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B. E. HollisterEssential Guide to RenderMan® Shading Plugin Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9392-8_1

1. Overview, Brief Contextual History, and Pixar’s Non-Commercial RenderMan

Brad E. Hollister1  
(1)
Carson, CA, USA
 

The intent of this first chapter is to briefly outline RenderMan.1 The book assumes readers already have some experience with rendering, or ancillary exposure to photo-realistic rendering. If not, the reader is directed to external information that describes rendering from the RenderMan perspective.

This chapter avoids using detailed mathematical formulas in the overview discussions of Monte Carlo integration and radiometry. The book ...

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