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chunkified · 2007-01-21 04:03:06

Hello,

I want to learn and use 3Delight to render my student film. Is there anyone that can point me in the direction to a "How To" on 3Delight besides the documentation? I'll be using 3Delight with Houdini and Maya.

Thanks,

n :)

Mauritius · 2007-01-21 19:55:57

www.renderman.org -> Pubs

.mm

chunkified · 2007-01-22 03:45:21

thanks :D but there's not much on there that helps me? :(

bertrand · 2007-01-22 05:47:44

Beside this list of publications about renderman (that Mauritius pointed out), you can have a look at www.rendermanacademy.com, and the examples folder of the 3Delight installation folder.

Honestly, I think that the fist thing for a beginner is to read the 3Delight for Maya documentation. You will be able to work with Maya and render your images. Then, if you want to do specific things like use ambient occlusion, SSS or global illumination, you will need to write your own shaders. Then the 3Delight documentation will be useful (as well as the books about renderman).

chunkified · 2007-01-22 05:50:43

ok coolio! :D
thanks guys!

Mauritius · 2007-01-22 15:53:37

chunkified wrote:
thanks :D but there's not much on there that helps me? :(

That depends what you want to learn. If you want to learn RenderMan, there's a ton of stuff there in the Pubs section and a lot of it is beginner-level material.

.mm

daddysauce · 2007-01-24 09:30:02

chunkified, if its any use to you i've started putting some pdfs up (maybe a dummies guide?) . As bertrand said if you read through the manual you should get on your way most probably. but no harm done eh?.

1. Starting out http://savefile.com/files/438431

2. First scene http://savefile.com/files/438436

3. Lighting http://savefile.com/files/438439

4. secondary passes http://savefile.com/files/438444

5. Uberlight shader blockers http://savefile.com/files/438449

chunkified · 2007-01-24 10:48:33

nice one :D will have a look :D

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