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& 8216;Rendering for Beginners is bound to become a must-read for anyone

interested in Pixar& 8217;s RenderMan. Saty& 8217;s experience as both

RenderMan practitioner and RenderMan teacher gives him a unique and

valuable perspective. I can& 8217;t wait to add a copy to my own graphics

library.& 8217; .

Dana Batali, Director of RenderMan Development, Pixar Animation

Studios .

Whether you are an animator, artist or 2D illustrator looking to

move to 3D rendering you will be amazed by what can be achieved

with RenderMan. Saty Raghavachary offers a complete, non-technical

introduction to RenderMan and rendering in general - finally a

guide you dont need a math degree to follow! .

Full of clear explanations and plenty of samples on the associated

website - www.smartcg.com/tech/cg/books/RfB - for you to play with,

this color guide will quickly get you up to speed with this

powerful, professional program so you too can harness the power of

the program to create top quality imagery. .

The book features: .

* Clear explanations of rendering concepts to get you up and

running fast .

* Extensive color illustrations to inspire you to make the most of

your skills .

* An associated website with numerous self-contained examples which

you can download, reproduce, modify and learn from .

* Comprehensive coverage of RenderMans functionality to show you

how to get the most out of this powerful renderer .

* Coverage relevant for all versions of the package, including a

section on global illumination introduced in Release 11, as well as

the key, general rendering concepts .

Pixars award-winning RenderMan is one of the best renderers

available and has been used to create visual effects for dozens of

movies since 1985. It is also the renderer used to make blockbuster

animated movies such as Toy Story and Finding Nemo. As the

beautiful images in this book show, in addition to photoreal

imagery you can also use it to create illustrations,

visualizations, simulations of natural media and even abstract art! .

Contents: .

Rendering; RenderMan; RIB syntax; Geometric primitives;

Transformations; Camera, output; Controls; Shading; What& 8217;s next; .

Resources .

Saty Raghavachary is a senior graphics software developer at

DreamWorks Feature Animation. He has written software used in The

Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, Spirit: Stallion of the

Cimarron, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas and Shark Tale. He is

also a part-time instructor at Gnomon School of Visual Effects, USA

where he teaches RenderMan and MEL (Maya) programming. .

* Harness the power of Pixar& 8217;s RenderMan with this introductory

guide for the artist - you don& 8217;t need a maths degree! .

* Coverage is relevant for all versions of the package, including

v11 and also explains general, key rendering concepts too .

* Fully illustrated in color with numerous examples to inspire you

to make the most of your skills .

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