RenderMan^® Related Links

Documentation and Books

The RenderMan Interface Specification Includes both the latest version 3.2, July 2000 and the older version 3.1, September 1989.

Advanced RenderMan: Creating CGI for Motion Pictures December 2001 Written by: Anthony A. Apodaca & Larry Gritz Published by: Morgan Kaufmann

Texturing & Modeling: A Procedural Approach (2nd Edition) June 1998 Written by: David S. Ebert, F. Kenton Musgrave, Darwyn Peachey, Ken Perlin, and Steve Worley Published by: Morgan Kaufmann

The RenderMan Companion: A Programmer’s Guide to Realistic Computer Graphics July 1989 Written by: Steve Upstill Published by: Addison-Wesley Pub Company

Siggraph Course Notes

	1992: Writing RenderMan Shaders (PDF, 1.2MB) 1995: Using RenderMan in Animation Production (PDF, 1MB) 1998: Advance RenderMan: Beyond the Companion (PDF, 1.8MB) 1999: Advance RenderMan: Beyond the Companion (PDF, 1.5MB) 2000: Advance RenderMan 2: To RI_INFINITY and Beyond (PDF, 5MB) 2001: Advance RenderMan 3: Render Harder (PDF, 5.7MB) 2002: RenderMan in Production (PDF, 10.8MB)

Web sites

The RenderMan Repository, a central resource for subjects related to RenderMan^®. Includes, among other things, many shaders and the Siggraph course notes listed above. You will also find dozens of links to various RenderMan^® related sites.

RenderMania, a collection of links and useful information about RenderMan^® and computer graphics used in production.

Commercial Products

HDRI Studio^®, professional photo studio lighting environment in high dynamic range format.

Houdini^®, A RenderMan capable animation software.

MayaMan^®, A RenderMan plugin for Maya.

News and Discussion groups

comp.graphics.rendering.renderman, The RenderMan^® Newsgroup.

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