Essential RenderMan Fast (Essential Series) - Softcover

Stephenson, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1852336080 ISBN 13: 9781852336080

Publisher: Springer London Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

RenderMan has long been associated with top-end film production and is an essential tool for creating many of the effects and images in recent animated films (such as Final Fantasy, Monsters, Inc., Stuart Little, Pearl Harbour and Dinosaur). RenderMan is widely available and, with the demand for higher quality images, is now used by computer-based artists at all levels of the graphics industry. Essential RenderMan fast is a practical introduction to producing images using a RenderMan renderer, and getting the most from RenderMan. You will gain access to the power of RenderMan, which has previously only been available to the elite of the Computer Graphics community! With plenty of illustrations and hands-on examples, Ian Stephenson: gives an overview of RenderMan.- explains how scenes are described.- illustrates (among other things) how to create surfaces; colour; lighting; shadows; and depth of field, using RIB and the C API.- introduces the techniques involved in creating and applying textures and shading. Additional material is available from the Essential series website: http://www.essential-series.com

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From the Publisher

Essential RenderMan fast provides a practical introduction to producing images using a RenderMan renderer, enabling the novice user to get the most from RenderMan. By developing an understanding of how scenes are described, animators and technical directors of all abilities can gain access to the power of RenderMan, which has previously been available to the elite of the CG community. With plenty of illustrations and hands-on examples, the author looks at the creation of geometry using RIB, and the C API. He also includes an introduction to shading and the generation of procedural textures using the RenderMan shading language. -Delivers a hands-on introduction to the RenderMan toolset, including reference to currently available implementations. -It is a practical guide to driving RenderMan using RIB, C, and other packages. -Provides tutorials in shading for the novice programmer and animator looking to explore RenderMan further than is possible using GUI based tools. -Includes many examples and plenty of illustrations, 16 of which are in full colour. -Source code is available to readers online. -Relevant text for courses on Computer graphics and animation

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer London Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1852336080
• ISBN 13: 9781852336080
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 328