The RenderMan Shading Language Guide

Description

• Goes in depth into advanced techniques like global illumination, pattern anti-aliasing and DSO shadeops.
• Presents more than 80 complete shaders.
• The accompanying CD-Rom includes shader development tools, utilities, and source code from the book

Table of Contents

Part 1 RSL Fundamentals
Chapter 1 Introduction to RSL and RenderMan
Chapter 2 RSL Details
Chapter 3 Shader Writing Process

Part 2 Shader Development
Chapter 4 Setting Up a Developing Environment
Chapter 5 Math for Shader Writers
Chapter 6 Shader Design Methodology

Part 3 Basic Shading
Chapter 7 Displacement and Surface Shaders
Chapter 8 Light Shaders
Chapter 9 Volume Shaders
Chapter 10 Imager Shaders

Part 4 Intermediate Shading
Chapter 11 Illumination loops - BRDFs
Chapter 12 Procedural Patterns
Chapter 13 Texture Mapping
Chapter 14 Raytracing

Part 5 Advanced Shading
Chapter 15 Global Illumination
Chapter 16 ¿Beyond RSL: DSO Shadeops
Chapter 17 Anti-aliasing

Index