Essential RenderMan® fast

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 Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 What is RenderMan?....Pages 3-6 Is RenderMan for Me?....Pages 7-9 An Overview of the RenderMan System....Pages 11-14 What Do I Need?....Pages 15-21 How to Use this Book....Pages 23-25 Front Matter....Pages 27-28 A Simple Scene....Pages 29-34 Moving Things Around....Pages 35-46 Simple Surfaces....Pages 47-56 Colour and other Attributes of Objects....Pages 57-66 Camera Set-Up....Pages 67-77 Lighting....Pages 79-92 The Standard Shaders....Pages 93-104 More Complex Surfaces....Pages 105-119 Shadows....Pages 121-131 Motion Blur and Depth of Field....Pages 133-144 The C API....Pages 145-153 Particles and Hair....Pages 155-167 Front Matter....Pages 169-170 My First Shader....Pages 171-176 Lighting Models....Pages 177-187 Colour Ramps....Pages 189-197 Front Matter....Pages 169-170 Simple Patterns....Pages 199-206 Tiling and Repeating Patterns....Pages 207-218 Projections and Coordinate Spaces....Pages 219-230 Painted Textures....Pages 231-245 Displacement....Pages 247-256 Noise....Pages 257-270 Aliasing....Pages 271-288 Shading Models....Pages 289-295 Other Kinds of Shader....Pages 297-307 Back Matter....Pages 309-317 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!--jacket. Pt. 1. General Overview -- 1. What Is Renderman? -- 2. Is Renderman For Me? -- 3. An Overview Of The Renderman System -- 4. What Do I Need? -- 5. How To Use This Book -- Pt. 2. Geometry -- 6. A Simple Scene -- 7. Moving Things Around -- 8. Simple Surfaces -- 9. Colour And Other Attributes Of Objects -- 10. Camera Set-up -- 11. Lighting -- 12. The Standard Shaders -- 13. More Complex Surfaces -- 14. Shadows -- 15. Motion Blur And Depth Of Field -- 16. The C Api -- 17. Particles And Hair -- Pt. 3. Shading -- 18. My First Shader -- 19. Lighting Models -- 20. Colour Ramps -- 21. Simple Patterns -- 22. Tiling And Repeating Patterns -- 23. Projections And Coordinate Spaces. Ian Stephenson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "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!"--BOOK JACKET If you're reading this it is probably because someone showed you some work and told you it was "rendered with RenderMan".