34

  5. Cameras

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 35-44

  6. Surface Shading

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 45-124

  7. Light and Shadow

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 125-149

  8. Volume Rendering

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 151-161

  9. Caustics and Global Illumination

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 163-215

  10. Motion Blur

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 217-223

  11. Contours

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 225-234

  12. Shaders and Phenomena

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 235-253

  13. Postprocessing and Image Output

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 255-264

  14. Geometric Objects

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 265-312

  15. Instancing and Grouping

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 313-319

  16. Inheritance

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 321-334

  17. Incremental Changes and Animations

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 335-339

  18. Using and Creating Shader Libraries

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 341-345

  19. Parallelism

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 347-357

  20. The Options Block

    • Thomas Driemeyer
    Pages 359-370
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About this book

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. The second edition was extended to cover the new generation of mental ray, version 3.0, throughout the book. A CD with a fully programmable demo version of the software together with example scene data and shaders that are described in the book is enclosed. The software permits experimentation on a wide variety of supported computer platforms.

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  • mental images Gesellschaft für Computerfilm und Maschinenintelligenz mbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany

    Thomas Driemeyer

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