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Rendering with Mental Ray (Mental Ray Handbooks) (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 546 pages
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag, Austria; 2nd Revised edition edition (Jun 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 3211836632
  • ISBN-13: 978-3211836637
  • Product Dimensions: 27.8 x 21.3 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,365,951 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Mental ray is the leading rendering engine for generating photorealistic images and is built into many 3D graphics applications. Written by the mental ray software project leader, this book gives a general introduction into rendering with mental ray, 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 are included as the basis for all examples. Beginners will learn about the rendering techniques supported by mental ray. Advanced users will learn how to achieve special effects with mental ray, while maintaining maximum performance.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Rendering with Mental Ray, 25 Dec 2003
"Rendering with Mental Ray" is not a book that expains step by step how to achieve materials or lighting effects. It is mearly an enhanced glossary or guide to the terms and technquies utilised by the rendering engine.

This book contains plenty of sample code, but never explains how to achieve effects such as Sub Surface Scattering, although it does explain what each shader is and what it can achive just not how to do it for yourself.

If you wish to create shaders and understand the theory behind it then this book is for you.

Myself I wanted to better understand how to use Mental ray that is now bundled with 3ds max, and for that I will have to look elsewhere.

A.Y 24/12/2003

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