Essential Renderman Fast [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

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Product Description

This volume 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, color, lighting, shadows, and depth of field, using RIB and the C API; introduces the techniques involved in creating and applying textures and shading.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (January 31, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1852336080
• ISBN-13: 978-1852336080
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,302,893 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is Terrible!, May 11, 2004

By	"uberska" (Rochester, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This book is terrible. It tells you how to do the easy things, but nothing more. For harder things, it constantly tells you what is possible to do, but not how to actually do it. I would definately pick up a copy of "Advanced Renderman" or "The Renderman Companion" instead of this book! If you have any graphics programming experience, this book will not help you.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for beginners, June 18, 2003

By A Customer

Start learning Renderman with this book, its up to date and you can really get going with the information you learn. It has many simple examples you can test and modify yourself including simple RIB scenes, C Api and Shading Language. If you don't know anything about Renderman and want to start learning, this book is for you.

4.0 out of 5 stars nice introduction, October 25, 2004

By	David (london) - See all my reviews

Gets you started with a lots of short examples. After reading this you'll probably want Advanced RenderMan, but this is a far easier introduction to the RenderMan world.