Rendering With Mental Ray (Mental Ray Handbooks Volume 1) (Paperback)

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Product Description
mental ray(R) 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(R), 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 is included and used as the basis for all examples.

Product Details

• Paperback: 509 pages
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Telos (July 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3211834036
• ISBN-13: 978-3211834039
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,517,979 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Rendering With Mental Ray (Mental Ray Handbooks Volume 1), May 11, 2002

By A Customer

This is old. The new revised edition is available. This one doesn't contain information on V 3.0 (only up to 2.1)
and it's the Same basic book. Shouldn't they have at least changed the color of the cover or something.
Why Amazon is still passing this off as current?? anyway. The new one is the same price, and it comes with a CD... go find the Vol 1:Second Revised edition.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like it or leave it -- these are the docs, August 23, 2006

By	Chad R. Dombrova - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Programming Mental Ray (Mental Ray Handbooks) (mental ray® Handbooks) (Paperback)

there's not really anything to love or hate about this book. it's merely the documentation for the renderer. in reference to the previous review, this book IS available in html form if you purchase mental ray standalone, and it is also bundled with the docs of most 3d applications that include mental ray as a built-in renderer, such as Maya or XSI. buy it if you like to have a hard-copy of your docs around.

the book includes a cd with all the example shaders as well as some additional resources that mental ray programmers might find useful. overall, it is a very thorough, no-nonsense, documentation of the mental ray renderer.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for professionals using Mental Ray!!!, October 24, 2001

By A Customer

This and volume two are absolute must haves for any CGI professionals using Mental Ray. Very thorough in their explanations and examples these books go to the very heart of the Mental Ray render structure. Both volumes, especially volume two, can be a little bit daunting to the uninitiated at first, but if you really are looking to dig into Mental Ray to get the best quality out of it you can, you must have these books.