Links
Documentation and Books
The RenderMan Interface Specification (PDF)
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 Interface Specification
July 1989
Written by: Steve Upstill
Published by: Addison-Wesley Pub Company
Siggraph Course Notes
RenderMan in Production (PDF, 10.8MB) | 2002
Advance RenderMan 3: Render Harder(PDF, 5.7MB) | 2001
Advance RenderMan 2: To RI_INFINITY and Beyond (PDF, 5MB) | 2000
Advance RenderMan: Beyond the Companion (PDF, 1.5MB) | 1999
Advance RenderMan: Beyond the Companion (PDF, 1.8MB) | 1998
Using RenderMan in Animation Production (PDF, 1MB) | 1995
Writing RenderMan Shaders (PDF, 1.2MB) | 1992
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 many links to various RenderMan® related sites.
News and Discussion groups
comp.graphics.rendering.renderman
The RenderMan® Newsgroup.